Hello everyone,
Yesterday, I looked at what
salvation really means, because it appears many of us have limited the true
meaning of what salvation really means through our human mind. As I concluded
yesterday, I said, “What God did was
that He eliminated and destroyed our old man immediately we decided to receive
Christ. We died! What we fear would happen in future happened when we received Christ.
The new man in us is Christ and not our old man who was given a second chance. How
else would it make any sense for the scripture to say “as He is so are we in
this world” (ref. 1 John 4:17), if it was He Himself who dwells in us.” So,
what is the essence of all these?
Philip in John 14:8 said, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is
sufficient for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet
you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father.” This
is what Jesus has established through us, that if anyone sees a person born of
God, then they’ve seen Jesus, why is this so? It is so because we carry the
exact, same Spirit. For Apostle Paul established that in Ephesians 4:4, “There is one body and one Spirit, just as
you were called in one hope of your calling”. The ‘you’ that you knew doesn’t
exist anymore, it is Christ who lives in you now, this is why you need to study
and meditate on who you are. The more you study about Jesus, you’re studying about
yourself. This is why we are no longer to conform to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of our mind (ref. Romans 12:2).
Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 7:2
said he has wronged no one, but how could this be true when he was once the
chief persecutor of the church before Jesus appeared to him on the way to
Damascus. Paul was saying the truth in 2 Corinthians 7:2, because the Paul
(Saul) who persecuted the church and the Paul after Jesus appeared to him are
two different people. It is not an opportunity to camouflage under Christ, no!
It is the truth, the moment Paul received Jesus as Lord of his life, his old
spirit died, and Jesus replaced that Spirit. And in heaven God holds no record
of our old life because the old life is dead. So, Paul was referring to his new
man.
Now, what is salvation and grace
here? Philippians 2:9 says, “Therefore
God also has highly exalted Him [Jesus]
and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those
under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Now, what does this have to do with
me? Apostle Paul in the Ephesians prayer, Ephesians 1:19 and 20 said, “And [so that you can know and understand]
what is that immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power
in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty
strength, which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and
seated Him at His [own] right hand in heavenly [places].” AMP.
Everything that God bestowed on
Jesus has been bestowed upon us exactly, nothing left. This is the salvation
and grace, that He gave us His life in its entirety, in the real sense because
He lives in us, this is the true salvation. It is not of works so no man should
boast, as Ephesians 2:8-9 says,
“For it is by free
grace (God’s unmerited favour) that you are saved (delivered from judgement and
made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this
[salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your
own striving], but it is the gift of God; not because of works [not the
fulfilment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the
result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or
take glory to himself.]” AMP.
Let us get this into our minds,
because remember we were never good enough, and if it is by works still, after
giving ourselves to Christ, we are still not good enough this is why it is a
FREE GIFT.
Get this straight, God did not
give you a second chance, you are Jesus in the flesh and you need to know that,
or else the power God cannot flow through you, because it only flows through
the Spirit of Jesus. Know who you are by studying and meditating on Jesus who
is the Word, and the Holy Spirit will guide, counsel and interpret the
scriptures to you, and as He is so you would be here on earth. Remember,
whatever He possesses are what you also possess, just believe that.
“…so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him
shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have (everlasting) life.” John
3:16b AMP.
May the LORD bless
you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you
and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus
today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus,
I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God
raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank
You for saving me!” Congratulations,
you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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