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HIS DIVINE POWER: Divine relates to divinity, or God, and Peter writes, �His (singular) divine power� directly after �God and Jesus our Lord.� The implications of divinity rest on both of those PERSONS, and yet every Jew learnt form childhood, {*12} �Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is One.�

                                          THE DIVINE POWER

But what about �Divine Power?� Perhaps we often skip over references to God�s power, but if we are going to believe for the �all things that pertain� of this verse, we need to have a more profound appreciation of divine power. Those �things� include:
�all things that pertain to life and godliness;�   (vrs. 3).
�exceedingly great and precious promises;�   (vrs. 4).
�partakers of the divine nature;�   (vrs. 4).
�abundant enterance into the everlasting kingdom;�   (vrs. 11)

WHO is this power exercised for? Peter says, �those (of) like precious faith.� Paul writes that the gospel {*14} �is the power of God for salvation for everyone that believes� and that {*15} �the exceeding greatness of His power (is) towards us who believe.�

WHAT is this power exercised over? To the legion of demons in the Gaderine demoniac He said, {*16} �Go!� and they went. To the wind and the waves of Galilee He commanded, {*17} �Peace, be still!� and those elements of nature obeyed. (But of you and I He merely requires, {*30} �Come unto Me all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.�)

WHAT is the extent and use of this power then? The writer to the Hebrews tells us that Jesus is {*13} �upholding all things by the word of His power� and Paul affirms that {*16} �by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on the earth, (thrones, dominions, principalities or powers)... and in Him all things hold together (consist, KJV).�

This DIVINE POWER then, is the attribute of a {*19,*20} "LIVING GOD" who has demonstrated omnipotence in all areas.

SCIENTISTS-         study the results of, �He made the worlds.� (Hebrews 1:2b)
THEOLOGIANS-     study the result of, �(He) spoke in times past to the fathers by the
                              prophets.�                     (Hebrews 1:1)
CHRISTOLOGERS- study results of "He has in these last days spoken to us by His
                              Son."                             (Hebrews 1:2)
CHRISTIANS-         are the result of "when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right
                              hand of the Majesty on high."   (Hebrews 1:3b - KJV)
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                              "as many as received Him, to them He gave power to become the children of God."
                              (John 1:12)