24/07/2023 - WHERE WE ONCE WALKED

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In which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, Ephesians 2.2

We were already born spiritually dead: separated from God forever (Ephesians 2.1). This occurred because of Adam’s sin. Man, and his descendants could never again have fellowship with the Creator. The reason Jesus came to the world was to receive our sins, the original and the daily sins. Thus, mankind would have the opportunity to walk with the Most High again.

On the cross, when He received our transgressions and iniquities, as well as the sin committed in Eden, Christ was separated from the Father. Then, when He physically died, He descended into Hell. Upon seeing Him in His kingdom, the devil and his demons could not imagine what would happen, but they would soon realize that the authority stolen from Adam would be taken away from them. Then there would be no more separation between us and the heavenly Father!

At that moment Jesus was made alive, and so were we. We are no longer dead in trespasses and sins. In this quickening, nothing can separate us from the Almighty (Romans 8.38,39). The Savior commanded His disciples to preach this Good News throughout the world. Now, anyone who hears the Good News and receives Jesus as Savior is forgiven. In this way, they can walk and talk with God and have Him in their lives.

Before one surrenders their life to Christ, they walk in all sorts of errors, that’s why the devil rules and oppresses them. However, once free from condemnation, we can and must experience the abundant life Jesus provides (John 10:10). Those who ignore that the Savior well to Hell and stripped Satan and the demons are simply tormented and in suffering. But those converted to Christ are new creation and live God’s best! 

Whoever doesn’t understand the sacrifice of Jesus follows the world, which is evil. No matter how hard he prays or how hard he tries, nothing changes in his life. But when he learns the Truth and believes in it, he is set free indeed, as the Scriptures declare: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). After hearing the message of the Gospel, you can be free!

Those who follow the course of this world live under the dominion of the prince of the powers of the air. No matter how hard he tries to act rightly and to please the Lord, such a person achieves nothing. But when he accepts Jesus, he receives the power to become a child of God; then there is no condemnation for him (Romans 8.1). The one who turns to Jesus no longer serves Satan.

There are some who don’t believe the Bible and continue to be bound by the spirit that now operates in the children of disobedience. For them, nothing works. But there is no other way for man to be free from the empire of darkness, if not through the Gospel. Believe!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares