The power of the holy people, where the church is concerned, is the Holy Spirit, the essence of God's mind and the agency by which the Father and the Son live in the begotten Christian. More specifically, the church's power is God Himself, the Source of that Spirit. This power is not limited to the ability to preach publicly, for His work is centered on true belief, which begins with the prodding of the Holy Spirit and ends in the regenerated Christian inheriting the Kingdom of God. The means of this transformation is God through the agency of His Spirit. If the church's power, Jesus Christ living in us by His Spirit, were ever completely shattered, the gates of the grave would prevail against the church, and God's purpose would fail. Yet, we can have every confidence that the power of the New Covenant church will never be shattered, for that power is God Himself. Jesus Christ will lead and sustain His church, in that we can trust.