Rhapsody of Realities
Friday 1st, October 2021
đ¤Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
TOPIC: Life Works In You
SCRIPTURE: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned (Romans 5:12).
The Message:
Through Adamâs transgression, death passed upon all men. What is death? Many think that death is just the cessation of life, but itâs much more than that. Firstly, death is the expulsion or removal of Godâs presence, Spirit and influence from any creature.
Life comes from God; therefore, anything that hasnât been imparted by the presence of God or His Spirit canât have life. Science, with all its discoveries, canât create or give life; theyâve got to get the life from something else that God already made. Anything can be fabricated, but itâll not have life except thereâs contact or influence with what already has life.
Secondly, death is the corruption of a creation and resultant dissolution into its original components. Anything that has life has been influenced by God; it has Godâs presence and has been touched of the Spirit. But Satan, who had the power of death, is against that. He works towards the expulsion or removal of that presence. Death begins with the corruption of the creation.
If you have pure water in a vessel, and then drop some little impurity in it, itâs corrupted; itâs now less than a hundred per cent pure. Death begins with corruption of a creation; a change into something that makes it less glorious than it ought to be. Satan aims for the corruption and eventual dissolution of that creation into its original constituents. For example, when a human body dies, the spirit departs, and the body eventually decomposes into water and dirt.
Satan hates Godâs creation and seeks to destroy it. Thatâs why when sickness attacks the body, itâs a corruption of the personâs health. But thanks be unto God! Jesus put an end to death! The Bible says, ââŚJesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospelâ (2 Timothy 1:10). Hallelujah! Death has been abolished.
In Christ, youâve been brought into âdeathlessness!â Whereas everything in the natural world degenerates, life works in you and in everything thatâs connected to you, because youâre in the realm of life. Youâve passed from death to life (John 5:24). Romans 5:17 says, ââŚthey which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.â
CONFESSION
Dear Father, I thank you for bringing life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Whereas death works in the world, life works in me and everything thatâs connected to me. Jesus put an end to death, and now, because He lives, I live; I have the all-conquering, unfading life of God in me. Hallelujah!
FURTHER STUDY
1 John 5:11-12; John 5:24; 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Ephesians 6:10-24; Isaiah 31-32
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 2:12-25;1 Kings 6
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