A Faith Without Power Is No Faith at All
We live by faith all the time.
We trust that gravity will hold. That the sun will rise. That our lungs will fill with air.
We trust in systems, in science, in schedules, in ourselves.
But what if we’ve misplaced our deepest trust?
What if the church has grown too comfortable with a powerless gospel—one that explains but no longer expects, that remembers but no longer relies?
Christianity is not a philosophy.
It is not a moral code.
It is not a cultural tradition.
It is a supernatural faith—rooted in divine action, sustained by divine presence, and aimed at divine transformation.
To strip Christianity of the supernatural is to hollow it out.
To reduce it to ethics, inspiration, or metaphor is to lose the very thing that makes it good news.
The Gospel Is Supernatural
At the heart of Christianity is a claim that defies natural explanation:
Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
This is not a metaphor. It is a historical event with supernatural implications.
Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:
“If Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.”
The resurrection is not optional. It is the cornerstone.
It confirms Christ’s divinity, vindicates His sacrifice, and inaugurates the new creation.
Without it, Christianity is just another moral system.
With it, Christianity is the invasion of heaven into history.
The Bible Is Supernatural
From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture is saturated with the supernatural:
- Creation by divine word
- Prophetic visions and miracles
- Incarnation of the Son of God
- Virgin birth, transfiguration, resurrection
- Pentecost and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit
- Signs, wonders, and spiritual gifts
- Final judgment and the restoration of all things
To read the Bible naturalistically is to misread it entirely.
It is not a record of human striving toward God.
It is the testimony of God’s relentless pursuit of humanity.
Reason and the Supernatural: Partners, Not Opponents
Modern thought often pits reason against faith—as if logic and miracles cannot coexist.
But this is a category mistake.
Reason itself is mysterious.
We use it daily, yet cannot explain its origin.
We trust it, but cannot prove it without using it.
Reason is not a product of biology or chemistry.
It is not reducible to neurons or evolutionary survival.
It is a transcendent faculty—one we must accept axiomatically.
We don’t reason our way to reason.
We begin with it.
And that tells us something profound:
Reason transcends the natural.
It does not define what exists.
It tries to make sense of what does.
So when we speak of the supernatural—of resurrection, incarnation, divine action—we are not rejecting reason.
We are recognizing that reason itself points beyond the natural.
The supernatural is not anti-reason.
It includes reason.
It welcomes logic, affirms coherence, and invites understanding.
Christianity doesn’t ask us to shut off our minds.
It asks us to open them—to realities that reason alone cannot generate, but can humbly receive.
The Supernatural Today—and the Charismatic Witness
The supernatural didn’t end with the apostles.
It continues in the life of the church.
- The Holy Spirit still convicts, comforts, and empowers.
- Prayer still heals, guides, and transforms.
- The gospel still breaks chains—of addiction, despair, and shame.
- Lives are still changed. Hearts are still awakened.
- Miracles still happen—not always on demand, but often in defiance of explanation.
This is where the Charismatic movement stands as a living witness.
Charismatics affirm that the gifts of the Spirit—healing, prophecy, tongues, discernment—are not relics of the early church but realities for today.
They believe that the Spirit who descended at Pentecost still empowers believers to live boldly, pray expectantly, and worship wholeheartedly.
But here’s the key:
Just knowing that God can perform miracles does not activate faith.
Faith is not passive awareness—it is active belief.
When a Christian truly believes that God heals, provides, speaks, and moves—his faith compels him to act accordingly.
To pray boldly. To expect breakthrough. To walk in obedience.
As James writes:
“Faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” (James 2:17)
Faith is not merely believing that God can.
It is living as though He will.
And this is where the Charismatic movement finds its theological grounding—not in emotionalism, but in biblical conviction.
Its emphasis on spiritual gifts flows directly from 1 Corinthians 12–14.
Its expectation of healing echoes James 5.
Its prophetic urgency reflects Acts 2:17:
“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people…”
Philosophically, it affirms that reality is not closed.
That divine action is not irrational.
That the world is not a sealed system—but a stage for God’s ongoing work.
The Charismatic experience is not a departure from Christian doctrine.
It is a demonstration of it.
Final Word: Put Your Faith Where It Belongs
We already live by faith.
We trust the world to work.
We trust ourselves to manage it.
But Christ has called us to something deeper.
He has called us to live by faith in Him.
Not just faith that He exists.
But faith that He is good.
That His will is wise.
That His power is real.
That His promises are true.
So let us shift our trust.
Let us stop placing our faith in what is predictable—and start placing it in the One who is eternal.
Let us believe not only that God can act, but that He will.
Let us pray like He hears.
Live like He reigns.
And walk like He’s with us.
It’s time to put our faith where it belongs.
Not in the world.
Not in ourselves.
But in Christ.
Let’s live like the gospel is true.
Because it is.
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