RHAPSODY OF REALITIES
SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2021
THEME: BORN OF THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT
đ¤ Pastor Chris
Todayâs Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:49 AMPC
And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.
THE MESSAGE
Every human person born into this world comes with the natural human life. That life, however,
is corruptible; itâs mortal, subject to sickness, disease and death. This was the life and nature of the first Adam and all those born after himâunregenerate men. 1 Corinthians 15:47â48 says, âThe first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.â Notice the tenses; it says â⌠as is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy,â and thatâs absolutely right. Thatâs why Jesus, in His communication with Nicodemus, said to him, âYou must be born againâ (John 3:7).
When youâre born again, youâre born after the Lord from heaven. So, as Christians, we have the divine life, we have the God-nature NOW. The one whoâs yet to receive this God-life is âearthyâ and susceptible to the depravities and negativities of this world. He or she is subject to the elements and systems of this world and snowed-under by their corrupting influences. But thanks be unto God! Your ties with the first Adam have been severed completely and forever.
Christ is your root and heritage; you hail from God: âYe are of God little childrenâŚâ (1 John 4:4). Whereas death works in the unregenerate man, youâre of the life-giving Spirit: âAnd so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spiritâ (1 Corinthians 15:45). Life works in you. Glory to God!
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you, for Iâve been severed from perishing because Iâm born of God, in the likeness of the second and last AdamâJesus Christ. Iâm not of this world; Iâm heavenly, a fellow citizen with the saints, and of the household of God, bringing many into the Kingdom, in Jesusâ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
John 3:3-7; John 1:12-13
1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Galatians 3:26-4:1-20 & Isaiah 1-2
2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Luke 23:34-43 & 2 Samuel 11-12
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