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Devotional - 22nd Nov 2021

 'Now if we be dead in Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him'
(Romans 6:8).

All who have died with Christ, shall also live with him. In baptism we died with Christ on a spiritual level and are resurrected to a new life, being born of the water and of the Spirit. Everyone who is in Christ, must believe he or she will live with him in eternity at His Second Coming. We must understand that when we put our faith in Christ and died with Him, we are no longer a slave to sin. Let us offer ourselves as instrument of righteousness, rather than allow our bodies to be used for sin by the Devil. As believers, it is our obligation to obey God and not continue in sin, but give ourselves totally to the Saviour, who has  taken the shame and death due to us at the cross. Let us accept the righteousness of Christ, that will lead us to eternal life in Him, and seek to become more like Him. By faith we must believe that we shall be alive with Christ presently and eternally. As Christ was raised from the dead, so we are raised from the death of sin through baptism. As Christ was resurrected and lived, so we are resurrected in the newness life with Christ, coming up from the watery grave of baptism. We live in holiness because Christ is holy, and our body is the temple of the Lord. Let us with steadfastness of heart and the power of the Holy Spirit, purpose in our hearts not to live in sin and be slave to it. But let us seek the righteousness of God, and believe we shall live throughout the endless ages of eternity with Christ, our Lord.

Have a wonderful day

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