READ YOUR RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL. THE EXCELLENT GLORY – PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME TUESDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER 2016.
…All have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
Before Christ came, all men
were under the curse of sin, and were therefore subject to condemnation, Satan,
sickness, disease, poverty and depravity. This was the consequence of man’s
fall in the Garden of Eden. Adam, before the fall, lived in the presence of
God. God’s presence was his light; he walked in the presence of God. That
connection or relationship was the glory.
However, he was cut off
from that glory when he listened to Satan and sinned against God. He died
spiritually. Spiritual death is separation from God. Thus, through Adam’s
transgression, all men died and became separated from the presence—the glory of
God. Now, in Christ, the one who’s born again is made alive and awakened to the
fatherhood of God. Romans 5:19 lets us know that because all men were made
sinners by Adam’s disobedience, likewise, by the obedience of Christ, we’ve
been made righteous.
We’re no longer separated
from the life of God. By virtue of the new birth, Christ has taken up His abode
in the quarters of our hearts. Christ isn’t around you, neither is He merely
with you; He’s in you: “...Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27).
The glory that was lost in Adam has been restored in Christ. We’ve been
glorified in Christ. Hallelujah! This glory is even greater than what Adam had
in the Garden of Eden. It’s greater than the glory of the Old Testament. Our
glory in Christ Jesus is “...the glory that excelleth” (2 Corinthians 3:10);
the excellent glory (2 Peter 1:17).
In the Garden, Adam and Eve
heard the voice of the Lord, walking. But with us, the presence of God isn’t
just a voice walking around us; that voice is in you. You house the glory of
God. He lives in you—in every fibre of your being, in every cell of your blood,
and in every bone of your body. It’s the excellent glory. Hallelujah!
_CONFESSION_
_My life is a manifestation
of the beauty, radiance and excellence of God, because Christ is in me.
Therefore, sickness, disease and infirmities have no place in my body. I’m the
carrier, as well as the effulgence of the excellent glory of God, and I
continually display the virtues, splendor and perfections of our glorious
Kingdom, in Jesus’ Name. Amen_
FURTHER STUDY:
|| 2 Corinthians 6:16 And
what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the
living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I
will be their God, and they shall be my people. ||
|| Romans 8:30 Moreover
whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also
justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. ||
|| 2 Peter 1:3 According as
his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and
virtue: ||
Daily Scripture Reading
1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
2 Corinthians 12:1-21,
Ecclesiastes 3-5
Ecclesiastes 3-5
2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
1 Timothy 1:8-14,
Jeremiah 31
Jeremiah 31
EXTRACT
FROM: Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional
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