Wednesday July 31st, 2024
« You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you »
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
We shall continue to examine more blessings from the victory at Calvary today.
The first one we will consider today can be seen in John 15:15 AMC which says
« I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you [My] friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father »
- The sacrifice and victory at calvary qualify believers to be called friends of Jesus.
This also makes every believer an ambassador of the Most High on earth, as we see in 2 Corinthians 5:20 GWT
« Therefore, we are Christ’s representatives, and through us God is calling you. We beg you on behalf of Christ to become reunited with God »
The implication of the above blessing is in the Bible text NASB of today.
“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation” Jesus commanded.
You enjoy the privilege of an ambassador for the Almighty God when you have a divine encounter with Jesus Christ.
With this comes the assurance that He will be with us until the end of the world (Matthew 28:20).
The good thing about this assurance is that the Scripture says in Romans 8:31KJV
« What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? »
- Another blessing from the victory at Calvary is that every believer can become a vessel through which God performs miracles.
This means that we can control circumstances, principalities and powers, as we see in our Bible reading today (Mark 16:15-20).
There is a lot to rejoice over in the Scripture above.
While it is true that there is still a lot of evil in the world, there are, however, numerous instances of devils being cast out of people, of persons in one form of bondage or the other being set free and so on.
More and more people are baptized with the Holy Spirit, and we are constantly slaying spiritual giants.
Even when we eat deadly things, they cannot harm us, and when we lay our hands on the sick, they are healed.
The only way to be part of these blessings is by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
If you haven’t done so already, surrender your life to Him today, so that the blessings from the victory at Calvary can become yours, also.
Prayer focus – Father, please give me a full portion of the blessings of Calvary.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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