The New Life In Christ Jesus

   If any man defiles the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are (1corinthians 3:17).     The Greek word rendered “defile” in the verse above primarily means to waste; to render inactive, ineffective or inoperative. If anyone renders the temple of God useless or inactive, such that it is not functioning with respect to the purpose for which it was made, the Bible says him shall God destroy! that means God shall pluck him off. You have to read from the beginning of the chapter to see the context of discussion.    Little wonder the Lord said in John 15:1-2,”I am the true vine, and my father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit.” Who takes the unfruitful vine away? God! Every branch in the vine that bears fruit is purged and pruned to bear more fruit (John15:2). The Lord Jesus is the vine and we are the branches. That means you are connected to a fruitful

                                                    Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel (Psalm 78:41).    Do you know it’s possible to limit God in your life? A lot of people have unconsciously placed limits on what the Lord can do in their lives. For example, there’s a young guy who wants to get a job and all he prays is “Oh Lord, please let my application be accepted in so and so company.” He places so much emphasis in his prayer on his letter of application, thinking that God must do it that way. Unknown to him, he is limiting God, because he fails to realize that God could give him that job any other way, or even a better one.   Listen, when God wants to do something, He doesn’t have to follow the way that men have laid down –he overrides all human ‘modus operandi’. When Joshua was plotting how to overthrow Jericho, a city whose walls were almost impregnable, God showed up and said, “Boy, get rid of the city for seven days and shout,

Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? And she answered, it is well (2 king 4:26)   The woman in the scripture above was on her way to meet Elisha the Prophet. On sighting her, he asked his servant to go and enquire from her if all was well. She was on her way to meet him because her son had died. When the prophet’s servant asked her, “Is it well with the child?” she replied “it is well”. That’s faith! At no time did she break down and wail that her son was dead, and because of her persistence, she got her boy back to life.   You must realize that it’s not just what happens in your life that is important, but what you do about it. What is your response to the crises of life that you face? Can you say,” it is well,” in the midst of adversity? When you open your kitchen cupboard and it’s bare, what will your response be? Are you going to describe the lack that you see? Or will you square up

   Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witness (1Timothy 6:12).    Have you ever seen eternal life? Or can you describe what it look like? The answers are obvious, yet the scripture above tells us to lay hold on it. How can you lay hold on something that’s intangible? The answer is provided in the same verse: “lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession (or confession).” You lay hold on eternal life through your confessions of faith!    When the scriptures tell us to “lay hold” on eternal life, it isn’t suggesting that eternal life is trying to escape from you. The fact is that the circumstances of life will try to make you doubt the presence of that life. This is why he tells you to “lay hold” on it. For example, if sickness attacks your body, you may not “feel” like somebody who has eternal life; this is why you must insist

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son 1 John5:11.   The Lord Jesus made a profound statement when He walked this earth. He said,”for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in Himself” John 5:26. He didn’t need any “life supply” from the Father, for the Father had granted Him to have that life as fountain within him! He could now “distribute” the life to whomever he chose.    This life the lord Jesus refers to is the same quality of life he’s given to you! The bible says, “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” 1 John 5:12. The CEV translation says,”…if we have God’s Son, we have this life” Hallelujah! He uses the term “this life” to let that only God has. The question is: have you received Christ into your Heart? If you have ,then you’ve received the same life Jesus spoke about. Like Him, you don’t need any “life supply” from the Father! That

Jesus answered and said unto him, very, very, I said unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:3.     To be born again is a call into a life of glory. It’s a separation from the life of defect, failure, poverty and uncertainties unto a life of victory, success, prosperity, hope and assurance. Until a man is born again his life is governed by the rudiments of this present evil world. He is susceptible to the evils and perils that are prevalent in today’s world. This is the reason Jesus came, to disconnect man from the domain of Satan! He came to transfer you from this present world of darkness and turmoil into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.      No wonder the Bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: all things are become new” 2 Corinthians 5;17. When you are in Christ, the negative forces of this world cannot hold you bound. That means failure, sickness, poverty and everything negative have passed away

  Some people, when trying to explain the concept of salvation, use the illustration of a drowning man who was rescued by pulling him out to safety with a lifeline. That’s a misrepresentation of the salvation Jesus brought. A better illustration would be that the man had been condemned to death by drowning for his wrong. He’d been gagged, bound hand-and-foot, and about to be thrown into the raging sea. Then Jesus comes and says, “Don’t kill him; I’ll take his place and drown in his stead.” Jesus didn’t just throw him a lifeline, or send in divers, or swim the treacherous water to drag him out to safety. No, he took his place of condemnation and drowned in his stead! For ye are brought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s 1 Corinthians 6:20 That’s the right perspective of the salvation Christ purchased for us with His own blood. So when you talk about Jesus saving you, you’re not talking about someone who delivered you from trouble. N

  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint- heirs with Christ… ( Romans 8:17).    If you’ve ever operated a joint bank account you’ll know that no money can leave the account unless both signatures are appended. The bank will not honour a cheque unless both signatories have signed since they own the account 100% together. So, the Apostle Paul wasn’t making a mistake when he peened the words, “joint-heirs” instead of “co-heir”. To be a joint-heir with Christ therefore means that everything that belongs to Jesus Christ belongs to you in the same way and to the same degree that it belongs to Him. The two of you own everything 100% together, not 50-50 or 60-40 or 70-30.    It’s not difficult for some folks to accept that everything that belongs to the Father belongs to Jesus, but when it comes to believing that everything that belongs to Jesus belongs to us, they wonder, “Can it really be true”? When Jesus died, we died with him; when he was raised from the dead, we