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 Kings 8-9
*2-Year
Bible Reading Plan:
1 Corinthians 11:20-29,
Proverbs 18
1 Corinthians 11:20-29,
Proverbs 18
*EXTRACT
FROM: Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional*
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