I believe the readings of this Sunday teach us about the Power and Authority that God has given the believer in Christ. In the Responsorial Psalm we read: What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than God, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, (Psalm 8:4-6)
In the previous posts of the month God taught us how to enter the Kingdom of God. Today, God teaches us that He has put all things under our feet in the Kingdom. Selah. In the Kingdom of God we have authority to rule over sin, sickness, debt, poverty and every evil work of the Devil. We no longer have to live as victims of our circumstances. By our faith we are able to overcome the world and all the evil in it. (1 John 5:4) This does not mean that we will not be tempted by the Evil One but we will never be overcome if understand the Word of God and believe it.
In the Gospel reading Jesus said: “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you. (John 16:12-15)
In the Kingdom of God we are one with Jesus Christ in the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 6:17) The Holy Spirit takes what belongs to Jesus and declares it us because- What is True of Jesus is also True of us. The bible says: As Jesus is so are we in this world. (1 John 4:17) So if Jesus is Righteous, we are Righteousness in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21). If Jesus is blessed with the blessing of Abraham, so are we in Him. (Galatians 3:13-14) If Jesus sits at the Right Hand of the Father far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. So do we in Him. (Ephesians 1:21-23) (Ephesians 2:4-8) Selah.
One of the Ministries of the Holy Spirit is to reveal to us our New Identity in Christ. Let it be our prayer today that God will teach us through gifted Men of God and through the Holy Spirit what our New Identity in Christ is. Let us pray that we will not be hearers of the Word only, be doers in Jesus Name. Amen.
Also Watch: As His Thoughts Are, So Are Yours (As He Is, So Am I) by Joseph Prince
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