Breath of Power - Week 13/05

Week 13: March 28 - April 3, 2005

WHERE WE STAND Part 1

Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4

Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.

What we celebrate in Easter is the greatest event in Christendom. The day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is man’s brightest day. The message of the season is clear and precise: Christ, the Anointed One came and lived on the earth as a man. He died, was buried and on the third day, rose again. And through his death and resurrection we have received salvation from sin, peace with God and a new life as sons and daughters of the Almighty. That is where we stand.

The greatest mystery on earth is the incarnation of the son of God. “How did God become man?” “How did a virgin conceive and bear a Son?” Every story about Jesus is a wonder. The hope we proclaim through the Gospel is not of this world. That is why the wise men of this world cannot understand where we stand.

When Jesus came into the world, Satan fought to destroy him. He stirred Herod to kill the children of Bethlehem thinking to kill Jesus; but God preserved His Son. When he was anointed in Jordan, Satan sought to deceive him, but Jesus prevailed over him by the word of God. Throughout his ministry, Satan resisted him, using the elites of his time to oppose him; but Jesus went about doing good, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, turning men and women to righteousness, healing all manner of sickness and disease and casting out demons.

Some sudden twist of events made Satan to think he was winning. He made the disciples of Jesus to slumber at a crucial hour, got one of the disciples to betray him, made the religious and political elites to arrest and falsely accuse him, got the compromised crowd to denounce him and the Roman authority to condemn and crucify him. All things seemed right for Hell to triumph. When Jesus cried, “It is finished”, Satan thought he has finished him. But what that cry meant was that Jesus has finished or “perfected” the sacrifice to atone for the sins of mankind, and that the price for man’s redemption was fully paid. Man was fully redeemed and Satan’s dominion over him was duly overturned.

Pray: Lord, open my eyes to the reality of the finished work of Christ on the cross of Calvary; help me to walk daily in the victory of his resurrection.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi



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	Week 13: March 28 - April 3, 2005 WHERE WE STAND Part 1 Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. What we celebrate in Easter is the greatest event in Christendom. The day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is man’s brightest day. The message of the season is clear and precise: Christ, the Anointed One came and lived on the earth as a man. He died, was buried and on the third day, rose again. And through his death and resurrection we have received salvation from sin, peace with God and a new life as sons and daughters of the Almighty. That is where we stand. The greatest mystery on earth is the incarnation of the son of God. “How did God become man?” “How did a virgin conceive and bear a Son?” Every story about Jesus is a wonder. The hope we proclaim through the Gospel is not of this world. That is why the wise men of this world cannot understand where we stand. When Jesus came into the world, Satan fought to destroy him. He stirred Herod to kill the children of Bethlehem thinking to kill Jesus; but God preserved His Son. When he was anointed in Jordan, Satan sought to deceive him, but Jesus prevailed over him by the word of God. Throughout his ministry, Satan resisted him, using the elites of his time to oppose him; but Jesus went about doing good, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, turning men and women to righteousness, healing all manner of sickness and disease and casting out demons. Some sudden twist of events made Satan to think he was winning. He made the disciples of Jesus to slumber at a crucial hour, got one of the disciples to betray him, made the religious and political elites to arrest and falsely accuse him, got the compromised crowd to denounce him and the Roman authority to condemn and crucify him. All things seemed right for Hell to triumph. When Jesus cried, “It is finished”, Satan thought he has finished him. But what that cry meant was that Jesus has finished or “perfected” the sacrifice to atone for the sins of mankind, and that the price for man’s redemption was fully paid. Man was fully redeemed and Satan’s dominion over him was duly overturned. Pray: Lord, open my eyes to the reality of the finished work of Christ on the cross of Calvary; help me to walk daily in the victory of his resurrection. Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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