The Word of God
In John 6:63, Jesus Christ is telling us that the Word of God gives life to our dying flesh: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.”
When we apply the Blood of Jesus to our life and confess the Word of God, we receive the Spirit of God and the Life of God.
In Hebrews 4:12, we read:
“For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
There is power in the Word of God. Jesus spoke the Word of God to get rid of Satan in the wilderness. We must know, understand, and do the Word of God. We must read the Bible every day and apply the biblical principles to our life. The Word of God is our spiritual nourishment, the spiritual food for our soul, the strength of our inner being. As says the Bible, "Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. For anyone who hears the Word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like." (James 1:22 BSB)
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5 NKJV)
Yes, we are in a warfare against the devil, and we must understand that our weapons are not carnal. We must also understand “that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12 NKJV) As a soldier goes to war within an army of people, we must be part of the Body of Christ as a member of a local church and serve the Lord Jesus. Let's take care of our own garden. As a member of the Body of Christ, we are given a mission for the advancement of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Each member represents a stone in the building up of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. That explains why Jesus Christ said in Matthew 16:18 " You are Peter, a stone; and upon this rock I will build my church; and all the powers of hell shall not prevail against it." In Hebrews 12:1, we read "let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us."
Brothers and sisters in Christ, we have a race to run. We must stand against the devil and finish the race God has set before us.
To stand against the devil, we must first be born again by accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, and believing that God raised Him from the dead. Then, through the presence of the Holy Spirit within us, we must obey God's Word to avoid committing sin. Finally, with the Blood of Jesus and the Word of God, we can continually have fellowship with the Father, the Son, and other children of the Father. 1 John 1:7 says, "if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."
Our relationship with the Father through His Son Jesus Christ is essential for our spiritual and physical wellness. That's the reason why each soap bar comes with the Word of God for us to confess. So let us turn our bath time into a fellowship time with Father God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let us believe His Word and confess it daily.
Romans 10:9-10 says “ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
By faith, let us therefore receive our salvation by confessing the Lord Jesus with our mouth, and believing in our heart that God raised Him from the dead as follows:
“ Father God, I come to You in the Name of Jesus Christ, Your Son. I confess Jesus Christ as my Lord. Jesus, I give You my heart, so come into my heart. Wash me with Your precious Blood and take my sin away. Cleanse me of all unrighteousness and forgive me. Set me free, Lord Jesus, from the bondage of Satan. I believe that You died for me. I believe that You rose from the dead, You resurrected. I believe that You ascended to the Heavenly Father, and I believe that You will come back again for me. Fill me with the Holy Spirit. I thank You for restoring me the divine life. Thank You for making me a child of Father God. Now, I can fellowship again with Our Father. I am part of Your Body, Your family, Your church. I am gladly serving You, walking in Your light, and continuing the work of the Father for the advancement of Your Kingdom on earth. I am saved, I am born again into the new creation, I am the New Man. I am a child of God. Amen !"
Awaiting Ascension
In the old creation, God created man in the 6th stage. In the new creation, Father God expects to welcome the new man, His child, back home in the 6th stage, the ascension stage, after man has completed his assigned work on earth by doing his Father's work, according to the Father’s plan for his life. That is what the plan of redemption is about. Like Jesus, we are supposed to ascend back to Father God after completing our mission on earth.
We receive salvation from the work of Jesus Christ on the cross as a free gift. Ephesians 2:8 reads:
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Remember, in the old creation, the devil fought against the 6th stage of creation, the last stage of creation, the creation of man. In the new creation, he is again fighting against the 6th stage, the last stage, which is the ascension of man back to Father God. The devil does not want us to ascend. He is fiercely fighting against us to prevent us from ascending. In Revelation 13:18, it is written:
“Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”
It is not surprising that the devil copied the number of man. He wants to rule man in order to destroy man.
Thanks be to God, who caused us to triumph through the Blood of Jesus and the Word of God. With the Blood of Jesus and the Word of God, we can resist the enemy and cause him to flee. We will finish the race set before us and ascend to our Father when Jesus returns to get us.
Yes, Jesus will come back to take those who remain faithful to God in the ascension stage. All the dead will resurrect, either to ascend with the Lord Jesus or face the Great Tribulation under Satan's rule. Those who are alive will either ascend or face the Great Tribulation. Only those whose names are written in the Book of Life of the Lamb will ascend and spend eternity with the Father and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in love, glory, beauty, splendor, joy, peace, and victory. HalleluYAH !!!
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 says: " For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. "
"Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all." (2 Thessalonians 3:16) Amen !