{"id":6721,"date":"2025-04-01T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=6721"},"modified":"2015-03-02T21:02:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:02:40","slug":"we-created-christ-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/we-created-christ-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"We are created in Christ Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"Greetings to you, dear friends! I am so happy for this opportunity to share with you the word God has placed in my heart for this day. I believe it will enrich you and make you stronger.\r\n\r\nWe have been talking about what it means to be new creation in Christ Jesus. In Christ we have received new life and new opportunities. In Christ God gives us a way out of all difficult situations and circumstances.\r\n\r\nSo what does the expression \u201ewe are created in Christ Jesus<\/strong>\u201d mean in a practical sense? It means that in Christ we can discover our gifts and find use for them in compliance with God\u2019s predestination. It also means that in Christ Jesus we are guaranteed satisfaction with life.\r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00abYou have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God might dwell there\u00bb(Psalm, 68:18).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n
\u00abBut to each one of us grace was given\u00a0according to the measure of Christ\u2019s gift<\/span>. Therefore He says: \u201eWhen He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.\u201d (Now this, \u201eHe ascended\u201d- what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)\u00bb\u00a0(Ephesians, 4: 7-10).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nThere is a measure of grace (God\u2019s power) that is not\u00a0available to us until we receive Jesus as God\u2019s gift. As soon as we come\u00a0\u00abin Christ\u00bb\u00a0<\/strong>by\u00a0<\/strong>accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour, His power and grace is released in our life and we are able to realize our potential. In Christ Jesus all the things that were made captive or bound in our lives are made alive and free.\r\n\r\nBefore coming to Christ we all were in captivity. Our gifts, talents and our destiny were in captivity with us. In Christ we were made alive, and it means that our gifts, talents and our destiny were made alive with us. Now, being in Christ, God fills us with His grace and power and we are able to live in all fullness. Jesus descended and ascended into heaven so that He could fill everything including you and me. Now we can be filled with God and His might. This opportunity is given to everyone who is in Christ Jesus.\r\n\r\nIf you haven\u2019t yet made the transition from the accursed seed of Adam into the blessed family of Christ, you\u00a0can do it right now by calling upon His name and asking Him to come into your heart. If you already are in Christ then thank God for being able to live to the fullest. Stop limiting yourself; accept your destiny from God, go after it and you will be amazed at how much you are able to achieve in Christ.\r\n\r\nThere are no limitations for you in Christ Jesus, because the power and grace of Christ fills you and makes you able to do great exploits. God has exalted you! Do not stay under, but pursue your goals as the apostle Paul did. This is what Paul said about himself:\r\n\r\n \r\n
\u00abNot that I have already attained, or am already perfect; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore, let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you\u00bb\u00a0(Philippians, 3: 12-15).<\/h6>\r\n \r\n\r\nFind your destiny in God and pursue it, and then your life will be filled with meaning. Your family, work and daily routine will be a joy and not a burden. When you know the meaning of life, then life is meaningful and enjoyable.\r\n\r\nSo we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus. Now the question is: \u00abWhat are we created for in Christ Jesus?\u00bb We are created for\u00a0good works<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0that He predestined for us. We will talk about it tomorrow.\r\n\r\nGod bless you!\r\n\r\nPastor Rufus Ajiboye","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It means that in Christ we can discover our gifts and find use for them in compliance with God\u2019s predestination. It also means that in Christ Jesus we are guaranteed satisfaction with life. \u00abYou have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God might dwell there\u00bb(Psalm, 68:18).","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-word"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":12,"label":"Daily Word"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/woman-girl-freedom-happy-39853-1024x682.jpeg",1024,682,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Pastor Rufus Ajiboye","author_link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/author\/rufus-ajiboye\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":12,"name":"Daily Word","slug":"daily-word","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":12,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","parent":0,"count":650,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":12,"category_count":650,"category_description":"Daily word for spiritual strength","cat_name":"Daily Word","category_nicename":"daily-word","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39142,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721\/revisions\/39142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}