December 16th
With the
purpose of knowing Him!
By Riqui Ricón*
and become one with him, no longer counting on being
saved by being good enough or by obeying God’s laws, but by trusting
Christ to save me; for God’s way of making us right with himself depends on
faith—counting on Christ alone. 10 Now I have given up
everything else—I have found it to be the only way to really know Christ and to
experience the mighty power that brought him back to life again, and to find
out what it means to suffer and to die with him.11 So
whatever it takes, I will be one who lives in the fresh newness of life of
those who are alive from the dead. (Phil 3.9-11 LB).
The life of a believer, the life of a Child of God, Born Again can only be
conceived in one way: through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ (and to be found in Him).
It’s a life style that isn’t based in the
justification of the works you can do in the flesh (not having my own justice, which is by law) but in the living and
acting by faith, believing what the Bible, God’s Word which doesn’t lie, says
about you; believing who you are now in Jesus Christ (but the one which is by the faith of Christ)
Having faith in God’s Word, this is, believing that if
God said it then He will do it and if He spoke it then He will execute it means
having faith in Christ, for He Himself, Jesus, is the Word, The Verb of God.
In the beginning was the Word [Jesus, the Word], and the Word [Jesus, the Word] was with God, and the Word [Jesus, the Word] was God. And the Word [Jesus, the Word] was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. (Joh 1.1, 14).
Beloved
one you, who have received Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life, have been
made justice of God for having believed in the Word, the Verb of God ( the justice that is God’s through faith) And
that faith (faith with purpose), this believing God, believing His Word, is the
only thing that allows you to know Him (with
the purpose of knowing Him)
So,
because of the Love God feels for you, He gave up His won Son, Jesus Christ, to
pay for all of your sins and, in this way, you were justified so you could know
Him; and not only as the King of kings and Lord of Lords, but in a much more
intimate way: as your Dad.
And
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your
hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a
servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (Gal 4.6-7).
The smell
of God’s knowledge is in you and not as an intellectual acquisition but as the
result of a personal relationship between Father and Son. Now you can (and
should) stop thinking and feeling about yourself as a slave or creature and
star BELIEVING that you are that Loved Child that God says you are.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God. For ye have not received the
spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The
Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified
together. (Ro 8.14-17)
In the very moment you entered a New Pact with
God through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ, you were Born
Again and the death spirit that you were on the cause of sin was regenerated by
the Power of God, but now as a spirit of adoption, as an authentic, legal and
legitimate Son of the King of kings and Lord of lords.
Without
any doubts, you are an heir of God and a coheir along with Jesus Christ!
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because
it knew him not. (1 Joh
3.1).
No matter what the situation you are facing today is, precisely because
of those problems, diseases and anguish that you are facing it is time to know
your Father more. Not through works of justice, but through the justice that is
by faith in Jesus Christ (believing God, believing His Word).
So
shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy
word. (Ps 119.42).
Set your faith in Jesus. Set all your hopes, life and heart in God’s
Word for, not only will you never be ashamed for having believed His Word, but
also, Christ will dwell in your heart by faith with the purpose that, ingrained
and built on love, you are completely capable of knowing and understanding the
width, length, depth and height of the Love Jesus feels for you, which exceeds
all knowledge. Knowing, believing, and living this: You will be filled with
God’s plentitude (Eph 3.17-19)!
And of his fulness have
all we received, and grace for grace. (Joh 1.16)
Being filled with God’s plentitude means being filled with His grace,
being filled with the Jesus’ life itself.
There’s nothing more important than knowing Him. There’s nothing more
important than relate to God as a Child to his/her Father.
Doing your devotionals, reading the Bible every day, meditating and
praying in His Word is the correct way to be completely capable of knowing and
understanding Christ’s Love which exceeds all knowledge.
Always
remember that it’s not about something you have to do, but what He has done for
you and that, therefore, you only have to believe and receive.
Everything
is possible to those who believe!
Let’s
pray out loud:
Dear Lord Jesus, thank you because You are the Way, the Truth and the
Life, no one can know the Father if it’s not through You, through Your death
and your resurrection. Thank you for Your Blood, spilled to the last drop as
the price with which you paid all my sins, making me just. Thank you fro Your
resurrection, with which you defeated death to create me completely New, giving
me Your own Life, the Plentiful and Abundant Life, the Eternal Life! Because of
You, because of Your great Love with which you have loved me, I now am a Child
of God, Born Again. Lord Jesus, now the Almighty God, Your Father, is also my
own Father. I can, with all certainty affirm that I, _______________ (your name
here), am God’s and that’s why I have defeated death, sin, disease, and any
other kind of problem, the spirit of fear and incredulity, poverty, loneliness,
sadness and depression, for You are greater, Holy Spirit, who are in me and
with me than the one who is in the world. I am a legitimate Child of the King
of kings and Lord of lords! In all things I am more than a conqueror for I can
do ALL through Jesus Christ! Abba,
Father, I love you with all my strengths, thoughts and heart! In your name,
Jesus, I declare and establish that I am healthy, free, prosperous and joyful!
I am a Child of the King! Amen.
Note of importance:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish my
relationship with the Almighty?
Simply say this prayer, placing all of your attention
and heart into what you’re saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the Son of God. That
you came to this world from the Virgen Mary to pay for all of my sins, and I
have been a sinner. This is why today I tell you, I accept. I accept your
sacrifice on the cross! Yes, I accept Your precious Blood, spilled to the very
last drop, out of love for me! I open my heart to you and invite you in,
because I want you, oh Lord Jesus, to be my one and only Savior, my God, my
King, my Lord. Thank you, God Almighty, for with this simple prayer and
declaration of faith I have come from death to Life, I have been displaced from
the shadows and into Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Reborn! God I am
now Your Child! You are now my Father! I will never again be alone! Never again
will I live defeated. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2012
Reading
and Meditating on God’s Word.
Do these daily readings
and by the end of one year you will have read all the Bible.
December 16th Phil 3 / Ez 23
/ Isa 51
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