Pastor Melissa Scott tells us that and the reason why I make this subtle distinction about something is if you’ll read back in verse 13 and 14 where it says we were sealed with that deposit of the Holy Spirit, then something needs to be pointed out. Too many times, and I’m guilty of it, I will come and I will say this is the life of the saint. You’re going to have tribulation; you’re going to be tried. And I really think it’s God up there going, “hee, hee, hee! No, it’s really; actually what it is, is it’s God saying, “are you going to be faithful? Are you going to tough it out? And this trying by fire, what comes out at the end is going to be the gold. That’s the gold God is expecting to see come forth. He gives us something. He doesn’t just send us out there. Now we believe, we’re faithing. Wonderful – send you out into the wilderness to be eaten by wolves? No. We don’t serve such a God.
Three words that I want to briefly look at. Your King James reads, “the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power.” dunameos I covered this last week but it’s very important. It’s a subtle thing but it’s very important. Dunameos, kratos, iskous. These three power words, correct me if I’m wrong, if I just told you the revised standard version says “the power in us” that means the power’s already been deposited in us. And how it’s been deposited is by the Spirit deposit in us. If everybody agrees to that then you have to turn around and say these words here, which I was tempted to bring and analyze each word, but I’ll just summarize it.