THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY

4/2/2025

“Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you” (John 20:21).

Living a life that accentuates the glory and the presence of God is the essence of Christianity. God did not get you saved so that you could live in fear, defeat, and misery. When you confessed Jesus as Savior and Lord, the bondage of fear, sin, sickness, and misery was eternally broken. It then became eternally impossible for you to be yoked again by any element of darkness. The Bible says that you were translated from the realm of darkness where these things exist to another realm where it is impossible for these same things to exist. There are certain things that can live and survive in the dark that will get scorched to death in the light. And now, you live in this realm of light permanently. This is why no manifestation of darkness can thrive in your presence. Your life is an open-heaven for the people of the earth. It represents a safe zone for those that are hurting, a healing center for those that are sick, and a light-house for those in the dark. In essence, your presence on this earth is a command center for angelic activities and ministry in the earth. 

So, don’t be fooled by your outward appearance.  You are a million times more on the inside than you look on the outside! There is nothing about you that is void of perfection and beauty. You are born again! Hallelujah!  When Jesus walked this earth, He dominated everything that was contrary to the life of God. He spoke the Word to the tree, storm, and the dead and heaven backed His words. He was God’s conduit of healing to those that were sick. To the lame, He said, "Rise up and walk." To the blind, He restored their sight. To the deaf and dumb, He cast out the spirit of infirmity and the deafness was unstopped and the dumb spoke. After He calmed the storm and caused the waves to be still, the disciples said with amazement, “What kind of man is this?” He was more than a man and you are just like Him today. Everyone around Him thought He was crazy whenever He opened His mouth to speak. His communication was always faith-filled. When others spoke of hopelessness, He would make statements such as this: “Whatever that is from above is above all.” In essence, He was saying, “I don’t fail; regardless of the circumstance.” To some, His words amounted to blasphemy. What the people of His day failed to realize was that even though He looked just like everyone else, He was the Son of the Holy Ghost; and guess what? Many are saying the same about you today.  

Do you know that in the eyes of God and every spiritual personality, everything that Jesus is right now, you are! (1 John 4:17) He was heaven on earth and when He was done with His mission here, He said, “As the Father has sent Me, even so, I send you.” In other words, whatever I represented and did in the earth realm, go and manifest that same life, power, and glory of your Father and My Father. Cast out devils, heal the sick, cleanse the leper, raise the dead, turn many from darkness to light and above all, make disciples of every nation unto Me. 

Brothers and sisters, this is your call in Christ; this is the essence of your salvation. Be bold to speak like a man or woman who is anointed with fire and the Holy Ghost.

God bless you!

Faith-Filled Confession:

I am a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own special possession. I declare the praises of Him who called me out of darkness into His marvelous light. 

ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:  Leviticus 13; Matthew 26:20-54.

Prayer Points

• 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (AMPC) says: "Let no one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first [unless the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come], and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition).”

• Colossians 4:12: "Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God."

• 1 Corinthians 15:58: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord."

1. Thank the Lord for His grace and mercies that enable us to live in victory throughout the month of April. Declare that none of us will lack wisdom, direction, inspiration, or strength for productivity.

2. Pray for our brethren, that more than ever, they will stay focused on Christ and the things of the Kingdom, and they will not be distracted by the transient pleasures of this world.

3. Declare that our brethren are established in Christ, deeply rooted and grounded in Him. They remain steadfast, unmovable, and abound in the work of the Lord with joy.