Verse a Day

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The power of the resurrection...

Colossians 2:4-15 ( KJV ) 4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. 5For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. 6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: 11In 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: 12Buried 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.

13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14Blotting 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; 15And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Because Jesus Christ rose from the dead the opposing spiritual principalities and powers were stripped naked before the universe and all of God creation and left with no authority over God's people at all. We were set free from the accusation that were against us and Satan was made a laughing stock for all to see.
Jesus declared that he had been given all power (authority) in all of heaven and earth. That being so that leaves Satan's crowd with no authority. Don't give them any place in your life.

Romans 1:1-4 ( KJV ) 1Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

God declared also that he is His Son with Power -- (dunamis) explosive life giving miracle working power by His resurrection.

So if we are walking in that resurrection power then we can do what Jesus declared for the believer to do and that is the same works that He did and greater works, because He went to the Father and sent to the believer the gift giving Holy Spirit.

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