OPEN
HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE:
MONDAY 5 JANUARY 2015
TOPIC:
THE WONDERS OF NEW CREATION
Memorize:
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
Read :
John 3:1-5
1 THERE
was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews:
2 The
same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a
teacher come from God: for no man can do these
miracles that thou doest, except God be with
him.
3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God.
4
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born
when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be
born?
5 Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except
a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR: ISAIAH 12-14 and ACTS 4:1-22
Message
The
Almighty God is the Chief Planner, the Architect
and the Builder per excellence. Before the universe
was put together, God planned it. No man is in
this world by accident. He told Jeremiah that before
He formed him, He knew him (Jeremiah 1:4-5).
In the beginning, God hd beautiful plans for His
creation, but along the line, sin distorted His plans
for the universe and particularly for the human
race. But God, being the Almighty, decided in
His Infinite mercy to restore His distorted creation.
This is why in Jeremiah 18:1-4, we read an
interesting story of a potter and his clay vessel which got damage in the process of being worked.
The
potter made up his mind to start all over again.
I prophecy that God's Original purpose for your
life which the enemies have tampered with shall
be restored today in Jesus' Name.
Paul
the sinner who later became a saintly apostle of
Jesus Christ is one example of a person who experienced the wonders of new
creation. In his testimony in 1 Timothy 1:15,
he wrote that he was the chief sinners. In 2 Corinthians 5:17, he summed up the
wonders of new creation saying: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is
a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new."
In our
scripture reading today, Jesus Christ told Nicodemus that he must be born-again
in order to see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus then asked Jesus in John 3:4 that: "....Nicodemus
saith unto him, How can a man be born when he
is old? can he enter the second time into his
mother's womb, and be born?"
Jesus
replied that it is possible to become a new creation
by water and the spirit of God. All these are
mysteries and pointers to the wonders of new creation.
For you to experience these wonders, you must surrender your total life to Him
who is able to recreate and restore beautiful
plans that have been distorted by the evil one. The Bible in Acts 3:19 says: "Repent ye therefore, and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;"
I pray that you will experience the wonders of new
creation in all spheres of your life in Jesus' Name.
Prayer
Point:
Father,
whatever beautiful plans you have for my life that the enemies have distorted,
please restore in Jesus' Name.
AUTHOR:
Pst E. A ADEBOYE
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