Live In the Greater Light of Your New Life In Christ

Live In the GreaterLight of

Your New LifeIn Christ

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new” (2 CXorinthians 5:17).

This scripture is referring to the man who is born again. This new creation is a new species of being that never existed before; he is a new kind of man, a new race. John tells us something beautiful about this new race in 1 John 4:4: “Ye are of God (you belong to God; you hail from Him), little children, and have overcome them (the spirit of antichrist): because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (Emphasis added). ‘The spirit of antichrist’ refers to the devil and his activities in this world. According to John, our origin is divine and we’ve been made champions over the devil and all circumstances of life.

Every man is a product of the information he receives. So if you hear the wrong things long enough, you’ll be the wrong man living the wrong life. Don’t live the wrong life for there is a life for you and it’s called Zoë (Gk); the divine life or the God-kind of life:“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life…” (1 John 5:11-12).

Sadly, the quality of life of many Christians is incongruous with what the Bible describes. Though they have Zoë in them, they are just not living it. Many of them are in dire straits; some are either sick or living with peculiar infirmities in their bodies, while some others are jobless or in financial predicaments. To them, their problems are more real than the glorious life which the Bible talks about. And so, their prayer times are spent telling God about their many problems. The situation reminds of the blind who can only see darkness.

You’ve got to understand that God is like a mountain; the farther away you are from the mountain, the smaller it looks to you; the closer you are to it, the bigger it looks. If you neglect God and His Word, the problems of this life will overwhelm and drown you. But if you fix your gaze on the Word of God, regardless of your conditions, you’ll come out victorious and successful in everything you do (Jeremiah 17:7-8). This is the life of the new creation; this is who God has made you. Hallelujah!

The Bible says,“And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His {very own} image in ever increasing splendor {and} from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.”(2 Corinthians 3:18 AMP). Therefore, if you want to live the tremendous and awesome life that you have in Christ, make up your mind to set your attention on God’s Word and give utmost priority to fellowship with the Holy Spirit. You’re a new creation; therefore discover who you are in the Word of God.

Confession

I’m a new creation in Christ Jesus, old things are passed away and all things are become new. The old life of pain, sickness and misery is gone from me; now I have a new life of health, wealth, prosperity and life in Christ Jesus. I walk in the consciousness of my new nature in Christ; living the glorious life He purchased for me with His blood. Glory to God!

FURTHER STUDY

Romans 8:37, 1 John 4:4

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING

1 Year Bible reading plan: Act 17:1-15, Job 3-5

2 Year Bible reading plan: 2Corinthians 13:7-14, Isaiah 23-24