Christian Life Is Living Beyond Feelings!

‘but you are not in the flesh but in the spirit; if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.  Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His’ (Rom 8:9).

The reality is, man is a spirit, and he has a soul and he lives in a body.  Our real man is the spirit.  It was dead because of sin and was quickened and made alive to God when we received Jesus in our life.  Now, the Spirit of Christ dwells in you.  You are not in the flesh but you relate your life from your spirit where the Spirit of Christ dwells to lead you and guide you.   Christian life is not carnal but spiritual because you are alive to God; alive to righteousness.  You are dead to sin and alive unto God. 

Being ignorant of this Truth, you will live your New Life in Christ by your feelings.  But you have the Life of God in you and the Holy Spirit to help you live this supernatural life in this world.  Yes, the Bible says in 1 John 4:4, ‘you are of God, little children and have overcome them, because, He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world’.  Colossians 3:4 says, ‘when Christ who is our Life..’.   No wonder why Paul wrote in Gal 2:20, ‘I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.’  

We live beyond the lower natural life; live by the Spirit who empowers us to live in the spirit by the faith of the Son of God Jesus Christ who loved and gave Himself up for us.  Search the Scriptures and study the New Creation realities.  Christ, the perfect sacrificed Lamb paid the perfect price for us to live a life above every adversity and challenge. We are more than conquerors in Christ.  We are in this world but we live above this world.  We reign over the elements of this world, sin, sickness, poverty and the devil. 

Jesus has given us the authority to trample the serpents and scorpions and overall the power of the enemy; nothing shall by any means hurt us.  We are superior to satan to cast him out and to demolish his schemes and plots! Go beyond your feelings and live by faith!  Know who you are, what you have and what you can do in Christ.  Live as a New Creation He has described you in His Word and made you to be.  

The Righteous is bold as a lion (Prov 28:1).  Fear is not his nature!  He functions in the Spirit of Love, Power and of a Sound Mind.  We are Kings and Royal Priests in Christ.  The Bible says, Ecclesiastes 8:4, ‘for the word of a king is authority and power, and who can say to him, what are you doing?’  We are called to use the authority and power Christ has endorsed us with and do great things for His glory!

Rise up to who you are in Christ and fulfill His destiny for you!  Romans 5:17, ‘for if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of GRACE and of the GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.’

CONFESS WITH ME:

I AM A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST!  I HAVE THE LIFE OF GOD IN ME.  I LIVE ABOVE EVERY ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGE; I REIGN OVER SICKNESS, SIN AND POVERTY.  I REFUSED TO COMPROMISE WITH ANYTHING CONTRARY TO WHAT CHRIST HAS MADE ME TO BE!  IN CHRIST I AM VICTORIOUS AND NOT A VICTIM.  I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME.

Further Study:  Galatians 5: 25; Romans 8: 1-10; 2 Cor 5:17; 1 Peter 4: 1-2

Who Is A Christian?

‘He who has the Son has Life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have Life’ (1 John 5:12).

The world’s perspective of Christian is different from God’s perspective.  World calls Christianity as a religion.  But from God’s point of view it is a ‘relationship with God’.  We may go to church every Sunday, participate in every activity, give offerings and give tithes regularly; we may even read the Bible daily and pray! They are part of our relationship with God. It is merely a religion if you have no relationship but only these outward activities. That is not Christianity.

These outward religious activities are approved by men. But the requirement of God to be a Christian is to believe in His Son Jesus Christ, who died for the whole world to save them. Jesus came to this world to meet the requirements of God to save the mankind and die on their behalf so that you and I can enjoy this Great Salvation of God and have relationship with Him.

The Bible is very clear about it, Romans 8:9, ‘..now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.’  John 3: 36, ‘he who believes in the Son has Everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see Life, but the wrath of God abides on him.’  Jesus paid the price for our sins once for all! Hebrews 10:12 says, ‘but Jesus, after He had offered ONE sacrifice for sins FOREVER, sat down at the right hand of God.’

He is the eternal sacrifice Lamb of God for the whole world.  1 John 2: 2, ‘ and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and NOT FOR OURS ONLY BUT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD.’   All you have to do is to believe what He did on your behalf and receive Him in your life as your Lord and Savior.

God is not mad at you because Jesus took our place to carry our sins, sickness, infirmities, and sorrows on His Body.  He was condemned, judged and crucified on our behalf.  The Bible says, in 1 Thessalonians 5: 9-10, ‘For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, we should live together with Him.’

Today is the day of salvation!  This is an invitation coming to you from God:  if you have no assurance of the experience of salvation, please join with me and pray the prayer below:

PRAYER OF SALVATION

‘O Lord God, I come to You in the Name of Jesus Christ.  Your Word says, ‘whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved’ (Acts 2:21).   I ask Jesus to come into my heart to be the Lord of my life.  I receive eternal life into my spirit and according to Romans 10:9, that If you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in  your heart that God has raised Him the from the dead, you shall be saved.’  I declare that I am saved; I am born-again; I am a child of God! I now have Christ dwelling in me, and greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4)! I now walk in the consciousness of my new life in Christ Jesus.  Hallelujah!”

Congratulations! You are now a child of God.  To receive more information on how you can grow as a Christian, please mail me on apostolic.gloryministries@gmail.com