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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Thursday, January 26, 2023

HAVING THE NATURE OF CHRIST

The words by the Apostle John in the anchor verse, is an absolutely outstanding statement. It means anyone on this planet can live in and become a distributor of THE BLESSING, if he or she will learn the secret of living through Christ. Not just enjoying the blessings, but living in the reality of THE BLESSING — God’s original, never-changing dream He first spoke to Adam: “Be fruitful … multiply … replenish … subdue … and have dominion …” (Genesis 1:28). Living through Jesus means much more than receiving eternal life through Him. You might think that’s all 1 John 4:9 means, Yes, through Jesus we became born again and received eternal life. That is what it means to live through Him. But there is so much more to it! Think about what it means to live through someone else.

Imagine a child born to parents who absolutely do not want him — who just walk off and leave him at the mercy of the hospital. The doctors, nurses and administrative staff don’t even know the child’s name. That child has no life — no heritage, nurture or connection with his natural parents. No parents. No family. No one to love, comfort, teach and help him through life. Then a loving, Christian couple finds out about this little fellow and adopts him. They lavish their love on him, withholding nothing. The moment those covenant adoption papers are signed, for all practical and legal purposes, that baby has been “reborn.” He has a new name, and with it an inheritance and a future. Now he is living his life “through” his new parents, their heritage and provision. Through them, he is given every opportunity to live and dream and have the spiritual, emotional and physical provision to fulfil a destiny he could never have dreamed of.

As born-again believers, you and I have been given totally new lives through Jesus. And just as with that adopted child, it all starts for us with a completely new name. We are called by the Name of Jesus — the new name Hebrews 1:4 says “he hath by inheritance obtained” — a name that is “a more excellent name than [the angels].” The Apostle Paul called it the “name which is above every name” (Philippians 2:9). That is the name by which you and I are called (Ephesians 3:14-15). We live through the authority and benefits of the Name of Jesus. We are joint heirs with the One who has been appointed “heir of all things” (Hebrews 1:2; Romans 8:16-17). That is blessing beyond measure!

Confession:

I’m born of God, and Christ lives in me by the Holy Spirit. The life of God and His righteousness have been imparted to my spirit; I have God’s nature of righteousness and His life flows through my being. I’m a witness for Christ, producing fruits of righteousness, and revealing His glory to my world, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Further Reading:

Col 3:3 “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”

1 John 5:11-12 “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”

Read through the bible in 1 year: Exodus 2:11-3:22 Matthew 17:10-27 Psalm 22:1-18 Proverbs 5:7-14

Read through the bible in 2 years: Jer 25 & Ps 19