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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

He Has Given Us His Life and Name

Ephesians 2:4-8, But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, NKJV

The name of the Lord is to be praised from the rising of the sun until the going down of the same! Christians have so much to praise God for; while we were dead in our trespasses and sin, God loved us so much. If you are a Child of God, then you have been given a new life that will never end. You know first-hand what it's like to experience the resurrection power of God in your heart and soul. God is so loving and faithful toward those who place their trust in Him. He not only gave us His life, but the Lord has given us His name, and in that name we have His authority to rule over the enemy.

I'm sure you've heard of heroic rescues where someone put their life on the line in order to rescue another person from death. As a toddler, my niece drowned, and a man happened to be on the scene who knew exactly what to do in order to revive her. I mention this only to show you the depths of God's love for you as one of His children. None of the people who have risked their own lives to save the life of someone in harm's way, no matter how heroic, has given what we have received from our Lord. Those who have saved someone's life could never promise those who have been brought back from a deadly situation that they would never have to be subject to death again; they only had the power to rescue.

Jesus not only rescued us from an eternity of condemnation, He has given us the Holy Spirit of promise, who is our guarantee that we will never be eternally separated from God (life) again. After he made us alive unto Himself, He made us to sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. God has given us the name of Jesus that we might have authority over the enemy, who once used the power of sin to destroy our lives. So you see, God not only saved us and gave us eternal life, but He has also given us authority to live a holy life... free from the bondage's of sin and the fear of death.

God didn't just restore us back to where man was before sin came into the world, but He has made us to sit with Christ in heavenly authority over the Devil. Don't you feel a "Praise" coming on? If you will take time to meditate on all that Jesus did for you while you were a sinner, it will cause His life and hope to spring up in your soul like a river. "When I think of His goodness and all that He's done for me it makes want to shout!"

Declaring His Greatness,
Pastor Asa

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