(Get To Know Who The Christian Is)
Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo
Friday, August 23rd 2024
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD
TO THE BIBLE:
Acts 11:26 ESV
“…And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.”
LET’S TALK
Reading the four gospels might not give you the full picture of what it means to live as a Christian or who a Christian really is. This is because the gospels don’t cover much about Jesus’ life after His resurrection. That’s why Jesus told His disciples about the Holy Spirit—the Spirit of truth—who would show them what’s to come and guide them into all truth (John 16:12-13). So, to really understand the Christian life, the best place to look in the New Testament is the epistles.
“What about the Book of Acts?” you might ask. While it’s valuable, it mainly documents the acts of the early, baby Church. It’s a good starting point but not the best guide for understanding the mature Christian life. For deeper insights into the life of God’s new creation in Christ, you should study the Epistles. For example, Paul’s letter to the Romans is an extraordinary explanation of Christ’s supremacy and faith in Him as the source of salvation. His letter to the Ephesians details how new converts can grow in their spiritual knowledge of God and the realities of the Kingdom.
Consider Peter’s writings. In 2 Peter 1:4 ESV, he says, “By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature….” This describes who Christians are: partakers of God’s divine nature, associates of the God-kind, carriers of the God-life. What a glorious reality!
Moreover, the prophetic words about the millennial reign of Christ reveal that everything the Lord promised to the Jews for that future time, He has already given the Church to enjoy today. To truly understand the Christian life and identity, you need the insights from the Book of Acts, the revelations and teachings in the epistles, and the promises given to the Jews for the Millennium. Hallelujah!
GO DEEPER
Colossians 1:26-27
Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
2 Corinthians 5: 17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
PRAY
Dear Father, I’m thoroughly nourished, nurtured, sustained and fortified to attain spiritual maturity through the study of the realities of the new life in Christ. I make progress by the Spirit, and my profiting by the Word is unstoppable, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
DAILY BIBLE READING
ONE YEAR
1 Corinthians 8, Psalms 120-127
TWO YEAR
Luke 18:18-27, 1 Samuel 10
ACT
Write down the names of the Epistles of the New Testament below.
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Hello Beloved.
Have a blessed today!
