Power: The Domain — G.W. North

Power Over the Enemy and the Purpose of Prayer

I'd like to speak to you a word at the moment now, if I don't come back on, if I can't come back on to our subject, it doesn't matter. It's concerning this, that already this day, whilst we've been here, two people have come to me and asked me concerning certain things.

Do you remember praying for such and such a person? Do you remember praying for such and such a thing? One was, a letter came, which I had to answer, and another, I think the girl is still here, if she says she is, I can say alright, I won't embarrass her.

She said, she won't mind, said, we prayed about so and so, that's right, yes, I remember distinctly. Well, it happened, and it happened last night, and that was demonic power in a relative, and God rid the relative last night.

Do you see that? And this other person said the same, did you pray? I said, well yes, as I was writing the letter, I pray, I don't get hours and hours to pray over individual cases, often correspondence takes up so much of my time.

Yes, well, the Lord's done it. Do you see, now, this is the thing, beloved, there is a place where you and I, not getting stupid about it, and getting flighty about it, and think now we're going to bind everything up in heaven and hell and everywhere else, and getting big ideas, this is one of the things the devil likes to do, puff you right up and be no good at all then, get hold of a scriptural idea and play it up till you're just about overbalanced on it, then you're as useless as a fly on the wall.

But there is a place, beloved, where we can move in what God wants us to move in. You understand this, we're not here to be at the mercy of the devil, we're not here for that, we're here to know what it is to be sons of God in the midst of our crooked and perverse generation, and we're to shine as lights in the world, and we're to work out this great salvation that's in us.

Amen. In a wonderful way, you can get down to it, and get hold of situations, and God moves in answer to prayer, even though you may be hundreds or thousands of miles away. This is the point, not just because you prayed, but because in that prayer you moved in power.

It isn't just the repetition of prayers, or following out of an idea, it is moving in this certainty of heart with God. Do you understand that? That's what you're to do, you're to learn this. Alright, we are coming back to our subject, let's go on, shall we?

The Enemy’s Ability and God’s Power

Over all the power of the enemy, the enemy has ability. Glory be to God. And this is why you're to not wonder when the devil does do marvellous things, and he does do marvellous things, you must remember that he has this ability, and you must also remember that he is specifically called the anointed cherub, and he's doing things in the power of that anointing.

Now, the devil's things he's doing, as the anointed one. You understand? The fallen anointed cherub. Such is the power of the anointing when God really does it, and he did, he gave it to this one in the beginning.

And the devil is a terrible being, moving in this power, the fallen being. But don't let's give too much attention to him, let's come back to the scripture, shall we? And what God wants us to understand.

God Makes His Power Known

And if we look into the Roman letter, this time in the ninth chapter, we'll see something that God wants making very clear to our hearts. Understand this in these days, that in the 22nd verse we're told, God is willing to show his wrath and to make his power known.

That's what the book says. That God is willing to make this ability known. Praise God. Now this is a glorious thing. You will know that in this same Roman letter, for instance, in the first chapter, you need not turn this one up, you'll know it in the 16th verse, one of the most famous verses of the Bible, where the writer says, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power, there it is.

You see, it's this dunamis, is the power of God unto salvation. It's the power of God unto salvation. There'll be somebody preaching on that text tomorrow night, somewhere, in the gospel services in England.

As sure as we're here, there'll be somebody preaching on that text. You see, but it's this great dunamis, this ability, and you will see what God was saying, all that was in his heart, when he was talking about being endued with ability from on high.

You think of this great power of salvation. Look at it again in the Hebrews letter, and in the 7th chapter. Wonderful book, this Hebrews book, where we were this afternoon. In this 17th chapter, the 7th chapter of Hebrews, and the 16th verse, this is what we read.

That Jesus Christ, when he was made a great high priest, was not made after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. This great ability of an endless life, praise God. This is what he's talking about, the ability of an endless life.

The Power of an Endless Life

Now, some of us have passed our peak ability. Some of you will think you're in your peak ability. Some of you are coming up to your peak ability. But those of us who are past our peak ability, that is, as the sort of bone and muscle, and I don't know endurance, sound and wind and limb business, we know that simply because we haven't got an endless life.

This means that our life is going away, going away, going away. Amen. This physical life, this is bringing us nearer and nearer to seeing the Lord Jesus. It's all so glorious. But, beloved, this great power, oh, it's the power of endless life.

Now, when you were baptized in the Spirit, when you received the Holy Ghost coming upon you, is this, since, if you didn't then, have you thought about it like this? It's the power of an endless life.

One of the things that we suffer from is an over-emphasis upon the fact that it's a power for service. Now, you will search anywhere you like in your New Testament and you will never find the New Testament says that.

Preachers may say it, but the Bible doesn't say it. That's it, you see. This mighty thing that God is doing, it's been scaled down for service, power for service. I've already pointed out that these men had cast out devils, healed the sick, cleansed the leper, I don't know what, before all this, they'd served.

It wasn't power for service that these men were going to receive, surely was it? Well, was it or wasn't it? You've got to face it. There's the Scripture, no matter what you might have been brought up on, you've got to face the Scripture, what it says.

The power of an endless life. Amen. Oh, let's go right on, shall we? The Bible's a very, very interesting book. And in the Gospel according to Luke, in the first chapter, here it is. We're in perhaps one of the most sacred portions of the Bible here, and those of us who gather on these occasions and have done perhaps over the years, this will not be an unfamiliar passage with us.

And in Luke chapter 1, you hear in 26, God sending the angel Gabriel to Mary, in verse 27, the great virgin. And he comes in unto her, and he says, Hail thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women. And she casts in her mind, to wonder what sort of a thing this was being said, that's what the verse says, what manner of salutation this should be. Nobody had ever saluted her like this before.

Nobody had ever come in unto her before and said, Hail thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee. Praise God. And the great, the angel starts to talk to her, and he tells her that she's going to conceive in her womb, 31, and she's going to bring forth a son, and she'll call his name Jesus.

And he goes on, and in 34 she says, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man. And now listen to the angel's answer. And the angel answered and said, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power.

There it is. And the power. Why did the power of the highest come upon her? So that Christ may be formed in her. Is that right? The Holy Ghost and the power. You have the same relationship. You shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming.

Christ was formed. Now if I understand my scriptural writing, taking it out of the physical, though not dissociating it from my flesh, and putting it into the spiritual, am I reading your heart of right, brother and sister, when I say that's what you want?

You want Christ to be formed in you, don't you? Didn't Paul say that about the Galatians? He said, I'm travailing in birth till Christ be formed in you. And that needs the dunamis. That's what the dunamis is for.

That's what the ability is unto. Glory, glory be to the name of the Lord Jesus. Praise God that this great ability is upon the saints of God, that their flesh should be, as it were, a mother to the life of the inward Christ.

It's a glorious thing that this is so. Did you realize that this is what the power's for? The Holy Ghost comes with his power for this reason. Blessed be the name of the Lord. You'll never persuade me that just because John and Peter and Matthew and Mark and company could cast out devils and heal the sick and cleanse the leper were like Jesus, or had Jesus Christ formed in them either?

Read it in the New Testament. When the hungry were all around, they said to Jesus, send them away. Jesus said, what, send them away? They hadn't got Jesus Christ in them. He said, come on, feed them. I'm putting it colloquially.

This isn't the way he said it. Feed them, he said. I understand his heart, don't you? He had compassion on them. This is the Bible. They hadn't got any compassion. They wanted to be rid of the burden.

Well, they'll all be starving to death. Where are we going to feed them? See, they hadn't got Christ in them. They were just men. That's all they were. They're chained under the highest and have the highest.

That's what the power's for. Praise God. People think it'll be the highest if they can speak in tongues or cast a devil out of a person. Jesus said, you're not to rejoice if devils come out of people.

We nearly get our heads on it. If we see a devil come out of a person, why, we have a prayer and praise meeting. Jesus says, you're not to rejoice because of that. Aren't we a disobedient lot of people?

And we expect to go on and keep disobeying Jesus. And we expect to go on and flood the land with light. What, the light of disobedience? He said, you take heed, lest the light in you is a darkness. It's the very thing he said.

You be careful. Glory be to the name of the Lord. Power of the highest. Amen. They turned the world upside down, beloved. Not because they had a few gifts or all the gifts either. Praise God. Not because they had an anointing.

Because, beloved, the power had come. Amen. The power that formed Christ in them. Isn't that wonderful? Oh, it's great, beloved, to move in this wonderful, wonderful truth in a man. I tell you, if you want to live in this great realm where God wants you to live, everything will be wonderful.

Christ Formed in Believers

Listen. They came to worship this Christ. You know they did. When Christ had been formed in Mary and he was born. I know now we're entering into another phase and I've used it as an illustration. They all came because the Christ had been formed.

Even the baby Christ. The scripture says that the angels are sent forth to be ministers for those that should be heirs of salvation. But all, beloved, when the glorious Christ He said, I can have ten thousand.

I can have ten legions of angels. Twelve legions of angels, he said. If I want glory. You don't wonder that angels came and opened prisons for Peter and people like that in the New Testament, do you? Christ was formed in them.

Christ was there. The attendants of Christ were there. Hallelujah. Legions of them. People are saying, legions of devils. I get sick and fed up in moving in what people call deliverance circles. Everybody talks about seeing demons everywhere.

Why? Boy, let's start seeing some angels. It's right, beloved. You see, beloved, they are there. Glory be to the name of the Lord. Angelic company. And you and I are to live and move in this. Christ formed in you, man.

Formed in you, woman. Praise God. Not a pastiche of texts. My favourite Lord's Scripture. I pick up people's Bibles at times. You want to be careful if you invite me to your house. I've told you this before.

I pick up people's Bibles. People pick up mine. It's all right. It's fair enough. I look in the back and I see lists of favourite texts that they use at the back, you know. How to deal with this one. How to deal with that one.

How to deal with the other one. You don't deal with people with favourite texts, beloved. Glory be to the name of the Lord. When Christ is formed in you, don't you see? You've got the art. You've got the secret.

You've got the words. You've got everything. I've led people through, I must tell you this, into things of God and I've never quoted a text to them. Because other times I've spent hours with them on the Scriptures.

I don't think you ought to do that. But this isn't the point. The name of the Lord. There is a life where you move. Of the very highest. Let's take this a step further. With the very Christ formed in you.

Jesus’ Anointing With the Holy Ghost and Power

Come with me to the Acts of the Apostles. And here's a very lovely verse that you love. That you're familiar with. In the 10th chapter it says this. For Peter speaking. He opens his mouth, verse 34. Very good advice for all young speakers.

Open your mouth. Don't mumble. The drawing room is sort of a mutter. Don't do that. Open your mouth. Glory. Then Peter opened his mouth. He said, I perceive that God is no respecter of... And so he goes on.

And he says, The word which God sent unto the children of Israel. 36. Preaching peace by Jesus Christ. He's Lord of all. That word I say you know. Which was published throughout all Judea. And began from Galilee.

After the baptism which John preached. How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth. With the Holy Ghost. That's it. With Dunamis. Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost. And with Dunamis. And he went about doing good.

And he healed all that were oppressed of the devil. And he did all this wonderful thing. In this great anointing and power. But you see beloved. He was formed from the power. He was... In this great ability.

Hallelujah. And it's wonderful. God intends this for us all you know. He intends this for us all. You will remember. And here's a study for you Bible students. You get this word power and take it through Luke's Gospel.

And you'll remember that it's recorded of Jesus. That he was led of the spirit into the wilderness. And there he was tempted of the devil. And do you know what he did to the devil? Blessed be the name of the Lord.

The devil is only a defeated foe. You want to rub that into the devil. That's right. Well Jesus beat you. That's right. That's right. It's true. Isn't it? Jesus beat you. And it says that after he defeated the devil.

It says he came back in the power. He came back in the power.

Power as an Inward Work

Be there all the time beloved.

That in this power as God moves upon me. Whatever he may want to do in my life. I have to let him do what he wants with me. As he did with his own son the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus was as much precious to his father's heart.

When he was 28 as he was when he was 31. And you know there's a difference between the 30th and those before. These are the tremendous things for our hearts to see. To move and live in this glorious relationship.

Jesus had years of living in this. Do see this beloved. Let the Lord teach your heart. Let's go on shall we. This time I want you to look with me in the Corinthian letter. Take the first letter to the Corinthians.

The Gospel as the Power of the Cross

Tracing this great word through. 1 Corinthians chapter 1. And you will be familiar with this great verse. 17 Christ sent me not to baptise. Amen. Now in the part of the world that I live in. I sometimes like to emphasise this.

That Christ didn't send me to baptise. If other people want to keep baptising people that's up to them. He didn't send me to baptise. Christ sent me not to baptise. Hallelujah. I'm not a John Baptist.

I don't know what John I am. But I'm not a John Baptist. I wouldn't mind if I was John the Beloved. But let's go on shall we. Christ sent me not to baptise. But to preach the gospel. For it's the gospel that's the power Mark you.

Let your mind catch up the truth. Sent me to preach the gospel. Not with wisdom of words. Should be made of none effect. Why? Why not the wisdom of words. Must be made of none effect. Listen. For the word or logos of the cross.

Is to them that perish foolishness. But unto us which are saved. It's the power. Now when. What is this word dunamis. What is the power. Here it is. For atonement. Cross pieces of wood. Is purely pagan idea.

You understand that don't you. It was a pagan idea. More than like. The word star estate. A tree. Not necessarily a cross. Beloved. When was. What's today Saturday. Thursday. What's Thursday I believe.

Dear man came to see. Me down in Exeter. Dear man he come. Many many miles. He was in great need. And all sorts of terrible things. Were going on in his life. I started to speak to him. And was speaking about.

He. I. Happened to say certain things. He put his hand in his pocket. He pulled out a wooden cross. He got it in an inside pocket. And it's got. Words written on this. Bit of wood. And this man. Used to have this in his hand.

And pray. Now it wasn't a crucifix. I got quite a collection of those. That I don't use. But. This was a man. Far from Roman Catholicism. As you are. That is in his. Professions of belief. But beloved there he was.

Got a lovely. It was beautifully planed up. Looked all lovely. Felt like a bit of wax. You know. Poor man. I said give it to me. Beloved. The tree outside Jerusalem had to be. But I want to tell you the cross still is.

It. It's the cross. That's the power of God. It's the cross. This is why people don't get very far. You. I suppose most of us in this room. Know of countless. Perhaps dozens. Scores. Maybe hundreds. Who've had an experience.

Called the baptism in the spirit. And they had it. They spoke with tongues or something. But you know. Let's all be perfectly honest now. You know as well as I do. That so many of these. It may be. And if you're here beloved.

Then God is here in mercy and grace. You know perfectly well. They've got no more power. Than the seat you sit on. In their lives. Am I right or wrong? Absolutely right. They've had some kind of experience.

That's not what we're doubting. But. To have power. The power of God. In them as true as that blessed one. Sat up on that throne. And father looked upon him.

And his bowels moved. Loved. Bringing all.

God took one. To heaven. He got three thousand sons on the earth. And he. Enabled Jesus Christ to live like he lived. It was this. Formulation of. In wisdom of words. Or to get baptised in people. That's not it.

This man. Went amongst.

Men and women. And beloved. And he feared. To get into the wisdom of words. Beloved.

He feared. And he came of sophistry. And philosophy. And explanation. And theology. He fled it all. And it was all. Psalms written about Paul. Say surely. Psalms were written about Jesus. Well. All David's psalms weren't they?

Read them through and see. About mighty acts. They were written about tremendous power. Weren't they? Lots of them. You familiar with the psalms? And this. Is. The great. I know that we only want to sing about Jesus.

But oh. Beloved. When we see these. Praise him for his mighty acts. Praise him for this. Praise him for that. Praise him for the other. Oh. Glory. When men start to praise God. Because you've been amongst them.

When they start. To sing. And glory. As though God had been among them. Because Christ is formed in you. Hallelujah. What a tremendous thing it is. And this is what God is after. Beloved. It is what God is after you.

Spiritual Understanding and Effective Ministry

Let's go into the Ephesian letter. It's an exciting study. When we get down to the scriptures of truth. In Ephesians. And the first chapter. We read this. And Paul is praying. How many times we've thought around these prayers.

Beloved. You know. Part of my joy. And my glory this afternoon. Sitting here. Was the thrill of being back. Among some of your. The same loving hearts of fellowship. I got a thrill you know. I could have laughed and sung.

And praised. And loved. And let my heart flow. Hallelujah. Well let's go on shall we. And Paul is praying. That the eyes in verse 18. The eyes of your understanding. Should be enlightened. That you should know.

What is the hope of his calling. And what the riches of the glory. I tell you. This isn't just to me. It's not just power now. It's the exceeding greatness. It's fantastic. Beloved. Awake and alive. The eyes in it.

And you see with your heart. And see with my heart. In the name of the Lord. So much so. Do I see with my heart. I've fallen in love with all this. Beloved. That things must happen. In our lives. We who say that we are baptized in the spirit.

How many times. Do I find people. Beaten. And defeated. And all sorts of things. Now my beloved brothers and sisters. This great truth. Paul says. In this same glorious chapter. In this same glorious.

Let's look in the third chapter. He says. In this wonderful third chapter. And verse seven. He said. I was made a minister. According to the gift of the grace of God. Given unto me. By the effectual working.

Of this dunamis. His power. Ha ha. You see. This is why you've got some pretty poor ministers. Excuse me. I'm not talking about your. Sorry. I ought not to say that. We've got some pretty poor ministers.

This is why. By the effectual working of his power. That dunamis. I was able to speak in tongues. Because I had the power. Come on. And he came right over. To become the one. That answered his prayer.

He said. I'm praying that God. Will open. Your understanding. The eyes of your understanding. That you may see. And he said. To make all men see. There it is. You see. I was made a minister. Of the grace of God.

Given unto me. By the effectual working. Of his power. 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.

And make all men see. So. What a ministry. Working in this man. And this great power. You see. What happened to you. Beloved. On the day. That you were baptised. In the spirit. Was a prelude. That's all.

Intended to get hold of your life. And make you what Jesus Christ was. A minister. Scripture says he was a minister. And God wants to give you. Ministry. And if you will let this power. Take effect in you.

You effectually. You think. When the scripture says. The power of the Holy Ghost. Comes upon people. That they were ducks. And it ran off them. Like water off a duck's back. Not denying it came. But where is it a fortnight after.

Letting God have his way. By letting this thing. Take hold in us. Letting God. Get hold of us. I have to. Into this. Answer the wrong prayer. I can give you illustration. After illustration. Of this in the back.

One that springs readily to mind. Is that the Lord Jesus said. He said. Pray ye therefore. That the Lord of the harvest. Was sent forth labourers into harvest. And in the next chapter. He called them and sent them.

He told his disciples to pray. And then he called them and he sent them. The answer to their own prayer. That's right. You'll read that. In Matthew's Gospel. You see beloved. This thing becomes a fervour in a man's heart.

Power in his bones. Power from on high. And it's not mere sentimental. And it's not just something that he's worked up. For as sure as you work it up. You'll work it down. That's what you'll do. But. If this be of God.

Then beloved. God will make a man. Like himself. For you will remember. If this be true. And I think your heart will find it true. That Jesus Christ. Looked upon a word of men. And loved men and women.

And prayed for men and women. And visited men and women. And said. Father I want these men and women. I want them washed in blood to be clean. Then father said. Well go down and do it yourself Jesus. We've asked.

Is that right? That's right. And he did it. Glory be to the name of the Lord. You must see that there is an inner law. Of constituted being. In everything of the scripture. I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

Instead. It's the power of God. That's why he's not ashamed of the news of Christ. Because it's the power of Christ. It isn't just words. It isn't something Jesus said. It's something that Jesus is. It isn't something I do.

It isn't something I say. Because I'm anointed. Or because I'm baptised in the spirit. It's something that I am. It is an enablement to do something. It's an enablement to be someone. Let this be. Be upon my heart.

And upon my soul. And stamped all over every fibre of my being. You're to be Christ to men and women. That's what you're to be. You're not to be a babbler. You're not to be a vain talker. You're not to be a bible waver.

Or something like that. You're to be a Christ to men and women. If Mary had said, What have you come upon me for? Blessed Holy Ghost. He would have said, Because I want to send Christ through you. Unto men and women.

Holy Ghost. That's what he did. Praise God. It's better to see what he does. Than hear what he says. What I mean by that, It's better to get the results. Than just cling to promises. Works out on the same level.

Have fulfilments. All these glorious things. Let's go one step further. And this time, We'll look in that same chapter three. And we'll look at verse twenty. Unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly.

About all that we ask or think. According to the power that works. You see, When this power comes, It comes to work in me. Did you realise that? This, This great ability. Come to work in me. Work in me.

It's working in you, is it? It's working in you. What has it worked? I don't know, It's a sort of feeling I get at times. Well, what's that got to do with it? Yeah, I feel it working. Someone sat and talked to me.

Sorry I have to tell you about these people that talk to me. But they do, They come and talk to me. And that's it. And this is really, This dear man, He said to me, You know, I got it immediately. He said, I feel like, I feel like fire burning in me.

He said, Let me feel it. I feel like, Something on my hand. He says. Then I see colours. All. And then he said, I'm, Then I know I'm anointed. He said. Then, Then, I can speak in tongues. And use my gift.

You just relax. Sit where you are. Just relax. And I said, In the name of Jesus Christ, Come out of him! That's right. He thought he was under the anointing of the spirit. Hope you don't have those sort of things.

If you do, Come and see me afterwards. Or don't wait till afterwards. Have it dealt with now. People think this is, This is it. You see, And you know how the power works in you. It just doesn't come on you for sort of a, I'll tell you another thing you want to be aware of.

The Power That Energizes the New Life

If you sort of, Put your hands up and you feel like, Sparks tipping off the thing. You want to get delivered. I tell you, That's not the Holy Ghost. Jesus Christ is God's normal man. And you never read that he had sparks Flying off his fingers.

Now you must understand that Jesus Christ Is God's normal man. And the Holy Ghost, It isn't just a little pet phrase of mine That I come out with. The Holy Ghost has come to make you Exactly like Jesus Christ.

I feel sort of hot flushes running through me. Unique deliverance. Christ didn't have hot flushes. He didn't say, Make the men sit down. I've got a hot flush. Come on. I feel all hot inside. You're going to laugh at it.

And perhaps you'll be laughing At the ridiculous notions That the devil has pushed upon the churches. But I find this throughout England. Then we talk about revival. A revival of what? We have Pentecostal.

What have you got, beloved? What have I got? You'll tell when this power's working in you. It'll make you do what this verse says. You see, here's the Bible. It says, Pray. You see? Ask and think. And it's done.

Because the power's there. Working in you. You see? I see. So God sort of makes it work through me. Hallelujah. That's what you are. A vessel to be filled with God. So that he can make it work through you.

Simple. Answering your own prayers. So I thought, I always ask God to answer my prayers. Yes, well of course it is God. But you see, you ask and you think according to the power that works in you. I want to tell you there's a power working in you now.

One power or another. It's the great takeover. So that now, there'll be power thinking. Now let me tell you, you want to be one of these high powered things. And one of the worst persons in the world, sorry ladies, is a high powered female.

They want, my word, I tell you, you'll have all the men ducking if that starts. That's right. An intense female is an abomination to a male. So, he'll say to me, you don't half say some things about her.

It's right. I tell you the truth. If no one else will. The tremendous thing about it, what I mean is that, there's a power that works in you. And you're not an intense this or an intense that. Anymore.

It's wonderful ease. I've already said so. I told you, if you said to me, lift that table up brother. I haven't the ability. I might have done once upon a time. It's an ease. It's a sweetness. It's a flowing.

It's a naturalness. I am, you see. I am. What? A witness. A holy ghost has come. And he's got this fixation. He's going to do it. You get in these intense. This is what the power is all about. It's so simple.

Listen to it. If you listen carefully. It's like the running of the blood from Jesus veins. Needs no more power than the pump of his heart. That's all it is. Listen now. Healing the whole world. Physically.

He was completely inert. He did nothing. He only had. He never ran here and tore there and huffed and puffed and flew. He never did anything. It's most likely this. We've all got to go and sit so rigid and still that we stop breathing and come dead.

That's not what I'm saying. What I am saying, beloved, is this. Now that word worketh in is the word energy. And it's that dunamis has come to be your energy. That's what Paul said. Put it down if you're making notes and don't ever forget it.

That this ability from on high has come to be the energy of your new manhood. That's what he's saying. According to the power, the ability that energizes me. That's really what he's saying. Now you can't put your finger on energy, can you?

What's energy? What is energy? Don't want a medical definition of it. Show me an ounce of it, will you? Put it out for me to see. People have been deceived. They thought it's sort of power to do works.