The sharing of our faith is effective when we acknowledge every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus. Christ in you the hope of glory! Living from victory is the new testament believer's calling!
Philemon 1:6 that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Look what the Lord has done! The most effective way to share our faith is to acknowledge every good Thing which is in you in Christ Jesus!
Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
God does the work in you through the blood of the everlasting covenant. He makes you complete in every good work to do His will! He works in you what is well pleasing in His sight. When we acknowledge what He is doing in us it is the most effective way to share our faith. His righteousness applied to us the new creation; victory is ours.
Colossians 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.
In Christ is a repeated truth about the new covenant believer; it is the mystery of God unveiled. Christ in you the hope of glory. God is calling us to live for Him in this mindset!
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, "Be holy, for I am holy."
Gird up, be sober, and rest! What a command; this is truly the command of the new covenant saint of God. Rest your hope fully upon the grace; the greater the revelation you have of Jesus Christ the greater walking in His divine influence. Walk as the child of God you are; don’t walk after the former you! There are many who do not walk as dear children of God and it is because the stray thoughts of their mind rule them. It does not have to be so!
2 Corinthians 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ as what each believer is called to do. It is one of the ways we acknowledge what Christ has done in us.
Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
We all meditate on something! Victory comes by meditation of the truths of the new covenant. In acknowledgment of what Christ has done in us and for us. When we think right we will live right and know the power of God at work in us. Right thinking comes from right meditation of the word of God!
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy; meditate on these things. 9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
What you think on is the difference between defeat or victory. Meditate on the true, the noble, the just, the pure, the lovely, the good report, virtuous and praiseworthy things.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
The transforming of the mind of the believer is the only way to acknowledge what God has done in us. Wholly trusting in what Christ has done; not trusting to any degree what you have done.
Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Looking at what God has done and setting our minds upon the thing above bring a mindset of victory. So many saints of God are one mindset away from living victorious. Walk in the effective faith by acknowledging every good thing that is in you in Christ Jesus.
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