GOD HAS GIVEN US ALL THINGS IN JESUS CHRIST!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY MARCH 12, 2021.

SUBJECT : GOD HAS GIVEN US ALL THINGS IN JESUS CHRIST!

Memory verse: "Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us all things to enjoy." (First Timothy 6 vs 17).

READ: Romans 8 vs 32; Second Peter 1 vs 3:

Romans 8:32: He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall he not with Him also freely give us all things?

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

INTIMATION:

In the beginning God placed everything that man could use and enjoy in the Garden. God saw to it that Adam lacked nothing, as he was created in His own image and after His likeness, leaving nothing to be desired by him. God gave Adam dominion over everything. Adam was the master of the kingdom given to him, and was empowered to be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, subdue it. God only placed Himself above Adam as his master.

God's Will of abundance for mankind was supreme until that fatal day Adam committed high treason against God by doubting God's integrity, and believing God's permanent enemy. According to the Scriptures, the woman was deceived but the man was not (First Timothy 2 vs 14), meaning that Adam knew what he did, and the implications of what he did. He tried shifting the blame on the woman when God enquired of him concerning his did (Genesis 3 vs 12).

When Adam partook of the deadly tree, he died, not physically but spiritually. Spiritual deadness is the nature of Satan. That nature consequently overtook Adam's once righteous spirit, and he became one with Satan. Every phase of Adam's life came under the curse of his new god, Satan. He was driven from the Garden; abundance was no longer his to enjoy. He had to toil and sweat in order to survive. His beautiful life was overrun by thorns and thistles both in the physical and in the spiritual world.

The Lordship of God provided only good. Poverty and lack came only after Adam changed god and began to operate under Satan's dominion, the author of poverty.

It is obvious that God desired man to live in abundance, but by Adam's own choice, the lordship of Satan engulfed him in a curse that resulted in poverty and lack. 

God's heart yearns for His people to be free, and through His infinite wisdom, He has continually provided deliverance for man and freedom from the curse of poverty. God, in His infinite mercy that endures forever, sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, for our sake, to pay the supreme price for our sins. He legally met the claim of justice; ‘The soul that sins shall die’ (Ezekiel 18 vs 4), and died on the cross for our sins. Through our believe in Christ Jesus our Sacrificial Savior, and His substitutionary work, He gave us right to become His children (John 1 vs 12). We are reinstated to our original position with Him. In accordance with His Will for us, in abundance and sufficiency, He has given us back all things in Christ Jesus to enjoy, Hallelujah!

Prayer: Abba Father, unto You be glory for the great things You have done. My sufficiency is in You who made heaven and the earth. Thank You for my redemption in Christ Jesus, and uphold me by Your generous spirit, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!