THE VICTORIOUS SURRENDERED LIFE

 THE VICTORIOUS SURRENDERED LIFE

July 11 , 2023

By Rev.Michael Benson Ajayi 

Gal 5:24 AMP “ And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires.”

   Rom 6:2 AMP  “ Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?

      To better understand  these scriptures : imagine the case of a man charged with murder  and while in prison ,he received news that he was a recipient of an amnesty program designed by the federal  government to mark the nation’s independence day celebration .  He was pardoned and released but refused to put off his prison uniform. He had gotten accustomed to the old way of living in bondage and this affected his reintegration in to the society and could not be employed .

 The life of the sinner  is similar to being in prison, there are many persons in the church bound by the old way of living and this is behind the rise in all manner of evil addictions that have torn families and wrecked communities. Bondage is a state of the mind, one can be living in a palace and yet be in bondage ,that was the case of Moses while in Pharaoh's palace. It took his unceremonious exit from the palace as a prince in Egypt for him to experience freedom. He enjoyed more peace with God while living in the desert than in the palace.

     Satan cannot afflict a person who refuses him access to his or her mind. He has his disciples operating through the world’s media with programs that look quite enticing but designed to capture the imagination of God’s people and bring them into slavery again. These persons are full of complaints and very weak in prayer and studying of the bible .

    The surrendered life starts with surrendering one’s mind to God’s word daily especially early in the morning. While reading ,we should picture ourselves  in the light of scriptures    Rom 6:11 AMP says   “ Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.”   We should not try to live the Christ-like life by our strength but by the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. It begins with the acknowledgment of our new status in Christ . In Him you have no power to sin. The appetite for sin is dead.

      God sees us as Holy as Christ and that is the image we should picture on a daily basis  : this is your real life Col 3:3 AMP  says“ For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. “  Daily picture yourself as the water contained in a coconut  surrounded by the hard shell , no matter how strong  a tornado is,  it cannot crack a coconut with its covering ,you shall prosper  like the palm tree (Ps92:12)  , therefore , the issue of curses , marine spirits and other false doctrines through which God’s people are brought into bondage should not arise . You are surrounded by Jesus Christ twenty four hours of the day and the connection between your spirit and Jesus’ is unbreakable.

      We should consider our sinful nature  as dead with Christ on the cross. We were with Him on that old rugged cross and died and were raised with Him and alive through Him Rom 6:6 AMP says “ We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin. “  also Gal 2:20 AMP  “ I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me. “  You are not a sinner nor a failure but a new creature in Christ with a glorious future .

Prayer : Heavenly Father, forgive me of my sins against you , I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised for my salvation , I receive him as lord and savior and receive the Holy Spirit and grace to overcome evil addictions in Jesus name .

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