HE LIVES IN YOU

“But Jehoshapat said, is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the King of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah” 2Kings 3:11.

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: The entire message of the Prophets in the Old Testament was about Christ. 

In the Old Testament, nobody could know the future without a prophet. Prophets were known as seers. According to today’s anchor scripture, the Kings of Israel, Judah and Edom were about going for a war with the king of Moab but did not know their fate. So, Jehosaphat asked if there was no prophet of the Lord that they may enquire of the LORD by him. And one of the king of Israel’s servants referred them to Elisha. If those kings had the spirit of God in them, they would not have had to ask for a prophet to tell them the mind of God. The prophets were actually inspired per time to declare the mind of God. People in the Old Testament did not have the Holy Ghost dwelling in them. The prophets of old could not do anything until the Holy Ghost came on them. They needed minstrels to minister so that the Holy Ghost could come on them.

In the New Testament, although the Spirit is the same, things have changed. This is because the prophecies of old were talking about Jesus and now, He is here with us. Luke 24:25-27 says, “Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself”. Every prophecy is a promise. Jesus is the fulfilment of all the promises of God. 2 Corinthians 1:20 says, “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding ‘Yes’! And through Christ, our ‘Amen’ (which means Yes) ascends to God for his glory”. Therefore, every believer in Christ is a fulfilment of all the promises. The Old Testament prophets only prophesied about the end but could not see the end. A believer in Christ Jesus is better than the prophets of old because the Spirit of God dwells inside of him primarily to provide divine guidance.

The regime of hearing from God only through a prophet has ended. The Spirit of God now dwells inside of us. This is why a believer in Christ Jesus cannot be possessed because he is a son of God and has the in-dwelling spirit of the Holy Ghost in him and the nature of God is at work in him. Demons and the spirit of God cannot co-exist in a believer. 

INSTRUCTION: Exercise your new nature in Christ.

PRAYER: Lord, let your Spirit guide me through life, in Jesus Name. Amen

QUOTE: A believer in Christ is not a product of circumstance but a product of resurrection.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNIN: LUKE CHAPTER 24; EVENING: ESTHER CHAPTER 10