The Incredible Power of the New Creation

"And He raised us up together and seated us together in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 2:6,7

Just look at these two verses! They tell us about the incredible power in the New Birth that a person experiences when he gives his life to Jesus.

There are three things that I want to point out here about the Incredible power of the New Birth:

1. "He has raised us up together with Christ." If you do a study of the Greek word for "together" used in this verse, it tells us that in the mind of God, His act of raising Jesus Christ from the dead, and His act of saving me, ARE THE ONE AND THE SAME ACT OF GOD! We have been raised up TOGETHER with Christ. When God raised up Jesus from the dead, He raised us up also at the same time!

2. "He seated us together in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” This means that in the mind of God, we are not only raised up together with Christ, but we are also SEATED TOGETHER WITH HIM on the throne, at the right hand of God. That is where we are as kings, to reign together with Christ, to exercise His authority upon this earth.

You MUST stop seeing yourself as "only a sinner" saved by grace and see yourself as one who has been raised up by that same grace. Raised TOGETHER with Christ and seated TOGETHER with Christ at the right hand of the Father. THAT is the place of our righteousness in Him, and our place of power. That is the place from where we can exercise authority over demons and diseases, where we can reign in life through our place with Jesus.

"...How much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!" Romans 5:17

3. "So that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His Grace..." God raised us up TOGETHER with Christ and seated us TOGETHER with Christ, so that in the coming days, years, and even the ages to come, He desires to show us the overwhelming, limitless, and priceless riches of His grace to us.

The Bible says:

"For from His fullness, we have all received and grace upon grace" John 1:6

"For He who spared not the own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, with Him, grant us all things?" Romans 8:32

-I will end with the words of a glorious old Pentecostal chorus:

"Born born born again,

Thank God I'm born again!

Born born born again,

Thank God I'm born again!

Born of the Spirit, of the water, and the blood

Thank God I'm born again.

Born of the Spirit, of the water, and the blood

Thank God I'm born again!"

Originally posted on Facebook by Pastor Christopher Alam