The church is not impotent. The church is the body of Christ, the children of the Living God, the Creator of all, and we, God's children, are filled with our Creator God in all His power, and that is NOT impotent.
Now, given that so many do not teach faith that believes "He lives in me right now, He is working through me right now", given that many teach "if you aren't measuring up according to me you aren't gettin' any" or some such, given that so many believe, "I don't deserve it, I'm not qualified, Maybe someday", given all these false notions, I'm not too surprised when His children don't walk in His power.
Be it to you according to your faith. Test Him in this! Trust Him.
Much love!
Jesus said..because you say you "see" your sin remains. If people kept it simple and didn't go claiming to know all truth...there would be no sin in it.
So then the modern ideological doctrine is to claim you are all the way there...but now just leaning how to act like it. Exactly what the Pharisees did...act it out. A fool's philosophy IOW.
But IN Christ IS perfection in the Spirit as a gift...no need to TRY or play act. Otherwise people are to just do all they can within themselves with some help from God. But that sounds too humble. Pride wants more.