OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-MONDAY-11/04/2016-THE NEW MAN II-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
Memorise
And
that ye put on the new man, which after God created in
Read
Ephesians 4:22-25,
22 That
ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And
be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And
that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and
true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man
truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
KJV
MESSAGE
The Bible says;
“… They that are after the flesh do mind the things of
the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.”
(Romans 8:5)
This is why
there is a need to put on the new man. As our memory verse states, we must put
on the new man created after God in righteousness and true holiness. This is
made possible through our reliance on the grace made available by Jesus Christ
the Son of the living God.
“The 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 they also that are heavenly.”
1st Corinthians 15:47-48
To put on a
new man, we must accept the Lord from heaven. The reason is that He is the One
that can quicken our mortal bodies and transform them to the original image of
God in us which has been altered by sin. When one encounters Jesus Christ, his
or her testimony will be like that of the apostles when he wrote:
“I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet
not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20
There is danger in living a life void of
faith in the Son of God, because without faith no man can please the Lord. It
is by faith that we know that all have sinned and come short of the glory of
God (Romans 3:23). It is by faith that we can run away from all appearances of
evil. It was lack of faith in God that made Adam and Eve doubt the warning that
God gave them concerning the forbidding fruit. Ever since then, this act of
disobedience has remained a contagion within the human race. Are you among
those who think the law of God has become outdated and so you break it with
impunity? Repent today because tomorrow may be too late. Paul, an apostle,
further wrote that we should walk in the Spirit so that we may not fulfil the
lust of the flesh (Galatians 5:16). Beloved, let us consider today’s memory
verse as an express command from God, and let us put on, Jesus Christ, the
perfect image of the Almighty Father.
Prayer Point
Father, let my life reflect
the image of Your Son Jesus.
Bible in one year
1st Samuel 26-28,
Proverbs 8:22-36
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