Rhapsody Of Realities 30 August 2025 By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (Christ Embassy): You Have A New Life And A New Nature
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TOPIC: You Have A New Life And A New Nature (Rhapsody of Realities 30 August 2025)
But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man… (1 Timothy 1:8-9).
Rhapsody Of Realities For Today’s MESSAGE:
Did you ever read in the Bible that the Law and its ordinances were abolished? Ephesians 2:15 says, “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.” Therefore, having become a Christian, the commandments, “Thou shalt not steal” or “Thou shalt not kill,” etc., no longer apply.
Does that mean you can steal? No, and a thousand times, no! The reason they don’t apply isn’t because stealing and murder are permitted. Rather, it’s because in Christ, you have a new life, a new nature that doesn’t steal or kill. You’re of a higher class. 1 Corinthians 6:11 says, “… but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
Consider what we read in our opening scripture: The law isn’t made for the righteous. In Christ, you’re the righteousness of God; therefore, the Law isn’t for you. The Law was for the children of Israel, which they couldn’t keep. They saw the commandments as laws to be obeyed and not as life. But the Word of God is life, and in Christianity, we live the Word because we’re born of the Word. We have the life of the Word.
For example, when the Lord Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God,” He wasn’t trying to obey it; He was describing His righteous nature. Also, when He said, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God,” it was a description of His identity. Likewise, when you read, “Thou shall not kill” or “Thou shall not steal,” it’s the description of your righteous nature.
Being born again, you’re righteous and holy; therefore, it’s inconsistent with your nature to steal or to kill. It’s like what the Bible says in Colossians 3:9-10: “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.” The reason it says don’t tell lies is because of who you are. You’re born of God, and the Spirit of truth lives in you. Glory to God! You have a new nature that’s created after God in righteousness and true holiness.
PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for making me righteous in Christ Jesus. I walk in the light of who I am in Christ. I’m governed by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. I walk in righteousness, and I manifest the character of Christ effortlessly. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Ephesians 4:20-24 (KJV);
20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
2 Corinthians 5:17 & 21 (KJV); 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Romans 6:4 (KJV); Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Corinthians 14 & Proverbs 3-4
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 19:41-48 & 1 Samuel 18
Remember to share with all your friends and loved ones today. Thank you and God bless you richly.
Rhapsody of Realities 2025 Devotional was written by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (D.Sc., D.D.). President of Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int’l.
