Open Heaven 17 July 2021: [Saturday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – New Creature in Christ I
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OPEN HEAVEN 17 JULY 2021 TOPIC: New Creature in Christ I
MEMORISE: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. – 2 Corinthians 5:17
READ: Romans 7:18-25 (KJV)
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good
thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I
find not.
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would
not, that I do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin
that dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present
with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of
this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Job 13:1-28 , Job 14:1-22
Open Heaven 17 July 2021 MESSAGE:
Speaking about a new creature is an indication that there was an
old one. A new life in Christ however, is the new way of thinking and doing
things in accordance with the word of God. Galatians 2:20 says:
“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.”
Also Read: OPEN HEAVEN 16 JULY 2021 – CONQUERORS AND OVERCOMERS
This simply means that when a person accepts Jesus as his or her
Lord and Saviour, such a person automatically becomes dead to the old life.
Every link with the old life is cut off. The old password simply refuses to
work because the username has changed. This marks the end of the old life and
the beginning of the new one in Jesus, as seen in todays memory verse 2 Corinthians 5:17 .Out of
the blue, you suddenly have new standards, you begin to measure everything you
do in line with the word of God. This new life in Christ comes with the
assurance of abundant life here on earth and even in heaven. You have the
assurance of answered prayers, confidence in His love and mercy. As you read
His word, your faith grows and intensifies to the point where you know that He
will never leave nor forsake you. God is faithful and dependable; as a new
creature in Jesus Christ, you can count on Him. Ignore the devil whenever he
comes to remind you of your past. The Bible describes him as the accuser of the
brethren Revelation 12:10.
Respond boldly by reminding him that old things are passed away and you are now
a new creature in Christ.
Open Heaven 17 July 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father, as a new creature in
Christ, please help me to always live according to Your word, in Jesus name.
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Heaven 17 July 2021 HYMN 4: AMAZING GRACE! HOW SWEET
THE SOUND
1.
And a robe of white, and golden crown shall wear. Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now I see.
2.
‘Twas Grace that
taught my heart to fear,
And Grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.
3.
Through many dangers,
toils, and snares
I have already come.
‘Tis Grace hath brought me safe thus far
4.
The Lord has promised
good to me.
His Word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
5.
When we’ve been there
ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written
by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest
evangelical Churches in the
world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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