“And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world” (John 8:23).
The most profound communication ever to proceed from the mouth of anyone came from the lips of Jesus. The Jews in His day couldn’t comprehend the wisdom and audacity with which the Master spoke each time He communicated with them. That’s because He communicated with a spiritual language while they were men and women of the senses. For example, when He said in John 8:23, “…I am from above,” He wasn’t referring to a physical life but to a spiritual life!
Jesus knew that His life didn’t come from Mary, because He was the Word of God made flesh. Conscious of that reality, He could say with boldness that He was not of this world. Now, the Bible says concerning us that as He (Jesus) is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17). If you’re born again, you’re no longer an ordinary person; you’re from above just as Jesus is, and you have the same indestructible life that He has.
You’ve been born again “not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” (1 Peter 1:23). You were given birth to by the same living Word that came from heaven; therefore, you too can declare like Jesus, “I am from above!” I would to God every believer in Christ will live with this consciousness. It will change everything about you and bring a supernatural perspective to your life. Don’t think like the rest of the world. Yes, you may look like them physically, but the life in you is from above.
Train yourself in this consciousness. Speak a different language; the language of the Kingdom that you’re from. Refuse to speak sickness, disease, lack and failure. They’re not part of your heavenly kingdom. I encourage you to carry this consciousness with you wherever you go. When you open your mouth to speak, others may think you’re out of your mind or you’re being boastful (they thought the same of Jesus) but that shouldn’t change your confession of who you are: you’re from above!
Confession
I’m not of this world; therefore, I’m not subject to the circumstances and rudiments of this earthly realm. I have the overcoming, indestructible, unconquerable life of God in me, and I walk with this consciousness today.
Further Study
John 15:19: “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”
John 6:51: I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
(Taken by permission from Christ Embassy Church , aka Believer’s LoveWorld Ministries , Lagos, Nigeria. www.ChristEmbassy.org )
