For the wages
of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord (Romans 6:23).
When you
were born again, something actually transpired in the realm of the spirit. Your
human life was supplanted by the divine life. This is the reality. It’s one of
the reasons Christianity isn’t a religion; being born again is an actual
transformation; a real spiritual birth: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
The word,
“creature” means “strange living thing”: something that can’t really be
described; a new species or type of being that’s born of God; that’s who you are.
The Bible says, “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we
should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures” (James 1:18). “First fruits”
means “the first and best.”
The Apostle
John declared in 1 John 5:13, “These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal
life and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” Why was it so
important for him to let us know we have the God-life? It’s because you can’t
enjoy the benefit, the power, and the influence of that life except you have
it, and know that you have it.
Philemon
1:6 says, “That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the
acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.” Acknowledge
and affirm that you have, and can live the God-life: the life of righteousness,
praise, dominion, and glory. Hallelujah.
CONFESSION:
I’m a partaker of the divine nature; I have the very essence and character of
divinity. The indestructible, impregnable, and indomitable life of God is in
me. I’m thus programmed and positioned for the transcendent life, dispensing
the realities and verities of God’s Kingdom. Glory to God!
Further
Study: John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it]
more abundantly.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 John
5:11-12 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and
this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath
not the Son of God hath not life.
1-Year
Bible Reading Plan: Romans 14:1-23-15:1-4, Psalms 90-93
2-Year Bible Reading Plan: Philippians 2:1-11, Isaiah 63
2-Year Bible Reading Plan: Philippians 2:1-11, Isaiah 63
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