Born into Divinity

 

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

When you were born again, what the Bible says is that you were baptized into Christ: “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?” (Romans 6:3). Galatians 3:27 says, “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”

So, being born again, you were born into God, into divinity, by the Word, through the Spirit of God. You were actually received into Christ. That’s why the Bible says, “…If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature…” (2 Corinthians 5:17); he’s born anew with the God-life and God-nature.

Your human life was not merged with eternal life; it was replaced by it. This is what the Bible teaches. And if you don’t know it, you’ll never live in the reality of the divine life. Your knowledge of it activates the experience. That’s why in 1 John 5:13, the Spirit, through the Apostle John, tells us, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life….”

God wants you to know that you have His life in you. That life doesn’t cohabit with sickness, disease, or infirmities; it destroys them. The divine life in you is incorruptible, indestructible and impregnable to failure and death. But if you don’t know it, you’d live as a mere man, suffering the same afflictions as those without Christ.

That’s why you must understand what it truly means to be born again. It’s to have the pulsating life of Christ in you. It’s to be translated or transferred from mortality into immortality, from humanity into divinity. Blessed be God!

PRAYER

Dear Father, thank you for the revelation of eternal life that I have in Christ Jesus. I walk in the consciousness that I have the life and nature of God in my spirit. This life makes me superior to sickness, disease and darkness. I live victoriously always, demonstrating the divine life in me, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY ‭‭John 3:5-7 KJV Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. [6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. [7] Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

‭‭1 John 5:11-12 KJV And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

‭‭Romans 6:4 KJV Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

‭‭John 1:12-13 KJV But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: [13] Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING

1-Year Bible Reading Plan Mark 7:24-8:1-13 & Numbers 1-2

2-Year Bible Reading Plan Acts 21:27-39 & Psalm 42-43

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Immersed in Christ

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ (Galatians 3:27).

This verse refers to two different phenomena. Firstly is baptism into Christ, and secondly, putting on Christ. Baptism into Christ is like water into water; inseparable oneness. Putting on Christ is living in His new environment and character. You’ve been completely immersed in Him that Christ is all there is about you and seen in you.

This is your reality now; you’ve put on Christ by virtue of the New Birth; you’re in Him and He is in you: “…we dwell in him, and he in us…” (1 John 4:13). Colossians 3:3-4 says your life is hid with Christ in God, and Christ is your life. Hallelujah! Make this your consciousness and confession. Every so often, you say, “Christ is my life. Christ is my dwelling place. I live in the environment called Christ.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “If any man be in Christ….” That’s the place; it’s the habitation of glory. Sickness, disease, infirmity, fear, unbelief, and darkness of any kind can’t be found in Christ. When you came into Christ, the depraved, defeated, and broken human life was supplanted with the God-nature; you came into righteousness, honour, peace and glory. You were dead, but came alive in Him.

Think about it: since you’re immersed in Christ, and everything about your life is Christ, how then could you be said to have an incurable disease? How could you have a blood or heart condition? It’s not possible! The problems, the darkness, misery, pains and challenges that were associated with your natural human life, have all passed away in Christ.

The latter part of 2 Corinthians 5:17 in NKJV says, “…behold, all things have become new.” God wants you to see, reckon, and have the consciousness that you’re in a new enclave, a new home called Christ, where everything about your life is transcendent; excellent and full of glory! Therefore, walk boldly and fearless, full of faith and confidence, because you’re in Christ; divinely protected from all evil and made victorious. Hallelujah!
               
Confession

My life is hid with Christ in God; I’m totally immersed in Him. Everything about my life is transcendent; excellent and full of glory! I walk bold and fearless, full of faith and confidence, divinely protected from all evil and made victorious in Christ. Glory to God!

Further Study:

Colossians 3:3-4
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”

1 Corinthians 6:17
“But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.”

Galatians 2:20
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Luke 2:1-20;
Deuteronomy 11-12

2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Acts 28:21-31;
Psalm 83-84

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Be Christ-in-Me Conscious

...For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people (2 Corinthians 6:16 NKJV).

The real essence of Christianity is the fact that Christ literally lives in you by the Holy Spirit. That’s the reason Jesus came, to make fellowship and oneness with God possible. Through that fellowship, we were given eternal life—the life and nature of God. Therefore, you’re by no means an ordinary person. You’re full of God; full of His love, His grace and His wisdom.

This has to become a reality in your spirit; otherwise, you won’t be living the true Christian life. You have to be Christ-in-me conscious. I’m referring to a consciousness about life where all you know is Christ; everything you see is Christ. The Bible says Christ is your life (Colossians 3:4). Christ is everything. Functioning with this mindset will literally transport you to the realm where you have no consciousness of need, failure or fear; you’re on top and in victory every day, every hour, every minute and every second, because you carry God in you! You and God are the eternal winning team. Hallelujah!

But because many aren’t “Christ-in-me” minded, they struggle through life, “looking” for God; “going” to Him, and reaching out to Him for help. Whereas, the Bible says, “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). Everything and anything you could ever need is inside the greater One that lives in you. What you need is to become conscious of His indwelling presence and the wisdom He pilots you with for success and greatness.

Don’t ask Him for wisdom; He’s your wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:30). Don’t ask Him for help; He’s your Help and your Helper. Don’t ask Him for strength; He’s your strength. Don’t go anywhere without the consciousness that you’re a God-carrying vessel. You’ll be amazed at the sudden transformation: the grace, divine aura, influence and power that you’ll exude. Why? In the spiritual realm, the first principle is knowledge; the second is consciousness, and the third is speaking; voicing. That’s the reason this knowledge is coming to you today, for you to have the consciousness that you carry God in you, and then declare accordingly.

CONFESSION:

I’m not ordinary, for the Greater One lives in my spirit, soul and body! I’m full of God! I’m strong, sound, full of His love, wisdom and divine essence. My life is full of grace. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY:

1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV)
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Colossians 1:26-27 (KJV)
26 [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what [is] the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING

1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Matthew 12:1-21
Genesis 38-39

2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Acts 9:32-43
Job 3-4

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Thanks and God bless you.

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Culled from Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional (16th January, 2020) by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome D.Sc. D.D.

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