A BELIEVER IN CHRIST IS A LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT

“So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being, the last Adam, a life giving spirit” 1 Corinthians 15:45 (NIV)

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: As a believer in Christ, you are one with him and have therefore become a life-giving spirit as He is.

Jesus Christ is the last Adam. He is a life-giver, and because He lives in you by the Holy Spirit, and has given you the same life as His, you are also a life-giver. The born again Christian is not an ordinary man. He is one with Christ. Jesus Christ never left anyone in doubt as to his purpose and mission on earth. In John 10:10 (NIV), he declares, “…I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full”. Jesus came to give eternal life to whosoever believes in Him (John 10:28). No wonder, in our text for today, He is referred to as the life-giving Spirit. As a believer in Christ Jesus, you are one with Him. 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, “…he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit”. This means that as a born again Christian, you have become one spirit with the Lord, as He is, so are you (1John 4:17). Therefore, you are also a life-giving spirit. Not only has He made you a partaker of His life, you are also a dispenser or distributor of eternal life.

It is your life’s purpose to bring ther lost into the life of righteousness through the Gospel. 2 Timothy 1:10 lets us know that Jesus Christ has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. Eternal life is unveiled through the preaching of the Gospel. You bear the words of life. As you speak, the salvation and righteousness of God are revealed. Jesus said in John 20:21, “…as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you”. He has chosen you to manifest the God-life to the nations of the world. He has sent you as a bearer of His gospel, to bring the lost into the liberty of the Sons of God, into the glorious life in Christ.


INSTRUCTION: You are a life-giving spirit. Therefore dispense life wherever you go to.

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for making me a dispenser and distributor of eternal life and the eternal realities of your kingdom, in Jesus Name. Amen!!

QUOTE: Whatever you permit will end up influencing you.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: MARK CHAPTER 11; EVENING: EZRA CHAPTER 7