Christ Died For You
Text: _For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead_ – 2 Corinthians 5:14
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Our scripture for today highlights the peculiar kind of thinking that makes victory a lifestyle for the believer in Christ. It makes what God has accomplished for you in Christ relevant to everyday life. This kind of thinking is what Paul calls “reckon yourself” in Romans 6:11. It means to impute the death of Jesus as your death. God reckons you dead to the nature of sin, the same way Jesus died to free mankind from the bondage of sin – devil’s nature. That is an undeniable reality. When you take this reality into all your considerations, a reality called the new creation becomes your experience. Death brings about separation. Likewise, the death of Jesus brought about a separation from your old nature and its tendencies. Simply put, your spiritual link with sickness, curses, poverty, ancestral and inherited family problems was cut off permanently the day Jesus died, and activated unto you the day you identified with His death.
It is an undeniable fact that death brings about a translation from one realm of life to another. So the death of your old sin nature was to pave the way for a new man. A man with no spiritual past, but a glorious future. A heaven-on-earth man that is above the limitation of this world (John 3:31). Impute this reality into your thinking. Reckon yourself dead to the limitations of this world. That is the way God sees you. Remember, you are now a heaven-on-earth man because Jesus died. Reckon this truth into every aspect of your thinking and live your daily life with this consciousness. Say to yourself: I reckon with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Prayer:
Lord, help me to understand and maximize the benefits of the death of Jesus Christ. I am determined to make my mark as a heaven-on-earth man.
Text: _For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead_ – 2 Corinthians 5:14
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Our scripture for today highlights the peculiar kind of thinking that makes victory a lifestyle for the believer in Christ. It makes what God has accomplished for you in Christ relevant to everyday life. This kind of thinking is what Paul calls “reckon yourself” in Romans 6:11. It means to impute the death of Jesus as your death. God reckons you dead to the nature of sin, the same way Jesus died to free mankind from the bondage of sin – devil’s nature. That is an undeniable reality. When you take this reality into all your considerations, a reality called the new creation becomes your experience. Death brings about separation. Likewise, the death of Jesus brought about a separation from your old nature and its tendencies. Simply put, your spiritual link with sickness, curses, poverty, ancestral and inherited family problems was cut off permanently the day Jesus died, and activated unto you the day you identified with His death.
It is an undeniable fact that death brings about a translation from one realm of life to another. So the death of your old sin nature was to pave the way for a new man. A man with no spiritual past, but a glorious future. A heaven-on-earth man that is above the limitation of this world (John 3:31). Impute this reality into your thinking. Reckon yourself dead to the limitations of this world. That is the way God sees you. Remember, you are now a heaven-on-earth man because Jesus died. Reckon this truth into every aspect of your thinking and live your daily life with this consciousness. Say to yourself: I reckon with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Prayer:
Lord, help me to understand and maximize the benefits of the death of Jesus Christ. I am determined to make my mark as a heaven-on-earth man.
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