Christ Is Coming in Weakness, but with a Powerful Key
The text for today is 1 Peter 3:18-22: “For Christ also suffered once for sins… being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit… who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to Him.” Here ends the text. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Lord Acton of England once said that power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely. Isn’t that true about power as we see it? Those who don’t have it want it; and those who have it abuse it. The powerful may have started out with good intentions, but sooner or later, that same power corrupts them. Just read the newspaper and you’ll find plenty of examples in governmental agencies and large corporations. But the corrupting influence of power is not confined to Washington, D.C. or Wall Street. We all want control and power, don’t we? We all want the power to tell our b...