You Are The Life Of God

You Are The Life Of God

For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. - Rom 5:17

By the offense or sin of Adam, death reigned through him. Every man who is born after Adam naturally walks in death (every form of death including sickness).

The word 'reign' means 'to rule as king, to exercise dominion.'

Under the First Adam, sin has dominion over mankind, which means that death has dominion over every man.

Under the Last Adam, sin no longer has dominion (Rom 6:14), which means that death has lost its dominion over us. Not only that, since Grace & Righteousness have dominion, Life has dominion in us (Rom 5:17 - we reign in Life).

Sin = Death Reigns

Grace & Righteousness = Life Reigns

...so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord. - Rom 5:21 (emphasis added)

In Adam, I was the sin of Man in Adam.

In Christ, I am the righteousness of God in Christ.

On the Cross, Jesus became the sin of Man so that we become the righteousness of God (2 Cor 5:21). Jesus was treated like us so that we can be treated like Him. Jesus was made sin, so that we can be made sons.

Since sin produces death in Adam and righteousness produces life in Christ, when I become the righteousness of God in Christ, I also become the LIFE of God in Christ.

Eternal LIFE is not what you attain in future, it is who you become now. John 17:3 says that "This is eternal LIFE, that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent."

Eternal Life is not a location you go to. It's a position you have. You are the LIFE of God in Christ Jesus!

What does it mean to be the LIFE of God in Christ?

It means that you are able to release life to whomever and whatever you touch. It means that sickness and disease and every form of death cannot reign in you because the very LIFE of God crushes any trace of that in you.

Many believers understand that they have become the Righteousness of God in Christ. But few realise that they have become the Life of God in Christ.