Ephesians 2:6 (NLT)
“For He raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.”
If you believe and honor the Bible, don’t listen to lies! Those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life are now seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus. We aren’t prideful about it, but are grateful for it. It is finished! Now, we’re able to act like it. Hallelujah!
Jesus paid the price for our new position in Him. Mark 1:15 shows us, “The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!” As such, we are of a different rule, a special place, one of a holy, righteous, and just king. His title, among many, is King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
We are God’s children (Romans 8:16), often called saints, holy people, set apart for God, emphasizing our new identity in Christ. Though we may sin, I love how He calls things that be not as though they already were (Romans 4:17). Not to mention we are now heirs, heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:17).
Interestingly, He no longer calls us servants, but friends (John 15:15), and because of our spiritual union with Christ, “…you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9).
We must remember we are not our own (1 Corinthians 6:19-20), but our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We’ve been bought for a hefty price and aren’t to become slaves of human beings (1 Corinthians 7:23). And as Stephen reminds us in Acts 7:48, “The Most High doesn’t live in temples made with human hands.” Besides, as stated in Acts 7:50, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you build me a temple as good as that?’ asks the Lord. ‘Could you build me such a resting place? Didn’t my hands make both heaven and earth?’”
As we live on the earth, we will be subject to all kinds of lies our enemy may bring to our minds about who we are, what we can’t do, and so many negative things. However, don’t receive, dwell on, or embrace any of it! The truth of the matter, as I’m reminded of in an old song we used to sing back in the 80s, written by Dwight Liles and sung by Steve Green, “We are alive in Christ, dead to the world, free from the sin that enslaves. In His death we died, in His life we live again, on the other side of the grave!”
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