I’ve been challenged soo much over this past weekend by the truths of scripture! You know all those verses you read all the time, you can quote them easily. But one day you read that same verse and a light goes on and it clicks, you finally really get it, it makes sense and you believe it! That’s what happened on Saturday night for me.
“2Corinthians 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.”
This truth is AMAZING! God has quite the imagination and His plan is perfect.
I am a new creature IN CRHIST.
IN Christ, not beside him, not near him, but one with Him.
God’s workmanship is making ONE new Man. I have been reborn INTO the body of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:15 …for to make in himself of twain ONE new man, so making peace;
Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Colossians 3:10-11 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ Is all, and in all.”
We have power in the Name of Jesus, because of how tightly knit we are to him. You can’t get any closer than being IN Christ and having Christ in you. “Matthew 28:18-19 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”
See the confidence that Jesus is telling us we can have! He has ALL power in heaven and on earth, and through Him we HAVE ALL power.
“Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
If you are born again, then you HAVE received the Holy Spirit (Eph 1:13)!
Are you a Bible believer? Are you ready for God to blow you mind, change your life, and Work Mightily through YOU?
Get a load of this: “Mark 16:17-18 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”
Do you believe God? I can’t tell you how excited I get from believing these verses!!!!
I cannot see, with my physical eyes, that I am one with Christ, all I see with my eyes is my own body, and feel my own struggles. But God wants me to believe Him more then my perceived reality! Christians walk by faith not by sight! (2Cor 5:7)
Don’t question God’s WORDS by looking at your own experience! Up to this point I have never personally cast out a demon, spoke in a different language, grabbed a venomous snake, drank poison, healed a sick person, prophesied, or moved a mountain. But, should I doubt God just because up to this point I have not experienced what He says to be true? NOO! I believe what God says, and I believe I can do All things through Christ who strengthens me (Philip 4:13)!
The reason we do not often live in victory from sin, and experience the power that is ours through Christ is because we really don’t believe that we can! I know I’ve doubted it and questioned it in the past. But I am now a believer, not a doubter! I am ready to allow God to use me however He wants to! I’m ready to ask and receive, seek and find, knock and have the door opened! (Matthew 7:7-8) And I’m so pumped and excited to Glorify God as He displays His power through me for the world to see!
Jesus did amazing miracles! You and I can do amazing miracles!
“John 14:12-14 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”
“John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.”
“Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”
What are you asking for and why are you asking for it?
God has promised us that if we are following Him and trusting in Him nothing is impossible for us! For the Gospel of Jesus Christ to be preached to the ends of the earth, God will make the way! Sometimes we are stopped by obstacles that we cannot possibly move. At those times, God says move your feet, and when you do God will remove the obstacle. God says preach the gospel, but we don’t know the language, so we open our mouth and God gives us the words in their language to speak so that they can hear and believe!
God is not interested in you sitting at home being lazy and wanting life to be easier. If you test out your “Christian power” by asking God to do your house work, mow your lawn, shut up your annoying sister, cut off the extra 50 lbs you’ve been half heartedly trying to loose, or plop a million dollars into your bank account so that you can live it up, nothing will change. God will not display His power for you to better yourself. But if you are going out to do HIS WORK He will provide HIS POWER and the means to accomplish any job!
“James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”
“Luke 4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
Christians, let’s walk by faith, accomplish great things for God, and give Him the Glory! Our God is SO Worthy!
