But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. - Corinthians 15:57
We have been given the gift of victory through the Lord Jesus Christ! Victory is the means of success. It is not the means for success, meaning that it is something that is off in the future or something that has to be attained. It is the means of success, meaning that it is already accomplished and it already belongs to you! Jesus has already given you the victory in every area of your life. How? By washing away your sins and putting you in right standing with God. By disarming demons, principalities and powers of darkness. By defeating the devil and rendering him powerless. By fulfilling the Law of commandments against us and annulling them, making them void and legally nonexistent. By conquering death so that we would never again be separated from God. He accomplished all this and more by his death on the cross, and now through his resurrection we have the victory that He won for us!
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point."
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The Gift
Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit - Acts 2:38
During this season of celebrating the birth of Christ, people share in the giving of gifts. It is because God gave us the greatest gift of all. He gave his son Jesus for the sins of the whole world so we could be rightly restored to our positions as sons and daughters of God. This is what God predestined us for - to be His children. Not just mere servants, but sons and daughters. Heirs with Jesus, sharers of the inheritance - the Kingdom of Heaven. Through God's giving,(and our receiving it) we also received a gift - the Holy Spirit. Redeemed as sons, we are no longer slaves or held in bondage to the Law. We are no longer held captive, burdened by a heavy yoke of rules, regulations, ordinances or commands. We now have a new command - to walk in Love. The Holy Spirit is now the "law written on our hearts". He is our guide and our teacher. To put it in simple terms, we can throw out the maps and atlases, the Holy Spirit is our built-in GPS! God gave us the greatest gift of all - His own Spirit living inside us!
When satan has a plan to take you out God has a plan to keep you in.
During this season of celebrating the birth of Christ, people share in the giving of gifts. It is because God gave us the greatest gift of all. He gave his son Jesus for the sins of the whole world so we could be rightly restored to our positions as sons and daughters of God. This is what God predestined us for - to be His children. Not just mere servants, but sons and daughters. Heirs with Jesus, sharers of the inheritance - the Kingdom of Heaven. Through God's giving,(and our receiving it) we also received a gift - the Holy Spirit. Redeemed as sons, we are no longer slaves or held in bondage to the Law. We are no longer held captive, burdened by a heavy yoke of rules, regulations, ordinances or commands. We now have a new command - to walk in Love. The Holy Spirit is now the "law written on our hearts". He is our guide and our teacher. To put it in simple terms, we can throw out the maps and atlases, the Holy Spirit is our built-in GPS! God gave us the greatest gift of all - His own Spirit living inside us!
When satan has a plan to take you out God has a plan to keep you in.
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