Luther Heggs: Faith Based on God's Power

This is what I mentioned during the introduction in last Sunday's message, "Does Your Faith Rest on the Power of God?"  The idea is that our faith cannot be based on some vicarious external sources that we are offered regularly in Christendom (translation=Madison Avenue & Hollywood for Christians).  Our faith must rest on God's power alone, because God will not give His Glory to another.  Paul was careful to tell those in Corinth that he was no super-apostle or professional orator attempting to win a competition.  He was indeed a triumphed-over servant of the true and living God, and was speaking the truth. Are you careful about your faith?  Is it genuine enough to carry you through great difficulties and persecutions?  Or is your faith based on your favorite music, your favorite TV preacher, your favorite missions work, or your most cherished theological assumptions?  Faith must rest on the power of God who gives it.