PROMISE #99 - APRIL 9
Promise #99:
I have raised you up with Christ to sit in heavenly places.
Ephesians 2:5-6 (WEB)
5 even when we were dead through our trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him
in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Once we were dead, now we are alive in Christ. Once we lived by the laws of the flesh, we are now led by the Spirit of God. What a contrast! Death to life, darkness to light, earthly to heavenly. Because of God's grace (unmerited favor), He has raised us to resurrection life in His Son so that we may be seated together with Jesus in heaven!
When we read today's Scripture passage, many of us believe that this represents our destiny after death and our arrival in heaven. However, Paul the Apostle is addressing a present reality, not merely a 'when we all get to heaven' kind of reality.
Ephesians 2:6 in the Amplified Bible describes what Paul says this way... And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). (AMP)
The spiritual reality of salvation has elevated us to heaven right now! This is our spiritual position in Christ as we navigate the rest of our Christian life here on earth. I love how the Amplified Bible tells us that God the Father has granted us joint seating with Christ in the heavenly realms. We truly share the same seat as our Elder Brother because we are IN Him!
My prayer today is that the Holy Spirit would give each of us the power to grasp the eternal implications of our current heavenly seatedness. No matter how dismal or depressing your life might be on earth, the spiritual reality is that your spirit is joined with Jesus in heaven right now.
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for raising me in Christ to be seated in the heavenly realms in your throne room. I pray that I may fix my affections on things above and not on the distractions and discouragements of this world.
Even though I am still firmly rooted here on earth, the spiritual reality of my true identity is established in heavenly places right now. Therefore, today, I want to be more aware of that than ever before!
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
I have raised you up with Christ to sit in heavenly places.
Ephesians 2:5-6 (WEB)
5 even when we were dead through our trespasses,
made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him
in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Once we were dead, now we are alive in Christ. Once we lived by the laws of the flesh, we are now led by the Spirit of God. What a contrast! Death to life, darkness to light, earthly to heavenly. Because of God's grace (unmerited favor), He has raised us to resurrection life in His Son so that we may be seated together with Jesus in heaven!
When we read today's Scripture passage, many of us believe that this represents our destiny after death and our arrival in heaven. However, Paul the Apostle is addressing a present reality, not merely a 'when we all get to heaven' kind of reality.
Ephesians 2:6 in the Amplified Bible describes what Paul says this way... And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). (AMP)
The spiritual reality of salvation has elevated us to heaven right now! This is our spiritual position in Christ as we navigate the rest of our Christian life here on earth. I love how the Amplified Bible tells us that God the Father has granted us joint seating with Christ in the heavenly realms. We truly share the same seat as our Elder Brother because we are IN Him!
My prayer today is that the Holy Spirit would give each of us the power to grasp the eternal implications of our current heavenly seatedness. No matter how dismal or depressing your life might be on earth, the spiritual reality is that your spirit is joined with Jesus in heaven right now.
***
Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for raising me in Christ to be seated in the heavenly realms in your throne room. I pray that I may fix my affections on things above and not on the distractions and discouragements of this world.
Even though I am still firmly rooted here on earth, the spiritual reality of my true identity is established in heavenly places right now. Therefore, today, I want to be more aware of that than ever before!
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.