Evangelist Franklin Graham is calling on Christians to participate in a day of fasting and prayer for our nation today. Graham, the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and of Samaritan's Purse , an international Christian relief organization, believes the church needs to call upon the name of God and ask for Him to move in this country. He stressed that our nation is facing multiple crises - from a pandemic to a turbulent presidential election, and widespread racial unrest. "I am urging followers of Jesus Christ to fast and to pray for our nation on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25. Mark it on your calendars and prepare now. I hope individuals, families, and churches will join me in asking for the Lord's help and for His will to be done in this critical election. Will you?" Graham wrote on Facebook.
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| Pastor Chris Oyakhilome |
Monday, February 24th, 2020
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
we also should walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4
).
).
If Christianity were all about salvation from sin, there wouldn’t
have been the need for Jesus to rise from the dead. His death on the
Cross would have been enough; it paid for all our sins and guaranteed
complete propitiation. However, that’s redemption, and not Christianity!
Redemption refers to saving someone by paying a price. When Jesus
died, He paid the price for man’s redemption with His own life; He did
that for all humanity; not for Christians. The Christian isn’t the man
that Christ died for. Look at it this way: when Jesus hung on the Cross,
in the mind of God, we were all hanging there too (in Him), for He was
our representative. When He cried out, “It is finished,” and gave up the
ghost, we also died in Him.
Now, here’s the big thing, which Satan didn’t see coming and the
angels still marvel at and seek to look into: Christianity is based on
the resurrection of Jesus, and not on His death. The resurrection of
Jesus Christ gave us something far beyond redemption; it ushered us into
a newness of life. We’ve been raised up together with Christ (Ephesians 2:6).
).
Romans 10:9
says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that GOD HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD,
thou shalt be saved.” It lets us know that salvation comes by believing
in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the subsequent
confession of His Lordship. A Christian is one who identifies with the
resurrected Christ. The Christian has no past, for the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature…”; meaning that he is a new species, one that never existed before.
says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that GOD HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD,
thou shalt be saved.” It lets us know that salvation comes by believing
in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the subsequent
confession of His Lordship. A Christian is one who identifies with the
resurrected Christ. The Christian has no past, for the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature…”; meaning that he is a new species, one that never existed before.
No wonder James declares that “Of his (God’s) own will begat he us
with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his
creatures” (James 1:18).
Being born again, therefore, you’re not the “redeemed”; you’re the
fruit of the redemptive work of Christ. Redemption was consummated with
His death, but Christianity came from the resurrection. Hallelujah!
).
Being born again, therefore, you’re not the “redeemed”; you’re the
fruit of the redemptive work of Christ. Redemption was consummated with
His death, but Christianity came from the resurrection. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for making me one with Christ. I’m a new
creation and I walk in the newness of life, conscious that I’ve been
raised together with Christ, and made to sit together with Him in the
place of victory, authority and dominion forever, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
|| 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. ||
Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. ||
|| Galatians 2:20
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 by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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 by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
|| Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
we also should walk in newness of life.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
we also should walk in newness of life.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-Year Bible Reading Plan=> Mark 6:30-56 & Leviticus 25
& Leviticus 25
2-Year Bible Reading Plan=> Acts 21:10-17 & Psalm 38-39
& Psalm 38-39
EXTRACT FROM: Rhapsody Of Realities Daily Devotional
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