The Gospel
of Jesus Christ brings freedom. You may not be aware or conscious but without
Jesus as your one and only life you are living in bondage. There are different
kinds of bondage and don’t forget that fear in any form puts you in bondage.
Addiction and depression are forms of bondage as well and you can hardly break
free on your own, but I bring to you good news. There is a way to be free forever
and that way is to know the Truth which is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You may
counter my argument by saying you know the gospel of Jesus Christ but you are
still in bondage or struggling with fear, addictions and depression. There are
two possibilities why you know Jesus and you are still caught in the web of
bondage; it’s either you don’t know the real Jesus or you don’t know who you
are in Him. You may still say things like ‘I go to church’ ‘I pray’ ‘I sing religious
music and give my tithe and offering of course I know Jesus’ Well, I am not
here to change what you know or what you believe, I desire by the Spirit of God
to throw some light on our identity in Christ and how much the Father’s love
has been revealed in the sacrifice of His Son Jesus for us.Thus giving us freedom from sin forever.
Permit me to
be a little rhetorical here: do you know Jesus lives in you and thus the life
you now live is not yours but His? Do you know He was made incarnate as man by
the Father so that in His resurrection humanity might become a partaker of His
divine life? Do you know in His crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection,
ascension and seating at the Right Hand of the Father was with you in Him? Now,
Jesus being the only begotten Son of the Father (John 3:16) lives in you and
what does that make you? That makes you a son in the Him. We have been made
partakers of Christ as we meditate (hold fast) on this truth daily (Hebrews
3:14) take note that ‘if’ in this verse is translated in Greek as ‘since’. Christ
has been made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, redemption etc, it
is Him that is righteous and because He lives in us, we receive of His
righteousness (1 Corinthians 1:30). We are not our own, our lives are hid with
Christ in God who is our one and only life (Colossians 3:3-4, Galatians 2:20).
What makes us righteous has absolutely nothing to do with us (our good works)
but the love of God made manifest in Christ. He was chosen with us in mind and He
died in our place that we might receive His perfect, incorruptible, untainted
life which is eternal life. He saved us completely from our sins and the more
we are taught the Gospel, the more we see ourselves in Him; and the more we see
ourselves in Him the more our fears, addictions and depression grow deem and
eventually disappear. Jesus alone defines us and our new identity stems from Him
alone (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Beloved in
the Lord, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the truth that liberates. Jesus Christ
was made incarnate as man representing in Himself all of humanity, He died, was
buried, after 3 days and 3 nights in the grave, the Father raised Him forth from
the dead, He ascended on High and is seated at the His Right Hand still with
humanity in Him. Jesus died collectively for all mankind and subjectively for
you and I. He completely reversed the Fall of Adam and made us new creatures in
Him. We are sanctified, redeemed and justified by faith in Him alone. We are
not condemned because in His incarnation He took upon Him all our sins and yet
he wasn’t contaminated by our sins. He was tempted at all points but He without
sin, what a Savior we have in Jesus Christ (Hebrews 4: 15). Now, as He is, so
are we in this world and by the Spirit of God we can say of ourselves what we
have been made in Him; holy, righteous, free, joyful. We can approach the
presence of God with no condemnation of sin and Jesus who is still the Son of God is not
ashamed to call us brethren (Hebrews 2:11).
The more
conscious you become of Christ living in you and being your one and only life,
the less you will define yourself by your flaws and shortcomings. You will
define yourself in Him thus calling yourself what He calls you. He calls you
beautiful, strong, blessed, loved, prosperous, righteous in Him, healthy, happy
etc. We have to intentionally let the Word of God influence our soul because it
is the seat of our emotions and it affects how we see ourselves a great deal. Our faculties should be yielded entirely to
the Lordship of Jesus Christ and His love for us (Hebrews 3:14). Seeing
yourself in Christ as your one and only life is a starting point to receive
healing, freedom and above all wholeness. He makes everything new and fills you
with joy. Allow yourself to be taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ and you will
experience the beauty of the life that flows from the Father in communion with
the Holy Spirit in Christ. The fullness of the Godhead is in you (Colossians
2:9) you care more than a conqueror.
You’re
blessed!
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