The reason some people don’t understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ about the Church is that the Old Testament, which is what they hold on to, doesn’t explain the revelation of the Church. It was a mystery; it wasn’t revealed to the Old Testament prophets. So, the experts in Judaism don’t know anything about the Church, even though the prophets testified of salvation of Gentiles. To learn about the Church, you’d have to study from the gospels (from the words of Jesus Himself) and then into the epistles where the revelation of the Church as the Body of Christ was unveiled.

The reason some people don’t understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ about the Church is that the Old Testament, which is what they hold on to, doesn’t explain the revelation of the Church. It was a mystery; it wasn’t revealed to the Old Testament prophets. So, the experts in Judaism don’t know anything about the Church, even though the prophets testified of salvation of Gentiles. To learn about the Church, you’d have to study from the gospels (from the words of Jesus Himself) and then into the epistles where the revelation of the Church as the Body of Christ was unveiled.

Now that you’re born again, immortality took over mortality: “This truth is now being unveiled by the

revelation of the anointed Jesus, our life-giver, who has dismantled death, obliterating all its effects on our lives,

and has manifested his immortal life in us by the Gospel” (2 Timothy 2:10 TPT).  You don't have two natures in you;

you have one, and it’s the immortal life and nature of God. You’re a divine being encased in a human body; born of

the Word of God.

The Apostle John was so concerned about God’s people knowing and walking in truth. In 2 John 1:1, he

said, “The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that

have known the truth.” God wants you walking in the truth because as read in our theme verse, many deceivers are

in the world who don’t confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. They acknowledge neither the incarnation nor

the resurrection of Christ.

This is what you’ve got to do in your life. Explore the grace of God in your everyday affairs, in simple matters; use it. Depend on it for the results you expect, the positive outcomes you desire in your life, ministry, work, family, business or academics.

As you study and meditate on the Word, you’re mirroring yourself! What you see in the mirror is the glory of God. Through meditation, the Word takes root in your spirit, and becomes one with your spirit; it creates a picture in your mind: the image of God’s glory.

The Bible says “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not

after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1). People who are carnally minded only see the wrong in other

people. Those people may have actually made mistakes, or are making mistakes, but their hearts may be right with

God such that when they realize their error, and are corrected, they’d quickly repent.

We also read in our opening verse that He “And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and

became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Remember that Jesus is Himself God, but nothing was

going to make Him rebellious against the Father. He was going to be obedient unto death, even the death of the

Cross. God had to respond to the obedience of Jesus: “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him

a name which is above every name” (Philippians 2:9). He was given the highest title that could be conferred,

because of His obedience. Glory to God!

Righteousness makes us masters; it gives us dominion. You’re not a victim, but a victor in Christ

Jesus. John knew this and declared, “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because

greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

The Word is the foundation for a great life. The Word in you makes you impregnable to the crises of life; it makes you think, see and act from the view-point of advantage and victory only. With such a mentality, everything you do prospers; you walk in excellence and grace. It makes no difference the challenges you face or who might be working against you; you’re unperturbed, because the Word has conditioned your spirit to know that nothing and no one can successfully stand against you.