RHAPSODY OF REALITIES FRIDAY, 4TH DECEMBER.
BEYOND RELIGION.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3).
Someone who isn’t born again is spiritually dead. That means he’s
alienated from the life of God (Ephesians 2:12); he’s separated from the
consciousness, the glory, and the light of Almighty God. This is worse
than physical death.
In the Garden of Eden, Adam sinned against God.
From then on, darkness came into this world, and man became estranged
and cut off from the light of God. Ever since, man has yearned for
communion with God, and sought different ways to make it happen; it
accounts for all the religions of the world. Religion is man seeking his
own ways to contact or communicate with God. Sadly, man hasn’t and
can’t find God in religion.
Howbeit, God, in His mercy, sent Jesus
to the world to reconcile man to God; to let us know who He is, what
He’s like and what He wants. Jesus Christ is the revelation of the
Father’s will; He’s the Father’s love manifested; the expression of
God’s personality, and the outshining of His glory.
Now, Jesus came
into the world with a new terminology, saying you must be “born again.”
That’s where it all begins. For anyone to come into the light of God,
have His life and nature, and become one with Him, he must be born
again. To be born again means to receive Christ into your heart; it
means to receive eternal life into your spirit. Eternal life is the
nature of God. It’s different from the human life you were born with;
it’s the incorruptible and indestructible life of God. It’s what makes
us associates of the God-kind!
When you’re born again, your spirit
comes alive to God, and the Kingdom of God becomes real to you. Being
born again means you’re separated into a life of glory, triumph,
success, prosperity, and a blessed assurance. The rudiments of this
world no longer govern your life; you’ve been disconnected from the
domain of darkness and transferred into the glorious liberty of the sons
of God. This is beyond religion. Blessed be God!
PRAYER
Dear
heavenly Father, I thank you for demonstrating your eternal love for
mankind by sending Jesus Christ. Thank you for the precious salvation I
have in Him. I’m a new creation in Christ Jesus, born with the nature of
God in my spirit. I function in the higher, transcendent life in
Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
John 3:5-7 Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That
which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again.
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but
of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
1 John 5, Daniel 3-4
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 17:22-26, 2 Chronicles 9-10
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