THE BELIEVER’S UNUSED ABILITIES!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2020.

SUBJECT:  THE BELIEVER’S UNUSED ABILITIES!

Memory verse:  "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." (First Peter 2 vs 9.) 

READ:  Second Peter 1 verse 2 - 4:

1;2; Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 

1:3: as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 

1:4: by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

INTIMATION:

Many Christians still have not understood fully the finished work of Christ for them, haven made available to us the power of God as “partakers of His divine nature.” The finished work is like undeveloped resources in the African Continent. The finished work still remains the only source of our ability to live for God, have a relationship with Him, and obtain and harness all the promises of God to us, live a prosperous life and have good success. 

 

In the passage we read today, we note that God has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness since we now partakers of His very nature—divine nature. God has supplied us with everything in this life that is necessary for living according to His directions and for developing a nature that prepares us for eternal dwelling. One of these things is certainly the Word of God. It is through the word of God that we learn how to conduct our lives according to the will of God. The word of God is certainly the guide that we must follow in order to be certain concerning the conduct of our lives in behavior and godly living.

The power to lead s godly life comes from God. Because we don’t the resources to be truly godly, He allows us to be "partakers of the divine nature" in order to keep us from sin and help us live for Him. The divine nature is being clothed with Christ through the obedience to the gospel, being cleansed of sin, and thus brought into the fellowship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Putting on Christ is dressing oneself in the divine nature of godliness and sanctification of the Spirit. Those who have put on the divine nature of Christ have been delivered from the lust of the world because they are now slaves to Jesus. 

When we are born again, we are born of the Spirit, therefore, we are spirit. God is Spirit, and by His Spirit, empowers us with His own moral goodness. And we have been born of incorruptible seed through the Word of God which lives and abides forever. (First Peter 1 vs 23.) However, many believers want an abundance of God’s grace and peace, but they are unwilling to put forth the effort to get to know Him better through Bible study and prayer. To enjoy the privileges God offers us freely, we must grow in our “knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.”

Who has imagined or knows what it might mean, or what it means if that nature of God is fully harnessed, and  utilized by every human who has received it. This nature of God comes with the operation of the Spirit of God in us. The Spirit grants us the creative ability manifested in creation. The miracle-working power that was manifested in Jesus is imparted to us. In fact, all the nine gifts of the Spirit are made available to us. It is for this reason that Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and they may have it more abundantly." (John 10 vs 10.)

Not many Christians have realized that we have in us divine ability. You then ask, "How can this be utilized?" It is acting upon His Word, knowing that all His promises are real and for you to receive if you believe, and knowing that you have your inheritance in Him as God has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance in the light. We take Him, by grace, to lead us into all the fullness of our inheritance. In the new creation, God is at work in us, thinking through our minds, operating through our recreated spirits. He has actually taken us over. Let Him Rule! While He is at work in us, we, as theatre of His marvelous works, should show the excellencies of Him. 

Here is the gold mine. We are an elect people. We are God's own possessions. He set us apart that we may unveil the hidden treasures of grace by God at work in us. He is illuminating us, leading us into all the truth and reality. In Colossians 2 vs 3, the Scriptures says; "In Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden." And He has given us light and ability to know what these treasures are: The knowledge of what He has done; knowledge of what He is to do in us; knowledge of what we are; knowledge of what we may do with His ability. And He has also made available the wisdom to utilize all these varied knowledge.

Now, imagine what will happen if all these divine abilities available to us are fully harnessed by the believer, displaying the virtues and perfections in Him. Such life will be exceedingly glorious. It’s ours to live, but it has been substantially underutilized.

Prayer: Abba Father, You have graciously imparted on us Your divine nature. Engrace me to live in Your fullness, manifesting Your divine abilities, utilizing fully the huge treasures of wisdom and knowledge revealed to us in Your Word, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!