CHRIST—YOUR NEW ENVIRONMENT
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new
(2 Corinthians 5:17).
The Christian lives in a new environment called
“Christ.” Christ is a person, and Christ is
also a place. Our opening verse says, “…if any man
be in Christ...”; that’s the environment, and in that
environment, we see and live differently; we’re alive
to God and to the realities of the Kingdom. In that
environment, we live and prevail by faith; we see with
the eyes of the spirit.
When you were in your mother’s womb for
example, you weren’t alive to the world, even though
you were a living thing. Your eyes weren’t open to
observe the realities of the physical world; everything
was dark, but you were alive. Though you were “in the
world,” you weren’t of the world, because you were
living in another environment—your mother’s womb.
Then, you were born into this world, into a different
environment; and when that happened, things changed.
You had to live and feed differently now, from how you
fed in the womb, because of your new environment.
It’s the same thing spiritually. Now that you’re born into
Christ, things are different; life is different; principles
are different.
Ephesians 2:6 says God has made us sit together
in heavenly places, “in Christ”; that reveals our position
of authority. 2 Corinthians 2:14 talks about our life of
eternal triumph in Christ. In Christ, you can do all things,
and have all things; you’re unlimited. The whole world
is yours, and everything in life answers to you! You only
need to give the word, because being in Christ means
you sit in Jesus’ seat; you function with His authority.
Everything in life, living and non-living, has been
commanded to hear and obey Jesus (Matthew 17:5),
and because you’re one with Him; a joint-heir with
Him, with the legal authority to use His Name, when
you speak, it’s as though Jesus Himself were speaking.
These are some of our blessings, our rights, and
privileges in Christ! Christ is our place, our environment
of life, honour, glory, dominion, and power! Blessed
be God!
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for bringing me into a place
of prosperity, perpetual victories, health, glory and
success in Christ! I see from the position of faith and
advantage, for I’m in Christ. In Him I live, and move,
and have my being Hallelujah!
Further study:
1 Corinthians 1:30; Acts 17:28
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 9:37-62 & Joshua 16-19
2-YEAR BIBLEREADING PLAN
Romans 6:12-23 & Psalm 106