Born of the Life - Giving Spirit ~ SEPT. 19th 2021 (RHAPSODY OF REALITIES EP 372)

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES *SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2021* PASTOR CHRIS *TOPIC:* *BORN OF THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT* *KEY VERSE:* _*And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven (1 Corinthians 15:49 AMPC).*_ Every human person born into this world comes with the natural human life. That life, however, is corruptible; it’s mortal, subject to sickness, disease and death. This was the life and nature of the first Adam and all those born after him—unregenerate men. 1 Corinthians 15:47–48 says, _*“The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.”*_ Notice the tenses; it says _*“… as is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy,” and that’s absolutely right. That’s why Jesus, in His communication with Nicodemus, said to him, “You must be born again”*_ (John 3:7). When you’re born again, you’re born after the Lord from heaven. So, as Christians, we have the divine life, we have the God-nature NOW. The one who’s yet to receive this God-life is “earthy” and susceptible to the depravities and negativities of this world. He or she is subject to the elements and systems of this world and snowed-under by their corrupting influences. But thanks be unto God! Your ties with the first Adam have been severed completely and forever. Christ is your root and heritage; you hail from God: _*“Ye are of God little children…”*_ (1 John 4:4). Whereas death works in the unregenerate man, you’re of the life-giving Spirit: _*“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit”*_ (1 Corinthians 15:45). Life works in you. Glory to God! *PRAYER* *Dear Father, thank you, for I’ve been severed from perishing because I’m born of God, in the likeness of the second and last Adam—Jesus Christ. I’m not of this world; I’m heavenly, a fellow citizen with the saints, and