Daily Bread - MAR/12/07

John 4:4 - "You are from God little children and have conquered them because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world."

Jesus Christ - the one who conquered the devil and all of the power of sin - lives on the inside of every believer (1 John 3:8; John 12:31; Hebrews 2:14; 2 Timothy 1:10; Luke 10:19). Jesus Christ who is the truth, the way, and the life is the Greater One that "is in you." Jesus Christ both came in the flesh when He was born into the world and when he was born into the hearts of men by the Holy Spirit.

When we were born of the Spirit and became a new creation through the miracle of salvation, it was Christ Jesus who was formed in us (Colossians 1:27; 1 John 3:24; 1 Corinthians 2:12; Galatians 1:6; John 17:23). That Christ Jesus dwells in those who are born of God is a well-established doctrine, (1 John 3:24; John 14:20, 23; 17:23, 26).

The power of Jesus Christ in the life of the believer enables us to overcome the spirit of antichrist, the spirit of the world, and the spirit of deception. We may be confident today that all of the power of iniquity that is in the world: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life is not more powerful than Christ Jesus who lives within us. We are guaranteed by God Himself that He will go before us and fight all our battles. As we stand yielded to Him with our hands lifted in worship, God will destroy all the opposing forces that come out against us just as He did in the days of Moses (Exodus 17:11).

Blessings,

Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
abidingplace.org