Realities

The past months of the beginning of this year 2020 has seen every part of the world struggling with an outbreak called Coronavirus (COVID-19). Though it started in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, the intensity and impact of this virus has been strongly felt by various countries through the early months of 2020 till date (March 2020).

The processes one has to go through when infected with the virus (or deemed as having come into contact with an infected person), is just like the situation of someone who has been rejected or disowned by relations.

Questions like "Can a Christian lose his salvation?" or "Once saved, always saved?" are common among people, especially new converts.

Praise be to God for this message that I want to share with you today. It is a four-part series on the Believer's Authority that I believe will be a great blessing to you.

The Apostle urges the saints to experience the love of Christ, be filled with God's presence and become fully immersed in Him (Ephesians 3:19).

Romans 10:9-10 states that if you confess Jesus as Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. When you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you become a child of God.

Some think salvation means continuing to be ruled by sin, sickness, poverty, fear, and bondage until barely making it to Heaven. But we can reign in life by Christ Jesus, receiving abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness.

Despite the fast pace of events, both good and bad, including the rise of crime and suicide, and the ongoing impact of Covid, our Lord has already overcome the world (John 16:33).

At times, we wonder why God is silent on us. But we must put His Word to work, as it is truth and reliable. Abraham's faith did not weaken, even when he faced physical and natural evidence that challenged God's promise of a child.

Once, Jesus saw a fig tree with leaves from a distance while He was hungry. He went to it, hoping to find figs, but found only leaves as it wasn't the season for figs. Jesus cursed the tree, and the next day it was found withered.

A lot of times people have asked, where does God live? God lives in us by His Spirit. You see, there's more to Christianity that I believe we take for granted. Whether you believe it or not God lives in you as His child.

Solomon obeyed God's laws and built the Temple, which was covered with cedar and gold. The Most Holy Place was 30 feet long and covered with pure gold. Two 15-foot-tall winged creatures made of olive wood covered with gold were placed in the Most Holy Place.

As we receive grace from Jesus and recognize it as coming from Him, we can commune with Him and enjoy the felicity of His presence. Let us use our riches and boldly take from Him all that we need.

Your right to heaven lies in Christ, not in yourself. All blessings, such as pardon, justification, sanctification, preservation, and perfection, come through Him. In Him, we have obtained all things.

We've been made kings and priests! We already know about our [priestly ministry](https://www.rhemafromgod.com/the-intercessory-prayer). So in this very message, we're going to have a look at our rights as kings.

I love the story of the centurion, whose servant Jesus healed. Bible records that, "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

There was also another instance where a leper asked Jesus to heal him if it was His will: "And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean.

"Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee" (Isaiah 60:1). Our opening scripture tells us to arise and shine, for our light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon us.

So when Jesus said: 'it's the Father in me who does the works and not me,' then we also have the power from God to live the supernatural and glorious life.

The scripture says, 'And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory.' It's God's will that every Christian reflect His glory. We're like little mirrors that He uses to shine His light on the earth.

"A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth..." (Proverbs 12:14). The Bible draws an undeniable connection between our faith and the words we speak.

Joel 3:10 says '...let the weak say, I am strong', which is an Old Testament preview of the concept of 'calling those things that be not as though they were' (Romans 4:17). God lives by calling things out of nothing; that's how we ought to live.

According to John 15:16, God chose and appointed us to bear fruit that lasts. The most important qualification to preach the Gospel is not one's educational or personal background, but rather being forgiven in Christ Jesus.

"Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses" (1 Timothy 6:12 NASV). Thank God we are born again!

Thank God for the gift of the Holy Spirit Who lives in our hearts forever (John 14:16). I rejoice knowing that I am a partaker of His life and nature (2 Peter 1:4). He gave me the life that makes all the difference.

"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18).

Never give in to what people say about you. For example, during Jesus' days, He was always accused by the scribe and Pharisees for doing wrong. The Pharisees charged Jesus and His disciples for breaking the sabbath.

"Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow (1 Peter 1:11). Jesus came to bring us into glory.

When Jacob asked his mother what would happen if he got cursed, the mother said, "I will receive the curse instead of you." Bible says, "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree"" (Galatians 3:13).

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17). The first day you received and confessed Jesus Christ as the Lord over your life you became a new type of man.

There's no need running around seeking deliverance from sin or from the devil; you've been delivered already (Colossians 1:13). It's your responsibility not to allow yourself become entangled by any yoke of bondage.

Beloved, learn to rest assured in the promises of God for "without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Hebrews 11:6).

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick" (Ezekiel 34:16).

"The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together" (Romans 8:16-17)

Now I'm going to concentrate on our inheritance here and now. As a child of God, you have the access to the infinite wealth of God while you're on earth. Before I start, do you know how wealthy God is?