The New Life In Christ Jesus

   Now faith is the substance of things hope for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrew 11:1).   The gospel of our Lord Jesus is a message of faith. The reason some people have problem with their faith is that they don’t know what faith really is. Contrary to what some people think, faith isn’t difficult to understand. The fundamental attribute of faith is that it is a possessor. Faith is a possessor. It is not trying to get God to do something. Faith doesn’t ask why it didn’t get the answer to a prayer for faith always gets answers to prayer. Someone once said, “I know that I have faith, but I don’t understand why I haven’t been healed.” That’s not faith. Faith will never say, “I don’t understand why I’m not healed,” for faith would have taken possession of its healing!   As long as you’re still saying, “I don’t know why…,” it means you’re still struggling with your believing. Faith, on the contrary, is a possessor. Faith doesn’t say, “I’m waiting for...

To him that overcometh will I will grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne (Revelation 3:21).   Our spiritual promotions are based on our triumphs of faith. God watches to see us overcome every challenge that we face because He’s given us the power to do so.   Your level of spiritual maturity determines the kind of relationship you’ll have with the Lord. Let me explain what I mean with this illustration: when you were a baby, your parents did everything for you. They fed you, bathed you and changed your clothes. But they stopped doing all these for you at a particular stage in your life. This wasn’t because they loved you less, but because you had come of age, and as such, you were expected to be more responsible for your life.    In the same way, there’s a stage in your Christian walk where God isn’t at all perturbed when you’re faced with unpleasant situations. In fact, He’s actually happy...

   For he hath made him to be sin for, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (2 Corinthian 5:21)   Jesus didn’t die to make us sinners; He died to make us saints of God. We’re His holy and sanctified ones; born with His nature of righteousness. The opening scripture shows us the reason He died and was made sin: that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him… Praise God! The sinner is not just someone who has committed sin. For example, the fact that someone lied doesn’t make him a liar; he only becomes a liar when it’s his nature to tell lies. In the same way, though it’s wrong to sin, you can’t call a man a sinner just because he sinned. One can only be a sinner by nature, because sin is a nature.         Sin is the nature of the devil which is passed to every man that’s born into this world. It’s beyond the mere acts of lying, stealing, fornication etc. that exist in the world today...

 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand (Ephesians 6:13).    Right after the baptism of the Lord Jesus, He was led by the Spirit to the wilderness where He was tempted by the devil (Luke 4:1-12). I want you to notice the words “for a season…” It means it wasn’t over yet; the enemy went away to return at a later date. As Christians we need to realize that the enemy shows up like this from time to time, and that’s what the Bible refers to as the “evil day.”    Satan can’t be everywhere at the same time, he goes from place to place as he has opportunity. He’s a defeated foe, but he’s full of deceit. That’s why the Bible admonishes that you give him no place so he doesn’t take you unawares, and also tells you to “…take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day…”   The evil day is when all hell seems to have broken ...