The law is necessary to bring us to the realization that we can never keep it; therefore, we need our Savior, Jesus Christ. As long as we insist on working FOR God, we are like the foolish Galatians (3:1-3). We attempt to please God in our own strength and effort. But our best efforts are only filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6). We cannot earn God’s favor by our works (Ephesians 2:8-10).
We come to realize, that as Born Again Believers we are no
longer separated from God, but we are one with both the Father and the Son (John 17:11, 21-23). We live and move and
have our being only in Him and not in people, places or things. We no longer
chase after our way of life or pursue our goals, ambitions and desires. We live
only for Christ, just as He lived only for our Father.
We are hidden, in union with Christ in God. Christ is our
only way, truth and life (Colossians 3:3-4; John 14:6). God and
Christ have a divergence in manifestation, with Christ being Emmanuel, the
physical form of Father God. They are also different in person, with God as the
Father and Jesus as the Son. However, Jesus states that they are united as one.
Then He goes one step further and prays for us to be one in them as well.
Christ, who dwells in us by His Spirit, actually does unite
us with them as one (John 17:11,
21-23). Our old, fleshly human nature is dead and buried (Colossians
1:10-12). Now, everything about us is a new creation (2
Corinthians 5:17). When our old nature, our flesh manifests itself in us
this is simply a demonstration of Satan’s pitiful effort to pull us back under
his dominion.
However, Christ in us is greater than Satan who rules in
this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). When we stand firm in the power
of Christ’s might (Ephesians 6:10), we withstand the devil and his
demons, and he no longer blinds our eyes to God’s truth. We are no longer
slaves to sin or under the law of sin and death. We are set free by the law of
the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:2).
Prayer:
Father God, We totally surrender our self to You. When we
abide in You, You abide in us (John 15:4), and the stronger our faith in
His faithfulness grows. Give us a continued desire for You and an ever
increasing hunger to feast on Your Word. When Jesus gave His life on the cross,
He took our sin and nailed it to the cross, giving us His righteousness in
exchange (2 Corinthians 5:21). Your raised us to walk in a new
life, as an expression of Christ in the earth.
Thought for the Day:
God calls us to do greater works than Jesus did, because His Spirit abides within each one of us. - John 14:12
God calls us to do greater works than Jesus did, because His Spirit abides within each one of us. - John 14:12
