Friday, 7th July- Rhapsody Of Realities Daily Devotional

Walk In The Light Of Your New
Life In Christ

Friday, 7th July
Pastor Chris

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life (Romans 6:4).

1Corinthians 6:11 reveals an extraordinary reality
about the new creation. Actually, Paul had to bring
the communication to a level that the Christians in Corinth,
who at the time were still spiritual babes, could easily
understand.

   To fully grasp the import of the message, let’s include
and read the preceding verses nine and ten: *_“Know ye not
that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were
some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye
are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of
our God.”

    Verse eleven says, “And such were some of you….”
However, in reality, the new creation couldn’t actually be
described as someone who used to be any of those
characters described in verses nine and ten above for the
simple reason that the new creation has no past. He’s a brand
new species. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, *_“Therefore if any man
be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.”_*

    It wasn’t just a mere change that took place in you when you were born again; it was an actual replacement
or supplanting of the life of which you were born of your
parents, with another life, the indestructible life of God. Real
Christianity isn’t the inclusion or impartation of another
nature, but an actual recreation of the human spirit by God.
You’ve come alive to God through the new birth. You might
then want to ask, “How come people still find themselves
doing certain things they shouldn’t do, even after they’re born
again?”

    The answer is simple: they’ve not fully yielded
themselves to the Word to live from their spirit. Really, those
wrong actions don’t come from their human spirits, but from
the “unrenewed” mind and the senses—which is why we’re
told to renew our minds with the Word (Romans 12:2). You
must develop your human spirit by learning, meditating and
acting on the Word. That way, you’ll train your spirit to rule
over your senses, and keep walking in the light of your
righteousness, justification, and new life in Christ Jesus.
 

  *CONFESSION*

*I’m a new creation, a brand new
species of being; old things are
passed away and all things have
become new! My mind is
renewed and reprogrammed for
the transcendent life of glory.
Blessed be God!*


|| *FURTHER STUDY:*

|| *Ephesians 4:22-24 KJV*
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; [23] And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; [24] And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.


|| *Romans 6:4 KJV*
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.


|| *DAILY SCRIPTURE READING PLAN*

*1 YEAR BIBLE
READING PLAN:*
Acts 18:24-19:1-7, Job 12-14

*2 YEAR BIBLE
READING PLAN:*
Luke 7:11-17, Joshua 1-2


EXTRACT FROM: Rhapsody Of Realities Daily Devotional