RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. ALIVE BY THE SPIRIT - PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME PHD SUNDAY, MAY 22ND 2016

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you (Romans 8:11).

1 Peter 1:23 says, "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever." God gave birth to us by the Word, through the Spirit. You're not an ordinary person. The human life you received from your parents has been replaced, supplanted, by the divine life of Christ.

Often, I tell people that Christianity is more than a legal document; it's a vital experience; there's a true life from Christ beating in your heart. The natural man (the person who's not born again) lives by blood, but a Christian lives by the Spirit. No wonder Jesus, referring to the new creation, said, *"...if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them...."* (Mark 16:18).

The blood that's flowing through your veins isn't what's keeping you alive. "What then is the importance of the blood?" you may ask. Well, the blood testifies of your humanity. Leviticus 17:11 says, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood...." Hence, the redemption of man was by the shedding of blood.

However, in the New Testament, the life of your flesh is no longer your blood but the Spirit (read our opening verse again). There's no sickness or disease strong enough to ravage your body. Sickness and disease attack the blood, and destroy the body. But your life isn't dependent on blood: "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: WHICH WERE BORN, NOT OF BLOOD, NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH, NOR OF THE WILL OF MAN, BUT OF GOD"* (John 1:12-13).

Have this consciousness. It doesn't matter the symptoms that may try to fasten themselves on your body, you're alive and healthy by the Holy Spirit.

CONFESSION

I'm a new creation in Christ, with the life and nature of God at work in my spirit! My entire being is inundated by the divine life that flows in every fibre of my being, every cell of my blood, and every bone of my body. I live over and above sickness, the devil, and the rudiments of this world, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

*FURTHER STUDY:

JOHN 1:13

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17

 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:22

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING

*1-Year Bible Reading Plan John 10:22-42,
2 Kings 8-9

*2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
1 Corinthians 11:20-29,
Proverbs 18

*EXTRACT FROM: Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional*