Whispers of His Power – MAY 3

1 John 4.4:  Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Sometimes we are tempted to feel, ‘I want to serve God wholly and to live for others, but Satan’s power is very great.  How can I withstand him to the end?  Even our Lord Jesus called him the prince of this world (John 12.31).  He is too strong for me.’

There are two Greek words which are translated ‘prince’ in our New Testament.  One is archon, a ruler, the common word used for the rulers of the people.  This is the word our Lord uses in speaking of Satan.  The other word is Archegos, which means a founder, author, file-leader, true and ultimate Prince.  This is used for our Lord Jesus Christ.

Satan is only the prince; he is mighty but not Almighty, archon not Archegos. 

Greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world.  He is the Prince.  Trust your Prince.

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These words are from ’Whispers of His Power’ a collection of writings that Amy Carmichael wrote for her ‘children’ and others associated with the Dohnavur Fellowship. and are Copyright © The Dohnavur Fellowship 1982

Unless otherwise stated, biblical quotations are from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.

The following abbreviations are used to refer to other versions and sources:

BCP:               Book of Common Prayer, the Great Bible of Coverdale

Conybeare:       W. J. Conybeare, The Epistles of Paul (a translation)

Delitzsch:        F. Delitzsch, Notes on Job and the Psalms

Kay:                W. Kay, The Psalms (a translation)

LXX:              The Septuagint

Moffatt:           J. Moffatt, The New Testament: a new translation

Rotherham:      J. B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible Revised Version

RV:                 Revised Version

Way:              A. Way, The Letters of St Paul (a translation)

Westcott:         F. Westcott, Notes on the Gospel of St John

Weymouth:      R. F. Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern Speech

Young:            R. Young, A Literal Translation of the Bible

Verses of poetry without quotation marks were written by Amy Carmichael.