Friday, October 19, 2012
God Is Good
Jesus has all power and authority on heaven and on earth (Matthew 28:18 "Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.'")
If Jesus has all power and authority, then the devil has none and we have none.
We are in Him and He is in us (Acts 17:28 "'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'" and 1 John 4:13 "We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.")
He is the firstborn of many brothers (Romans 8:29 "For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.")
We are God's family, Jesus calls us His brothers (Hebrews 2:11 "Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.")
We are no longer servants (John 15:15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.)
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19 "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;")
We are anointed because we have the Anointed One living in us (Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.)
The anointing doesn't come and go because the Spirit in us abides (1 John 2:27 "As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him." and Matthew 28:20b "And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”)
We are ambassadors of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20 "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.")
We do what He did (John 14:12 "I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.")
We go heal the sick (Matthew 10:8 "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.")
We make disciples (Matthew 28:19 "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,")
We teach others to do what He did (Matthew 28:20a "and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.")
Whew! God is good!!!
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