Instruments of Power

What Are Absolutes?

Our everyday lives find structure in the thousands of things we accept as truths, from the numbers we use to the names of colors and textures. There are absolutes in the Bible, and they are constants in the spiritual realm, just as "2+2" is a constant in the physical realm.

Absolutes of God is about the Word of God and its building blocks of truth -- "the first principles of the oracles of God" (Hebrews 5:12) -- which have been forgotten or misplaced.

In our society, we have insisted that diversity is good. In reality, what we have are divisions created by an ignorance of God's definition of truth. The one Authority who can settle all arguments in the controversies that divide us is the Holy Ghost, and we have ignored Him!

God's desire is that the words He spoke become alive in His people so that He is seen in His church. God wants to be visible, not only to His church, but also to the whole world. He wants to see truth believed and lived out in front of the entire world.

Seven Absolutes of God

1. God's will for man is that he be perfect in Christ Jesus.

2. The knowledge of good and evil does not produce godly believers or healthy Christians.

3. The natural man does not receive the things of God.

4. Every believer must know the voice of God.

5. The Holy Ghost is the Teacher sent from God to indwell every believer.

6. Once we repent of our sins, we become His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.

7. The Bible was written both historically and spiritually.

Instruments of Power

The church is the instrument God has chosen to accomplish His work on the earth. Ordinary men and women can be God’s instruments if they are willing to deny the flesh and diligently seek Him in prayer.

Scripture References (Rollover with mouse to view or click here to open Bible in a new window)

John 19

1	Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
2	And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
3	And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
4	Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
5	Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6	When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7	The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
8	When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
9	And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10	Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
11	Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
12	And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
13	When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14	And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!

John 19:1-14

John 19

29	Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
30	When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
31	The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32	Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
33	But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
34	But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35	And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
36	For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37	And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38	And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
39	And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40	Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41	Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42	There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

John 19:29-42

Matthew 11

12	And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13	For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14	And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

Matthew 11:12-14

Ephesians 3

1	For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2	If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3	How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4	Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5	Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6	That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7	Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9	And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10	To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Ephesians 3:1-10

Colossians 1

1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
2	To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3	We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
4	Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
5	For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
6	Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
7	As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
8	Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
9	For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10	That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11	Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
12	Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13	Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14	In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15	Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Colossians 1:1-15

Colossians 2

1	For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2	That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3	In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
4	And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
5	For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6	As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7	Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
8	Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
9	For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10	And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
11	In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12	Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Colossians 2:1-12

John 19

15	But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
16	Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
17	And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
18	Where they crucified him, and two others with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19	And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20	This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
21	Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
22	Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
23	Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24	They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
25	Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
26	When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
27	Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
28	After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.

John 19:15-28

James 5

16	Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
17	Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
18	And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

James 5:16-18

1 John 5

4	For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

1 John 5:4

Ephesians 3

11	According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12	In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13	Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14	For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15	Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16	That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17	That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18	May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19	And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20	Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21	Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

Ephesians 3:11-21

Colossians 1

16	For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17	And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18	And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19	For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
20	And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21	And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22	In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
23	If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24	Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
25	Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
26	Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27	To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28	Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
29	Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

Colossians 1:16-29

Colossians 2

13	And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
14	Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
15	And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
16	Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17	Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
18	Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19	And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
20	Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
21	(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22	Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
23	Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Colossians 2:13-29

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