Thursday April 06th, 2023
Meditate on: Galatians 2:20 NLT
« My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. »
Read: John 1:1-14
1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and His Life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,
7 to tell about the Light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.
8 John himself was not the Light; he was simply a witness to tell about the Light.
9 The one who is the true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
10 He came into the very world He created, but the world didn’t recognize Him.
11 He came to His own people, and even they rejected Him.
12 But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God.
13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
14 So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
Understand:
When Jesus died on the cross, He bore all our sins with Him.
According to 1 Peter 2:24 GWT:
« Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross so that freed from our sins, we could live a life that has God’s approval. His wounds have healed you »
Without Jesus’ death and resurrection, it would be impossible for anyone to be dead to sin.
Now, we are above sin because Jesus destroyed its power on the cross.
For anyone who connects with Jesus, His blood will wash away their sins and they will receive an unusual grace to live above it.
Again, Jesus being the Word of God means that if you are constantly reading and meditating on the Scriptures, then you will live above sin.
David said in Psalm 119:11 NASB
« Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. »
Jesus Christ Himself said in John 17:17 GNT
« Dedicate them to yourself by means of the truth; your word is truth. »
This means that the word of God sanctifies.
It is when you have the word dwelling richly in you that you have the supernatural power to live above sin.
Note that 1 Peter 2:24 says
« so that we can be dead to sin and live our life according to His standards…..»
This is contrary to the doctrine of ‘grace’ preachers when they say we can continue to sin once we have accepted Christ.
No.
His death on the cross gives grace to be dead to sin and live righteously, not to live in unrighteousness.
Revelation 1:5 GNT says:
« and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins, »
He shed His blood on the cross so as to wash us from our sins, not to permit us to commit it.
After your sin has been washed away by the blood of Jesus, you need the word of God to keep you sanctified.
As you study the word of God diligently, the Holy Spirit will be ministering unto you and He will help you conform to the image of Christ.
Application: How often do you study your Bible?
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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