Acts 1:8-9 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
On graduation day from the police academy, a young New York City police cadet couldn't wait. Fresh from his graduation ceremony, he made his first arrest. Officer Darriel Firpo, at 23 years old, was on his way home from graduation when he sported an 80-year-old gentleman being robbed of his wallet and thrown to the ground by a mugger. The perpetrator attempted to flee the scene; however, officer Firpo caught up with him and arrested the man with no incident.
The action of this young office has gone down in history as the fastest police action after graduation in New York City History.
This true incident is a fascinating story because this young office came off the graduation platform and put his newly acquired power to use immediately. You and I and all followers and believers in Christ Jesus have the authority and capacity to lead people to Jesus. We have been given the power through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit bestowed upon us at the first heartbeat of our salvation. Sometimes we hear excuses like: "I have not been saved long enough to talk to someone about Jesus." The only thing we had to know when we got saved was that we were lost, and the precious blood of Jesus will save us if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior and place our faith and trust in Him for our salvation. If the person that led us to Jesus had only been a Christian for a few minutes, we would still be saved. In the same manner, all we have to know to lead someone to Jesus is that there is wonder-working power in the blood of Jesus and when someone believes and accepts that, placing their faith and trust in Jesus for their salvation, they are saved (Romans 10:9-10).
Whenever the Gospel is preached, an influence is created on the human soul in the form of conviction that leads to conversion. Such was the appeal of John Wesley's message of repentance and faith that one hoodlum, sent by Anglican leaders to disrupt one of their meetings, found himself unable to follow through. Raising his hand to strike a blow to Wesley's head, he was compelled to bring it down with surprising delicacy, simply declaring: "What soft hair he has!" Wesley's preaching impacted the would-be assailant and momentarily tamed his nature right on the spot. When God's Word is shared, it has a decisive bearing upon the human soul. God's Word is definitely a bullet in your gun against the powers of evil in the world.
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