“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:6-8).
In Romans 8:1 the Bible says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus…” because somebody suffered for our sins, which means we have already suffered; the sacrifice has been paid. Without the shedding of blood there could be no remission of sins. And Jesus shed His blood for you; you don’t have to shed yours anymore, otherwise, you’d be paying for the same thing twice. But since He’s already done it, all you need do is enjoy the benefits associated with it. This is what grace is all about!
Grace encompasses everything God did for us through Christ even though we didn’t qualify for it. So the Bible shows us that in spite of all our sins God still loved us and reconciled us to Himself. He brought us into the good life. He gave us His Son Jesus, who died in our place and paid the price for our prosperity, health and healing, spiritual wholeness, favour and untold blessings.
When Jesus hung on the cross, God saw you hanging on that cross; you died in Him, and rose up triumphantly from the grave with Him, hallelujah. You have legal rights to possess everything salvation in Christ brings, for they were all paid for with the precious blood of Jesus Christ. That’s why I’m urging you today to enjoy the benefits of your salvation in Christ Jesus. Financial prosperity is yours (2 Corinthians 8:9), divine health and healing are yours (1 Peter 2:24), a sound mind is yours (2 Timothy 1:7) and spiritual and material prosperity are yours (3 John 1:2).
Stand tall and look up with squared shoulders, you don’t need to come to God begging, stand before Him with boldness and confident assurance for Jesus has paid for you to live the good-life. So go on and enjoy the benefits of your salvation!
Confession
I thank you Holy Father, for the wonderful benefits and provisions of the gospel! Thank you for the precious blood of Jesus, shed for me that I might live the life of glory, power, excellence and virtue! I declare that financial prosperity, divine health and healing, a sound mind, spiritual and material prosperity are all mine, in the Name of Jesus. Amen.
Further Study: Romans 8:31-32: “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? [32] He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Colossians 1:21-22: And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled [22] In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
(Taken by permission from Christ Embassy Church , aka Believer’s LoveWorld Ministries , Lagos, Nigeria. www.ChristEmbassy.org )
