As the KING'S KID, the first thing
you need to realize is your position in Christ. The Word says, "Behold
what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called
children of God!" (1Jn.3.1). As a child of God, you are a joint heir
with Jesus Christ--"and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint
heirs with Christ..." (Rom.8.17). As a child of God, you are in the
position to receive from Father God just as Jesus received from Father
God.
As the KING'S KID, you need to know
what your inheritance is so you can begin to think, speak, and act in line
with that inheritance. The Word says, "For as he [a man] thinks in his
heart, so is he...Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those
who love it will eat its fruit" (Pro 23:7; 18.21). If someone put a
million dollars in your account, and you went around thinking and speaking
like you had nothing in there, it would be of no benefit to you. When you
realize what you have, then you can think, speak, and act in such a way
so that it benefits you.
For example, when you realized that
you had a million dollars in the bank, you would think of that house that
needs to be paid off, and you would say, "Oh boy, I'm going to pay my house
off!" Then you would get your check book out and take action on what you
believe and know, and presto! The house is paid off! This illustration
parallels the benefits of knowing who you are and what you have in Christ,
and speaking and acting accordingly.
When someone wants to leave their
heirs something of value after they die, they make out a will. God's written
will is embodied in the Bible. Jesus died for us, according to that will.
Now, that written will is in force for us so that by as we think, speak,
and act in faith, we can enjoy the benefits of our inheritance. So, let's
see what the Word says is ours as KING'S KIDS who are "in Christ", and
let's think, speak, and act in line with the Word to enjoy those benefits.
(The following is taken from the booklet, "In Him" by
Kenneth E. Hagin*).
Acts 17:28 For IN HIM we
live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have
said, For we are also his offspring.
Confession: In Him I live...and move...and have my
being! What a vast storehouse of power! In Christ my Saviour and Lord I
have Life!...Energy!...Strength for the impossible tasks!
Joh 15:5a,7 I am the
vine, ye are the branches...If ye abide IN ME, and my words abide in you,
ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Confession: I abide in Him. I live in Him. He is the
vine--I am the branch. The vine is in the branch--and the branch is in
the vine. His life--the life of God--is in me. His nature--the Love nature--is
in me. Just as blood flows through my natural body, His life flows through
my inner man. I will let that Life and Love dominate me.
2Co 5:17 Therefore
if any man be IN CHRIST, he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
Confession: I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. I
am a new creation being...with the Life of God...the nature of God...and
the ability of God within me.
Eph 2:10 For we are
his workmanship, created IN CHRIST Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them.
Confession: I am His workmanship. He made me a new
creation.
2Co 5:21 For he hath
made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness
of God IN HIM.
Confession: I am the righteousness of God in Christ.
My standing with God is secure. My prayers avail much. (See James 5.16)
Rom 8:1 There is therefore
now no condemnation to them which are IN CHRIST JESUS, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Confession: Because I am in Christ Jesus, RIGHT NOW,
present tense, there is no sense of condemnation about me.
1Co 1:30 But of him
are ye IN CHRIST JESUS, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness,
and sanctification, and redemption:
Confession: Christ Jesus, my Lord, is my wisdom. He
is my righteousness. He is my sanctification. He is my redemption.
Rom 5:17 For if by
one man's offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life BY ONE JESUS
CHRIST.)
Confession: I have received
abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness. I reign as a king in
my domain in this life through Jesus Christ.
Col 1:13,14 Who hath
delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the
kingdom of his dear Son: IN WHOM we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
Eph 1:7 IN WHOM we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of
his grace;
"In whom we have redemption..."
How thankful we can be that we are not trying to get it. We already have
it! We are now delivered from the authority of darkness, from the power
of Satan. By virtue of the new birth we have been delivered out of the
kingdom of darkness, and translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. We
can overcome the devil no matter where we meet him or what the test. Satan's
dominion ended and Jesus' dominion began in our lives the moment we accepted
Jesus as Lord and were born-again.
1Pe 2:24 Who his own self
bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins,
should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE stripes ye were healed.
Mat 8:17 That it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, HIMSELF took
our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Confession: By His stripes I was healed! God's Word
tells me I was healed almost 2000 years ago by His stripes. If I was healed
then I am healed. Healing belongs to me because I am in Christ.
Rom 8:2 For the law
of the Spirit of life IN CHRIST JESUS hath made me free from the law of
sin and death.
Confession: The law of Life in Christ Jesus has set
me free from the law of sin and death.
Jam 4:7 Submit yourselves
therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
"You" is the understood subject
of this sentence. You resist the devil and he will flee from you. He will
run from you as if in terror. God has already done all He is going to do
about it. He sent Jesus and Jesus arose victorious over the devil. Jesus
defeated him for you. And now it is your turn to do something about it.
And you can because you are "in Him."
1Jo 4:4 Ye are of God, little
children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you,
than he that is in the world.
Confession: Because I am in Christ, the Greater One
lives in me. He is Greater than the devil. Greater than disease. Greater
than circumstances. And He lives in me!
Rom 8:37 Nay, in all
these things we are more than conquerors THROUGH HIM that loved us.
Confession: I am a conqueror!
Phi 4:13 I can do
all things THROUGH CHRIST which strengtheneth me.
Confession: Through Christ, my Lord, I can do all
things. He strengthens me. I cannot be conquered. I cannot be defeated.
I can do all things through Him.
Gal 2:20 I am crucified
WITH CHRIST: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and
the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of
God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Confession: I am crucified with Christ. I don't have
to try to do it. I am crucified with Christ. Yet, nevertheless I live!
And Christ lives in me!
Col 1:26 Even the
mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is
made manifest to his saints:
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is
the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is CHRIST
IN YOU, the hope of glory:
Christ lives in me!
Eph 2:1,4-6 And you hath
he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;... But God, who is
rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were
dead in sins, hath quickened us together WITH CHRIST, by (grace ye are
saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly
places IN CHRIST JESUS:
Confession: I was crucified with Christ. When He was
quickened and made alive--I was quickened with Him. I was raised up together
with Him and made to sit together with Him in heavenly places. Today, positionally,
I am seated with Christ in heavenly places.
Phi 4:19 But my God
shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory BY CHRIST JESUS.
Confession: All my needs are supplied!
Eph 1:3 Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all
spiritual blessings in heavenly places IN CHRIST:
Notice it doesn't say He is going
to bless us with anything--but that He already has! This means that in
Christ Jesus, from the time you are born-again until you step out into
Eternity, He has already made provision for you. Everything you need, He
has blessed you with. It is yours. In the mind of God it is yours. Find
His provisions for His children in His Word and make them become a reality
in your life in Christ to the glory of God the Father!
(The foregoing excerpt is taken from
the booklet, "In Him" by Kenneth E. Hagin. *)
If someone handed you a will with your
name on it, wouldn't you be eager to study it to find out what is yours?
Of course! Well, the Bible has your name on it--"whosoever." If you are
a "whosoever" who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is committed to
following Him, then you are in line to inherit all the Bible says you can
inherit.
The Bible is full of facts, principles,
promises, and provisions that are yours as the KING'S KID. It consists
of the history, explanation, and revelation of what the will of God is
for you. As you eagerly study that will, and as you think and speak and
act in line with that will in faith, then it will start to manifest in
your life.
So, realize your position in Christ,
learn of the provisions that He has in place for you, and start thinking
and speaking and acting in line with who and what God says you are and
have.
Enjoy your fellowship with the Father
who loves you. Experience the freedom that God has offered to you. You
are the KING'S KID, called to reign in life as a KING! Learn to
live in the fullness of your inheritance!
For if by one man's offense death
reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of
the gift of righteousness shall REIGN IN LIFE BY ONE JESUS CHRIST. (Rom
5:17)
And from Jesus Christ...the
prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood, And HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS unto
God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever...and
we shall reign on earth. (Rev 1:5,6; 5.10)
Take your inheritance as the
KING'S KID!
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