“How can a man be born when he is old?”
Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter
a second time into his mother’s womb to be
born!”
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one
can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born
of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh,
but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.”
(John 3.4-6).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable
inherit the imperishable.
Listen, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all
be changed-in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and
we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the
imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable
has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality,
then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed
up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm.
Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you
know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
(I. Corinthians 15.50-58).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Be Strong in the Lord
To be a good and Godly husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother, man,
woman, employee, employer, citizen of the Kingdom of God we all need to
be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
St. Paul distills all of the lessons provided to Him by Jesus Christ Himself:
“In conclusion, be strong in the Lord (be empowered through your union
with Him); draw your strength from Him (the strength which His boundless
might provides).
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able successfully to stand
up against all the strategies and the deceits of the devil.
For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood (contending only with physical
opponents), but against the despotisms, against the powers, against the
master spirits who are the world rulers of this present darkness, against the
spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.
Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and
stand your ground on the evil day (of danger) and having done all the
(crisis demands), to stand (firmly in your place).
Stand therefore (hold your ground) having tightened the belt of truth
around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and moral
rectitude and right standing with God,
And having shod your feet in preparation (to face the enemy with the
firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the
Good News of the Gospel of peace.
Lift up over all the (covering) shield of saving faith, upon which you can
quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked (one).
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which
is the Word of God.
Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with
every manner of entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong
purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s
consecrated people).
And (pray) for me, that utterance may be given me, that I may open my
mouth to proclaim boldly the mystery of the Good News ( the Gospel).
(Ephesians 6.10-19).
POINTS FOR MEDITATION AND PRAISE
1) God’s full armor provides us with all we need to send our ground against
spiritual attacks. The battles we are engaged in appear to be physical.
They are however all spiritual. The only way to win is to be equipped with
all the spiritual armament God has given us.
2) The spiritual weapons we have are truth, right standing, the Good News,
faith, salvation and the Word of God.
3) We can discern that the enemy will try to throw us off-base, distract,
deter, discourage, depress and destroy. The spiritual strategies, ploys
and plots of the enemy can only be overthrown by the spiritual weapons
we have.
4) We have the truth. God’s word is truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and
the life. The more you know the word of God that is in the Holy Bible
the more confident you will be about your standing with God. You will
have the assurance of knowing that you rest on God’s promises, never
on your performance. When you stand firm on His word of promise
that is truth, you know that victory is His and His victory is yours.
5) The Gospel is the Best News ever. The fact that God loves you so much
that He sent His Unique Son Jesus to come and save you from destruction
by believing in Him is the greatest news. We have the faith of Christ and His
faith enables us to believe and trust in Him always. His faith enables us to
be saved. Because God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting
life. The Gospel is the Good News of salvation by grace (unearned favor)
by faith. So, His word tells us we are His, saved by the Word (Jesus), to
have right standing with Him by His faith. This, the Best News ever is our
best and strongest weapon.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO GIVES US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST! HALLELUJAH!
And you He made alive when
you were dead in trespasses
and sins
In which at one time you walked.
You were following the course
and fashion of this world, following
the prince of the power of the air.
You were obedient to and under the
control of the spirit that still constantly
works in the sons of disobedience.
(Ephesians 2.1 and 2).
POINTS FOR PRAISES
AND MEDITATION:
1) Before our salvation,before
we were reconciled,
were spiritually dead.
2) The only way to spiritual
rebirth is by acknowledgement
of Jesus Christ as our Lord and
Savior. Upon repentance and
baptism we are born again.
3) Prior to this spiritual rebirth
the natural person is under the sway
of the evil spirits following the prince
of the power of the air, the devil.
4) Our salvation and spiritual rebirth
positions us under the God’s favor.
5) This rebirth is described by our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ:
” I assure you, most solemnly I tell you,
that unless a person is born again from
above, he cannot ever see ( know,
experience) the kingdom of God.”
(John 3.3).
As He explains this process:
” I assure you, most solemnly
I tell you, unless a man is born of
water and the Spirit, he cannot ever
enter the kingdom of God.
What is born of the flesh is flesh
and what is born of the Spirit
is spirit”
( John 3. 5 and 6).
PRAISE THE LORD! HALLELUJAH!