© 21 Colin Melbourne
In Christ Jesus
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
2 Timothy 1:1-14 KJV
Jesus Comes: Religion Goes
When God gets hold of someone they don’t become religious they spring to life: Divine Life, Eternal life, God’s LIFE.
They receive the Promise of God: The Spirit of His Only Begotten Son.
God’s Gift to every sinner willing to yield their whole heart to Almighty God in The Flesh: The LORD Jesus Christ.
Christ in You
Kenneth Hagin based on EW Kenyon’s classic book “In Christ Jesus”.
When the Spirit of Christ enters your innermost being, you switch from spiritual death and mundane existence, to eternal life walking with your Creator.
The Greatest Adventure
There’s nothing more exciting this side of the Glory, and you begin enjoying abundant Life right now.
Religion is revealed to you as a shallow man-made substitute, which ceases to satisfy once you have the Real Thing: The LORD Jesus Christ.
God Detests Religion
Special clothes and elaborate rituals don’t impress God, who sees men’s hearts.
Ceremonial rites and service attendance can never appease the wrath of The Most High against sinners: No nay never!
Nothing but The Blood Sacrifice of The LORD Jesus Christ will remove your guilt before God.
Why did God come in The Flesh?
To redeem us from His Judgment against sin.
To offer us peace with God, by overcoming spiritual death once and for all.
Halleluia! I know my sins are gone, paid for by my Judge and Saviour, Who took them away and nailed them to His cross, and cast them into the depths of the sea, never to condemn me again. Micah 7:18-20 KJV;
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Commit your life to Christ and you’ll be able to say the same thing with conviction.
Oh how sweet it is to know The LORD has taken away all condemnation, that you stand before Him clean and righteous in His sight: In Christ Jesus!
How Can We Be Sure?
We know we are in Christ; not because we feel clean, nor because we have peace like a river, not because we love Jesus with all our heart, and delight to obey His word, not because we labour daily to bring souls to know Him, nor even because Father answers our prayers…
We know we are accepted in Christ Jesus simply because the Holy Bible says believers are, Romans 8:1-4 KJV;
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which ARE IN Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
I am in Christ Jesus all the time: Father put me there the moment I repented of unbelief and received The LORD Jesus Christ, as my Lord and Saviour, turning away from sin to follow Him evermore.
The poor Devil lost every claim against Colin Melbourne the instant God put me in Christ.
Father accepted me forever because of the Faith of Christ and the Power in The Blood of His Only Begotten Son, Eph. 1:3-7 KJV;
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Bless The Name of The LORD for His mercy!
He takes repentant sinners as they are, washes them white as snow in The Blood that removes every sin, and clothes them in His own righteousness.
From sinner to righteous Saint of God in an instant: Take that Satan!
Oh what joy to be clothed in God’s righteousness, to walk in holiness, taking care not to soil our garment with doubt and sin.
Doubt Father? No, never! He’s true to His word alway, and cannot be confounded by unbelief.
Repent from doubt, trust what He has written of those who believe in His Son, and you too will have the power of God upon you, to deliver, to heal, and to overcome every evil thing around you.
Amen and Halleluia to Jesus!
© 21 Colin Melbourne
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