5 Ways to Unlock the Power Of God in Scripture: A Practical Guide
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
This article discusses the power of God in relation to His Word and will outline five key ways to unlock this power in the Scriptures. This is a highly important topic, especially in today’s end-times setting, where the Word of God is desperately needed in society and is underestimated in the mainstream church and Christian world.
Introduction
Tired of God’s Word?
A sad observation today among churches and Christian groups in the West is that Christians have grown tired of God’s Word. This is a common occurrence in our time and is evident in the way that churches and many Christians find themselves searching for other sources of stimulation within Christian contexts.
In today’s churches, the Word of God is no longer enough for many Christians, and as a result, it has become powerless to them. It seems that church services are more fun with numerous mind-numbing activities, pop performances, and comedy skits to hold the attention of restless, overstimulated, and complacent churchgoers.
This has come about for a few different reasons, but primarily because the preaching of God’s Word has lost its impact due to the systematic weakening of confidence in the Bible stemming from dead, dry teaching from those who are not anointed to preach but are only parroting denominational creeds and clichés.
Why wouldn’t someone get bored and tired of sitting under that kind of powerless rhetoric? And how are we expected to impact the world for Jesus when we are not being impacted by the Scriptures ourselves but are bored and tired?
We’ve Got it All Wrong
We couldn’t be more wrong about God’s Word. This is not about being bored of the Scriptures, which is obviously wrong, but rather, we have got it wrong about the importance and function of the Bible in our spiritual lives and overall life direction.
This critically important directional focus has been all but lost. In other words, we have become spiritually blinded to the purpose of the Bible in our lives as Christians and its priceless value as the pearl of great price.
How can we go from a situation where our founding fathers and Christian pioneers, zealously affected by the Word of God, pioneered nations and declared Gospel truth across the seas at the threat of death, to now being bored and tired with the Bible and turning to trivial entertainments and spiritual junk food to find satisfaction?
The Correct Focus
It is fundamentally imperative for Christians in the modern world to have the correct directional focus and vision when approaching the Scriptures and biblical disciplines.
We need to see the Bible for what it really is as our core spiritual resource and central to our functional lives, enabling us to live in a manner that is purposed around building the Kingdom of God through the proclamation of the Gospel.
To do this, we need to possess the correct vision and attitude toward the Scriptures, which will create a supernatural impact within us that empowers us to build the Kingdom of God through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Old views and mentalities of mundane religiosity, pew-sitting, and academic impotence in the Christian life must be done away with, and only a revelation of the Scriptures and their supernatural power can achieve this.
5 Ways to Unlock Scripture
How to Unlock the Scriptures
We will now proceed to share five brief points that will help us gain a more powerful perspective of God’s Word and give us the ability to unlock its power in today’s context.
When these five principles are applied in conjunction, your vision and understanding of the Scriptures transform, allowing the power of God to be practically released in your life.
See the Word of God as Prophetic
A Sure Word of Prophecy
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Modern churches and Christian education facilities now teach that God’s Word is an educational history book rather than the prophetic guidebook for God’s people. Certain historical events over the modern era caused theologians and Christian teachers to shift their view of God’s Word from divine and prophetic to ordinary and historical in focus.
The truth is, the Bible is not just a history book of past events, but a book of prophecy and prophetic revelation of the Almighty God. All the Biblical material from Old Testament to New Testament is focused on the prophetic revelation of God through the Messiah.
When approaching history today, the Bible continues to reveal the unfolding of future events in the context of Jesus the Messiah and Savior of mankind. Viewing the Bible as a history book forces us to focus backward and analyze it academically and scientifically, blinding us from its power and making it impersonal.
How-to Guide:
Shift your view and now see the Bible as a prophetic document revealing the power of God. This will bring the Bible to life in your hands, revealing its intrigue and introducing the impacting presence and power of God into your life today.
Do this by studying Bible prophecy and getting yourself up to speed on the prophetic timeline. Start by reading the Olivet Discourse accounts of Jesus in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 together with the Book of Revelation. This will align your prophetic outlook.
Approach the Word of God as Holy
They Are the Holy Scriptures
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
It is all too common today for the Bible to be treated as something very ordinary and not at all special. Do we realize that the Bible is the very Word of God and is sacred and holy? Do we understand the Bible refers to itself as the “Holy Scriptures”? Or do we just treat the Bible as if it is any other common book? The latter is true today, as we have been taught to handle it that way in modern times.
The academic poking and prodding of the Bible is so commonplace that now anybody can simply choose to translate, interpret, abuse, and twist the Scriptures any way they like. In other words, we do not respect the Scriptures anymore and believe we can do whatever we like with them and approach them without fear.
The truth is, the Bible is to be revered and feared as holy, not mistreated or handled with a casual attitude, but it’s to be regarded with the utmost importance as precious and of the highest value and to be handled with great care and caution. Mishandling the Word of God can bring serious divine consequences, and those who violate its holiness will be judged.
How-to Guide:
Approach the Word of God with fear as holy and not ordinary. This will instill a special reverence and respect for God and the Scriptures within you, positioning you deeper in the Word and closer to the Lord, increasing the presence of God in your life.
Do this by studying the Old Testament books that detail God’s initial dealings with Israel and the giving of His Law—Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. These books will give you revelation of God’s holy character and a holy perception of His Word.
The Word of God is Supernatural
Understand the Power of God’s Word
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Unfortunately, traditional denominations have done a good job of suppressing the supernatural nature of the Bible. When it comes to modern Christianity, the supernatural elements in Scripture are often approached with fear and suspicion, being labeled as “superstition” or “fanaticism” rather than approached with faith and humility.
The Scriptures introduce us to a supernatural reality that can be experienced and reveal certain forces and powers that cannot be understood through the five senses. Modern thinking and education have taught us to not pay attention to anything we cannot explain through the scientific method, and this mentality has rubbed off on the traditional church when it comes to the Bible.
The truth is, the Bible is really a user’s manual of how to interact with the supernatural and spiritual realities that surround us. Scripture teaches us how to literally walk with and experience God through faith in Christ and participate in the unseen world. This is far from today’s common religious view of the Bible as a scholarly informational text.
How-to Guide:
Let go of the lifeless mentality of modern theology. Be open to the supernatural power of the Word of God. Be ready for dreams, visions, angelic visitations, divine healing, and miracles. Be supernaturally minded.
Do this by immersing yourself solely in the Scriptures apart from external aids such as commentaries and study guides. This will grow your perception of God’s voice and power, leading you to supernatural experiences and manifestation of the Holy Spirit.
Put the Word of God to Practical Use
Combine the Word with Action
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Most of the time in modern church thinking, we approach the Word of God as an informational textbook rather than a practical working guide. In other words, we have been taught to view the Bible as something to know rather than something to do. Of course, we need the knowledge of the Bible, but biblical knowledge must lead to practical action to truly unlock its potential and power in our lives.
Some Christians are happy with the “do-nothing” attitude approaching Scripture, but that just won’t cut it in today’s world, with today’s needs and under today’s pressures. The first thing we need to do is drop the mentality that we cannot take action upon what the Word of God teaches. Somehow we have received the idea that we actually cannot do what the Bible says, which is opposite to the truth.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can carry out everything God requires of us, and when we gain this revelation and then walk in faith, we then see that taking action based on the Word of God is exciting, vibrant, powerful, and active, and we experience the manifestation of God’s presence and Kingdom.
How-to Guide:
Read the Scriptures with the intention to act on what you read. Shift your mentality and perception of God’s Word to one of practicality. This means to see the Bible as an instruction manual, not an academic textbook.
Do this by intentionally acting upon the commands of Scripture. Start by exploring singular Bible verses that command an action, such as one of the Proverbs, and literally do what it says to activate the power of the Word, then repeat—the results will speak for themselves.
Grasp the Word of God With Faith
You Must Have Faith in God’s Word
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Mainstream academic theology has taught us to approach the Word of God with skepticism and doubt rather than with faith and confidence. The idea of “proving” God’s Word using modern academic and scientific standards has caused this skepticism and is the attitude in which the Bible is preached, taught, and studied in the mainstream church, which impedes faith and discourages spiritual growth.
We now need to be painfully convinced of the Bible’s truth through strenuous argument rather than simply receiving its truth with ease upon a plain revelation of what it says. This attitude instigates doubt and hesitation upon the plain revelation of the Bible and is counterproductive to faith, leaving believers often confused with many questions rather than satisfied and confident, having received faith.
What is needed is to break this faithless mindset and attitude and now simply believe the Bible as the Word of God without all the painstaking mental effort. The Scriptures must become the place of solely feeding and building faith rather than the place of satisfying external standards imposed upon us by society, church, or otherwise.
How-to Guide:
Handle the Bible with a faith-based attitude. Break down the “skeptic’s mentality” by ceasing doubtful investigation of the Bible, replacing your complex faith with simple faith. This will dramatically increase your confidence and faith in a new way.
Do this by simply believing what the Scriptures say when plainly read. Lose the attitude of trying to verify God’s Word through complicated academic reasoning and adopt a childlike faith that believes His Word immediately. This will create supernatural faith that has momentum, activating the power of God in Scripture.
Conclusion
The Scriptures Unlocked
Unlocking the power of God in Scripture doesn’t need to be complicated if we understand what the Bible is and what it does. In the end, by unlocking the power of God in Scripture, we are simply intensifying our revelation of God in Christ and now stepping into an experiential Christian life with true biblical purpose and impact.
It is important that we use the most reliable Bible version available today to amplify these principles, which we advocate is the Authorized King James Bible. Modern translations are based on corrupted manuscripts and were created by people with the modern religious mindset we have detailed above, void of God’s presence and power.
God desires us to build His Kingdom and declare the Gospel to this end-times world. The Scriptures are backed by His supernatural power and have been given to us as the primary instrument to carry out this work. We cannot complete this task through human effort, but only with strong faith in the Scriptures and the power of God.
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
