More Than Conquerors

His Love Surrounds Us and We are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Romans 8:34-39

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Amen.

Operation of God Working in You

Paul said "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect." (1 Corinthians 1:17-18)

Paul, an Apostle of the Lord Jesus, if water baptism was necessary from Christ Jesus going forward, wouldn't the Lord have told him he must baptize all in water? I've been baptized in water, and have baptized another in water as a public confession of their faith in Christ Jesus. So what is the truth of this?

1 Corinthians 1:17-18

v18 explains it. And then John 15:3 and other scriptures.

v18...For the preaching of the cross is.... unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

John 15:3 Jesus said Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

God's Word washes you clean. God breathing His Life in Your Soul making you come alive. Jesus Christ, God’s Word abiding in you.

Ephesians 5:26-27 v26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word.

It is mandatory to repent of your sin and receive your forgiveness as you ask the Lord Jesus Christ to come into your hearts and be Lord and Savior of your soul and life.  And a public confession of your faith through a baptism in water is a working of faith in grace in your heart, and that is good.  It is mandatory to be born again, and be baptized by Jesus in the baptism of His Holy Spirit. You must be born again to enter His kingdom, Jesus said in John 3:3-8.

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever. 1 Peter 1:22-23

Ephesians 1:12-14 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

V13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

V14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory,…

Galatians 2:20 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….

Romans 8:9-11 v9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

V10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

V11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Yes and Amen.  Romans 8:9-11.

So if Christ be in you, the body is dead ….. this is why all that are in Christ Jesus and have the Spirit of Christ in them, still have “bodily issues”. 

There needs to be an awakening of their soul in Him who is the Resurrection…a recovery of spiritual truth in Christ Jesus.  This only comes by the Holy Spirit…breathing LIFE … ETERNAL LIFE In Your Soul which flows into your Body.  For your carnal spirit is removed, and the new spirit in you is the Spirit of God which is Righteous and is Life (see Romans 8:10).

BUT….. But verse 11 gives Hope… V11 But IF THE SPIRIT OF HIM THAT RAISED UP JESUS FROM THE DEAD DWELL IN YOU, HE THAT RAISED UP CHRIST FROM THE DEAD SHALL ALSO QUICKEN YOUR MORTAL BODIES BY HIS SPIRIT THAT DWELLETH IN YOU.

So, that your body that is dead, as Romans 8:10 states, may be quickened and Raised Up out of the sins of the flesh.  Done by the cutting away of the sins of the flesh.  All by the circumcision in your heart by the Holy Spirit in the Word of God who is Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God.  His word spoken is spirit and is life.  He is the Power of God for us.  An operation of God working in you.  Reconciliation. Atonement and Redemption in and by the Blood of the Lamb of God.  Making and Setting you free!

Colossians 2:10-13 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

YES AND AMEN.  Being Born of His Spirit, just as Jesus was the first raised from the dead, we follow Him. Amen.  Shake off your grave clothes of sin and death, and be clothed in the Spirit of Christ Jesus.  Mortality Swallowed up of Life. (Romans 5; Romans 6; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 5:1-5)

Be baptized in the baptism with Jesus Christ in and by His Holy Spirit.  Be sealed by the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, now to abide in you for the same reason and purpose…to raise you from your grave, and death, and sin….today.  This is the baptism that will save souls and change people for the better.

James 1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

James 1:19-21 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Colossians 2:13-15 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Let the Operation of God continue in you… baptism, circumcision, resurrection, and life of Jesus Christ come forth. Reconciled unto God our Father.

Hallelujah!

Amen.

Mary Did God's Will

Mary, Lazarus and Martha’s sister, anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them prior to Him going to the cross as the Lamb of God to be crucified for our sin.  Then about six days later, just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, as the Priest, performs the washing of the disciple’s feet and instructs them to go and do the same to the other disciples.

John 13:3-8                                

3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

John 12:1-3

12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Interesting how God had Mary wash… prepare ahead of time Jesus’ body by anointing His feet with expensive spikenard oil, and washing His feet in her tears, and wiping them with her hair. She was preparing the Lamb sacrifice. 

And then Jesus performed the act of the Priest in washing… removing His clothes and putting on clean garment before entering into the holy place to perform the work of the Priest…. Which was also symbolic of what Jesus as the Lamb was about to do, in laying down His natural life as our payment and judgment of sin, and then ushering in the new man, the second man, who is without sin. The firstborn of the Spirit. Thus making the Way for us to take on His garment of Righteousness, our new identity and new life in the Spirit of Christ.

Romans 8:9-10

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Jesus was also preparing the disciples, just as Mary did for Him, so they could go forward in the office of the priest and wash others from their filth too… just as Jesus did. 

For in Christ Jesus, He has made us also living sacrifices unto God.

Romans 12:1-5 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

Interesting that it was a “woman” “female” who prepared Jesus.  And interesting that it was another “Mary” that was God’s choice, just as the Mother Mary, and also Mary Magdalene which the gospels states was the first to see him after He was risen.  But as I asked the Father questions and pondered this, He revealed that He is not a respecter of persons and it doesn’t matter if male or female.  What matters is the HEART and who was the better or best choice for Him to use to accomplish His will at that moment.

So don’t be high minded if God uses you, and don’t despise who the Lord God brings to help you.  God gets all the glory, and honor to whom He chooses.  And you, whom He sends, stay humble and obedient.

Let us all be grateful, and give our Thanks to the Father for His Son Jesus Christ.  Let us appreciate the privilege of becoming sons with the Son, which includes receiving the inheritance of the firstborn of the Spirit.

We have an awesome big brother who is Head of us, His body, the church of the firstborn.  Follow the Holy Spirit’s lead and we too will do the will of our Father in all things.  Love one another.

Amen.