12/10/2012 - Partakers of Christ

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For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end.

Hebrews 3: 14

There’s nothing more significant in life than being partakers of Christ. The good news is that that is something quite easy to achieve. The rewards for those who are committed with The Lord are immense considering that they may even enjoy the same blessings that were available to Jesus in His earthly ministry. Now, because of that the partakers of the very essence of The Saviour will be sheltered, guided and used just like He was Himself.

Religion directs us into believing that we’re nothing else but mere mortals with no voice whatsoever and that, only out of mercy, we can achieve salvation. In fact, before the birth of Christ and His sacrifice on the cross that was true indeed. But on account of the work perpetrated by Him as He replaced us on the Calvary our fate was changed. Now all people – regardless of what they might have done or become – have indeed conquered the right to be saved.

As we receive salvation we automatically begin participating in Christ’s life. Yet, that can come true in our lives on one condition: we have to stand firm on the principle of our trust. Note that The Word speaks about the principle of trust. It’s very important to remember what you used to feel at the beginning of your journey of faith when it was still pure, stripped of any malice and thoroughly focused on The Son of God.

In fact, The Lord Jesus, as He revealed Himself to us, granted us such trust. Those people who have lost their very first pure feeling when they started off their Christian journey have also lost what should be kept safe, but wasn’t, for them to be able to become partakers of The Person of our Saviour. Such trust is what the Bible calls faith which should never be forsaken or left unattended as though it was an ordinary choice. It’s the very essence of The Lord, The Giver of salvation and, with it, other blessings come along.

You must understand that such trust is a gift that God has granted you and, just like the others, it will never be taken from you. You only have to keep what you used to feel at the beginning of your journey with our Father for your life to be thoroughly transformed. You’ve already been chosen and elected to become a partaker of The Person of The Divinity who created all things.

With such understanding you’ll become much more daring in the spiritual battles for your rights. Be certain that the devil’s assaults are altogether ineffective to those who are in Christ since they are qualified and equipped to counter-attack hellish powers. Your prerogatives in The Lord will always make you be answered. So, do use them and be thrilled!

Whenever you have to say a prayer to go for any blessing you ought to remember that you have become a partaker of Christ. So, don’t request your rights as though you were a beggar but as someone who knows very well their ownership and their rights to meet all their needs. God rejoices in seeing the members of His family taking possession of their rights which cost the life of His Beloved Son Jesus. Those who look down on what caused great suffering to The Lord will absolutely not be pleasing God in the least.

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares