Knowing Jesus as the Son of God.

“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” 
Luke 1:35(KJV)

Jesus was born without the involvement of a man. Jesus is the result of the seed of God's word acting upon Mary's womb. Mary's womb was fertilized by the power of the Holy Spirit acting on the word of God which was spoken to her. This is why Jesus is called the child of the Holy Spirit in Matthew 1:18.

In 2 Peter 1:17, the Bible says, “For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Jesus Himself called Himself the Son of God in John 10:36, “Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?”

Jesus was born as a new specie of human. He had a human body, but His Spirit was 100% divine. Thus, He was 100% human and He was 100% divine. He had no earthly father. His father was God the Father. He had the same life that God had. This is why He said in John 5:26, “For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;” This shows us that Jesus has the same life with the Father because He is the Son of God.

In Romans 1:4 the Bible says concerning Jesus that he was, “… declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:” This means that the resurrection of Jesus from the dead proved beyond all doubts that He was the Son of God in truth.

CONFESSION
I declare and believe that the Bible is the conclusive revelation of God. Therefore, with all my heart, I believe and I confess that Jesus is the Son of God in truth.

For further study read: 
Mark 1:1, Luke 1:31-32, John 1:32-34.

DOING THE WORD
Pray that Christ be formed in you. Galatians 4:19, and then live your life by the faith of the Son of God who loved you and gave Himself for you. Galatians 2:20.

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Knowing Jesus as Christ

“And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ…” Matthew 16:16(KJV)

To say that Jesus is the Christ means that He is the Messiah, that is the Anointed One. The one in whom resides the fullness of the Godhead bodily. One in whom resides the fullness of God's Spirit. He is the one upon whom came the fullness of God's anointing. The Bible shows this to us in Acts 10:38, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

The Bible also tells us in Colossians 2:9 “For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” This means Jesus being the Christ was a physical embodiment of Divinity. All of God was fully expressed in Christ.

Isaiah the Prophet prophesied about the Messiah that was to come that the fullness of God's Spirit would function in Him in Isaiah 11:2 saying, “And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;” Jesus Christ had the Spirit of God upon Him without measure (John 3:34).

CONFESSION
Dear Father, I thank you for bringing the revelation to me of Jesus as the Christ. I thank you Father for according to your word in Colossians 1:27, which says that, “… Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Therefore I declare that because Christ lives in me, the fullnesss of the Godhead lives in me and the glory of God is manifested through my life. Amen.


For further study read: 
Ephesians 1:17-23, Colossians 1:19, 1 John 5:20.

DOING THE WORD
“And let the peace which Christ gives settle all questionings in your hearts, to which peace indeed you were called as belonging to His one Body; and be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 (WNT).

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Who is Jesus?

“When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?”
Matthew 16:13(KJV)   

Individuals have different perspectives of who Jesus Christ really is. When Jesus asked His disciples, whom do men say that I the son of man am? They said in Matthew 16:14, “…Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.”

Today, many people still do not have an accurate understanding and knowledge of who Jesus really is. They see Him as a great teacher or Rabbi, or as one of the greatest prophets who ever lived. But Peter speaking by revelation, (A revelation is a truth impacted to the human spirit without any sensory medium.) declared with certainty the truth about who Jesus really is.

So, in Matthew 16:16, Peter answered and said by revelation, “…Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  This is who Jesus is. He is the Son of God in truth. This is what is real to us. This is what we are sure of and we have no questions about it.

Seeing Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God is seeing Him from God's perspective of who He really is because that is what is revealed to us in the word of God.

CONFESSION
Father, I thank you for revealing to me from your Word the person of Jesus. I declare that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. He is my Lord and Saviour.

For further study read: 
Matthew 14:33, Matthew 27:54, John 6:69, John 20:31,
I John 4:15..  

DOING THE WORD
 Turn from your sins and every other evil way and accept Jesus as the Christ and your Saviour; and by Him serve the true and living God.

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Abide in the truth.

“Now the snake was the most cunning animal that the LORD God had made… The snake replied, "That's not true; you will not die. God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad." 
Genesis 3:1, 4-5(GNB)

I want you to know that it was satan who spoke through the snake to the woman in our opening scripture. We know this because satan is always rebellious against the word of God. He loves to question the integrity of the word of God, and by so doing, corrupt the heart of his prey with doubt and then lure them with His deceitfulness and their lust.

Satan's primary aim is to see to it that you doubt the word of God. This is because he knows that when you start doubting the word of God, you are vulnerable to deception.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12(GW), the Bible says, “He will use everything that God disapproves of to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them. That's why God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe a lie. Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was delighted with what God disapproves of, will be condemned.”

It is important that you know that every step away from the word of God, is a step into deception. So, do not doubt the word of God that you have heard, read and received into your heart.

I pray for you, “That you will stand firm and hold on to these truths which you have been taught in this devotional. May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us, strengthen you with his grace and give you unfailing courage and a firm hope. May He encourage you and enable you to always abide in His truth in your thoughts, words and deeds. In Jesus Name. Amen.”

For further study read:
John 3:19-21, Ephesians 4:14, 1 Timothy 2:3-4, James 1:16-18.

DOING THE WORD
Continue in the truth by following the word of God.

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Receive salvation.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Romans 10:9-10(KJV)

Our opening scripture shows us how to get saved. To become born again, you must confess with your mouth the Lordship of Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, when you do, you shall be saved.

Someone may read this and say, “Is that all I need to do to be saved? No, it is too simple.” But that is a lie of the devil that has been sown into that person's heart. The devil is trying to deceive you by corrupting your mind because of the simplicity that is in Christ.

A lot of people expect to work so hard before they are saved. Some others expect to fast ten days before they are saved. No. All that is not required to receive the gift of salvation. It is a gift that is been made available to you through your faith in Jesus.

Jesus Christ has already done all the work required for your salvation all you need to do right now is to reach out to Him with your faith by believing with all your heart that He already paid for all your sins in His death, and that He rose again on the third day for your justification (so that you can be made righteous, just as if you never sinned). And then if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord of your life, you shall be saved.

So, if you take the word of God as final authority, and start living in line with the word of God, you have reduced your spiritual warfare by 99.9%. Welcome into the liberty we have in Christ. God bless you.

PRAYER OF SALVATION
“O God, I believe in Jesus Christ. I believe that He is the Son of God. I believe that He died for my sins. I believe with all my heart that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead on the third day. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is my Lord. I take Him as my Lord and personal savior. Jesus, come into my heart, make me a new person. I receive eternal life into my spirit even now. Amen.”

For further study read:
Matthew 10:32, Acts 8:35-38, Romans 14:11, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Galatians 1:3-5, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 2:11, Hebrews 10:23.

DOING THE WORD
 … We must hold on all the more firmly to the truths we have heard, so that we will not be carried away.
Hebrews 2:1(GNB)

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God cares for you 2.

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”
1 Peter 5:6-7(KJV)

A lot of people are not humble because they do not believe that God cares about them. Some of them believe that God takes time so they manipulate their own way in other for them to get to where or whatever they want quicker.

1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” From this scripture, we see that satan cannot come into your life if he does not have the opportunity. Satan is an opportunist. He has got no authority to come into your life unless you open the door to him.

1 Peter 5:9 says, “Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.” When you are going through some challenges satan will come to you and tell you that God doesn't care about you because of the challenges that you are going through. Or he may ask you, “If God cares about you then why are you going through this?” When you believe that lie, you will stay longer in that difficult place. You must believe in the love of God if you are going to make progress, because the Bible says that faith worketh by love (Galatians 5:6).
In 1 Peter 5:10, the Bible says, “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” I want you to know that no matter what you are going through, you must be confident of one thing in your heart, that God is perfecting, establishing, strengthening, and will surely settle you. Romans 8:28 says, “… that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

In Ephesians 1:11, the Bible lets us know that God works all things according to the counsel of His will. So, trust God and be confident that things will work out for your good. Therefore, keep on believing and speaking it.

CONFESSION
 I declare that all things are working together for my good. Because I love God and I am the called according to His purpose. I am a victor and not a victim. I refuse to consider the negative things that I see. But, I look at the things which are revealed to me in the word of God. For the negative things which I see are changing to correspond to the things which are revealed to me in the word of God.

For further study read:
Romans 8:35-39.

DOING THE WORD
Resist the lies of satan and he will flee from you.

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God cares about you 1.

“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”
2 Corinthians 11:3(KJV)

It is clear to us from our opening scripture that those who are being deceived by satan have their minds corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

So, when you are ignorant of satan's devices according to the word of God, you become susceptible to your mind being corrupted by the craftiness of satan from the simplicity that is in Christ.  

The word simplicity from our opening scripture means, generosity and liberality. In other words, the word of God is letting you know that when satan comes to deceive you in his craftiness, he always wants to make you feel that God is not as generous and liberal as you think. He wants you to believe that God is not really concerned about you. And when you begin to believe that God is not really concerned about you, you come under pressure to perform. So, you begin to compromise, you begin to steal, you begin to do all the wrong things you must not do.

This is why the Bible tells us in 1 Peter 5:7, “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”  Therefore, do not buy into the lies and deceit of the enemy against your life, but instead cast all your cares on the Lord because He cares about your life affectionately.

In Romans 5:8, the Bible says, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Therefore, let your mind and your heart be confident in the truth that God loves you unconditionally. He is concerned about all your needs, concerns, problems, challenges and even about your sins, and He wants to help you live right.

I want you to know that God is interested about your marriage. He wants to help you have a better marriage. God is interested that you have children. He is interested that your business moves forward. But until you get a hold of these truths and have them as a conviction in your heart, you will still be vulnerable to the deceits and craftiness of satan.

CONFESSION
I believe and I declare that God has loved me with an everlasting love. He has drawn me to himself with His loving kindness towards me. I am the apple of His eyes. He cares about me and He has freely given me all things to enjoy. He will never leave me, nor forsake me. So that I may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

For further study read:
Psalm 34:15, Luke 12:30-32, Romans 8:32, Philippians 4:6.

DOING THE WORD
Dismiss all fear and doubt from your heart, for all things are yours.

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