The New Life In Christ Jesus

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust (2 Peter 1:4).   Man in all his goodness and kindness is nothing before the Lord (Isaiah 64:6), until he receives the glorious life in him. But you are a partaker of the divine life.   The reason you can stand before the Lord unashamed with hands lifted in worship, honour and adoration is that you have His kind of life. You’re His holy vessel, His tabernacle, and He lives inside you. His presence drives sickness, fear, poverty, depression or unhappiness away from your life. That presence causes men to favour you and money to come to you by free course. His presence opens the door which no man can shut (Revelation 3:8).   You carry the presence of the Lord with you everywhere you go in the person of the Holy Spirit. You’ve moved beyond the revelation of “Emmanuel;” God with us (Matthew 1:2

You’re familiar with the old written law, “love friend,” and its unwritten companion, “hate your enemy”. I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst…Matthew 5:43-44(Message Translation Version).   The society tells you to love your friends and hate your enemies. On the contrary, the Lord Jesus is teaching you in the portion of the scripture you’ve just read to love both your friends and enemies.   It’s important to note that He was addressing men who weren’t born again; people who still thought of their enemies as flesh and blood. Sadly, some Christians still think this way, and sometimes pray against their enemies saying, “Oh Lord! Fight against my enemies, destroy them…’   The real enemy every Christian has is Satan and not any human person. Therefore, no Christian should worry about any human enemy because his enemy is a spirit, and not some human person somewhere (Ephesians 6:12). Beyond this, you