…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly (John 10:10).
As we bask in the euphoria of the yuletide season,
it’s important to understand who Jesus is, and what He actually came to do.
Jesus is not a religious leader; He didn’t come to establish a religion.
There’re many who think He came to show us how to do good things, and live the
good life; that’s not what He came to do. He came to give us life. Therefore,
Christmas is the celebration of the divine life—the Godkind of life that we
have received in Christ Jesus.
God made us humans, but wanted us to have His life
and nature. His plan was to make us associates of the God-kind, not just to
live as mere men. That’s the reason He sent Jesus to the world, to live, die,
and come back to life, and make it possible for men to receive the life of God:
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life..." (1 John 5:11-12).
How can anyone receive this life and nature of God
today? It’s through faith in what Christ has done. John 3:16 says, "For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life." Anyone who believes, receives. Eternal life—the life and
nature of God—is imparted to you the moment you make Jesus the Lord of your
life. This life is one of righteousness, glory, victory, success and
excellence.
Religion would have men believe they can only
receive this life when they get to heaven, but eternal life is the present-hour
possession of the one who believes in Jesus Christ. Man, in all his
self-righteousness, is nothing before the Lord, until he receives this glorious
life in him. If you haven’t been born again, you can do so even now, and become
a partaker of this glorious, supernatural life, by asking Jesus to be the Lord
of your life.
Confession
The life and nature of God is at work
in me, in every fibre of my being, in every cell of my blood and in every bone
of my body. I’m thus an overcomer, victorious and triumphant over sickness,
disease and circumstances. I’m superior to the devil and the negative system of
this world. Halleluiah!
Further Study: John
3:16; Romans 6:23
1 Year Bible Reading Plan : Revelation 15 Zephaniah 1-3
2 Year Bible Reading Plan : Revelation 18:1-12 Zechariah 1-2
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