OUR VICTORY IS IN OUR CONFESSION!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY MAY 17, 2024.

SUBJECT : OUR VICTORY IS IN OUR CONFESSION!

Memory verse: "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony...." (Revelation 12 vs 11.)

READ: Romans 8 vs 15 - 17:

8:15: For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry, "Abba Father."

8:16: the Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.

8:17: And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

INTIMATION:

Most Christians have never realized the vital place that our testimony or confession holds in our daily lives. Our positive confessions indicate the steadfastness of our faith in Christ. When our faith is anchored in Jesus Christ, our persistent, intelligent confession of what we are in Christ guarantees our victorious living against the devil and his cohorts. It is because of the importance of confession or testimony in our Christian life that the Scripture in Hebrews 10 vs 23 says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”

When you came into the family of God, you made a confession of the Lordship of Christ over your life. His Lordship means; the bread-provider, the caretaker, the protector from all your enemies, and everything concerning your life. You actually become a partaker of the Divine Nature. (Second Peter 1 vs 4). And as you become a partaker of His Nature, you become a partaker of His ability. God's ability becomes your ability. God's Strength becomes your strength, and Jesus is the surety of that New Covenant for you. (Hebrews 7 vs. 22.)

Christ has already finished the work for us in redemption. Ours is to believe in our hearts the finished work and confess with our mouth our rich heritage in Him. When you acknowledge Him as your Lord, then God becomes automatically your very Father. All the resources of heaven are at your disposal.

The saints of old have power over the results of their sins by the power of the cleansing blood of Jesus. They have power over the kingdom of darkness by the power of the gospel and the Word of God they preached. They were willing to suffer to death because they knew that death is only a transition into a better realm. 

In the passage we read today, the old bondage of fear and want and diseases is gone. You have another spirit now, a recreated spirit. God is no longer God to you: He is your Father, and as a Father, He is your Lover, Caretaker, and Faithful Companion. You aren't afraid of anything now. You are absolutely fearless before all your enemies. You lift up your banner; you shout His praises; you stand complete in Him over every circumstance and every attack of the enemy.

The Bible, in Second Corinthians 3 vs 4 - 6 says, "And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant......" We have tried to conquer the adversary with our own strength. We have tried to overcome temptation with our own wills. That is unnecessary, for His Will has become ours; His sufficiency is ours; His ability is ours. Now we become efficient as a member of the body of Christ with His efficiency.

Jesus said in John 14 vs 30, "....for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me." The same is true in a believer’s case. We are new creatures in Christ. If then we are new creatures, Satan has nothing in us. That new creation is all of God. The old thing that Satan owned and controlled is all passed away and the things that are in you now are all of God.

When you know this as you know the multiplication table, you will have something that will absolutely put to flight the forces of Satan. There isn't any reason why we should live in constant fear of sin and doubt when we are the very sons and daughters of God.

Believers should anchor their absolute faith in Christ just as the apostle Paul advised the believers in Philippi; that their conduct would be worthy of the gospel of Christ, ensuring that they, at all times, are expressly demonstrating in their conduct, their trust and confidence in Christ. (Philippians 1 vs 27.)

In the next verse he says, "And do not [for a moment] be frightened or intimidated in anything by your opponents and adversaries, for such [consistency and fearlessness] will be a clear sign (proof and seal) to them of [their impending] destruction, but [a sure token and evidence] of your deliverance and salvation, and that from God." (Philippians 1 vs 28 Amplified Version.)

Prayer: Abba Father, thank You for what You wrought for me in redemption through Christ. In You I live, move, and have my being, You are the LORD over my life. I am in Christ, and Christ in You, therefore, Satan has no portion in me. My sonship with You has given me victory as an overcomer of the world through my faith in You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!