Staying Secure In Your Identity In Christ | Joseph Prince Ministries

today with Joseph Prince we are the righteousness of God in Christ amen at the father's right hand so close to his heart all because of God's grace Nothing by our works nothing through our accomplishments is all the gift of grace through what Christ has done for us at the cross and in his resurrection amen he became the man the Forerunner and God says that whatever this man does will be credited to your account I will take whatever he does as what you have done and therefore when Jesus died on the cross God says you died with him on that cross when God raised Jesus from the dead and that death is to be celebrated because he took everything that that is uh of the old man that part of you that caused you to be suicidal that part of you that caus you to be discouraged to be resentful to be moody to be angry that part of you even that the old body that causes you to uh uh be sick amen to grow old right all that old things are all born by Jesus Christ although the body part will happen to us when Jesus comes again but it's all redeemed at the cross Hallelujah that's what the Bible says if anyone be in Christ he is a new creation all things are passed away it's exciting as we dive into God's word today to see what God has for us it is something I call prophetic preaching because uh we are touching on what God is doing at this time praise the Lord so so sit back relax and listen with a hearing heart amen just one word from God can change your life forever you know God has ordained that by the foolishness of preaching to soo to save them that believed and that's interesting every time I read that you know I get encouraged just by the foolishness of preaching now it's not public speaking that saves it is the preaching preaching of God's word that saves and the word saves there is not just safe from Eternal destruction but safe in the Here and Now from your diseases from your temporal troubles amen the word save there is all inclusive it's also the same word that Jesus used right for heal when he says your faith has soed you your faith has healed you to the one who just got healed so by the foolishness of preaching God's delivery Goods is delivered to you through the means of preaching and thank God he say by the foolishness of preaching it's not foolish but it's foolish in the context of what he's sharing there Paul was talking about people of the world see foolishness uh in preaching just standing up there people's lives are transformed yes if they are preaching the word of God so he appears foolish but God has ordained that by the foolishness of preaching not the foolishness of preachers thank God but by the foolishness of preaching to soo to deliver all his salvation Goods to the people that are hearing Ing and believing amen may you hear and receive what God has for you today praise the Lord I want to open up with a testimony that came in recently and uh just to remind you that this is the purpose this is the reason that we are preaching the gospel of grace there's only one gospel people it's the gospel of grace and peace it's never called anything else but the gospel of grace and peace this how Paul calls it in one place he calls it the gospel of grace and in Galatians chapter 1 he says I I'm shock I Marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ into another gospel so whatever is not the Grace Gospel is another gospel and Paul pronounced a double curse on anyone preaching any other gospel than the gospel of grace so I decided a long time ago that I want to come under the double curse mentioned in Galatians chapter 1 but to come under the double blessing as a preacher of the gospel of grace amen and this is what the gospel of grace can produce this is a sister from U Delaware United States she shares I have been a Christian since my college Years one day I happened to see Pastor princess book Grace revolution in a store I had heard of his name before and decided to buy the book as soon as I began reading my eyes opened and a fire burn in me like never before I didn't know how hungry I was to hear the true gospel of grace the desire for alcohol that had consumed me regularly since my high school years just went away I've also stopped smoking and have abstained from premarital sex for a year now something I've always wanted to be able to do my caffeine consumption has also drastically decreased I know it was the Holy Spirit that led me to be at the right place at the right time to buy the book that has changed my life now this book is only effective because it's based on the word of God Amen it is the opening the expounding of the word of God especially the gospel of grace amen that has changed this young girl's life I'm so on fire for the word of God now and so glad God chose Pastor Prince to deliver the truth that is so desperately needed I've read so many of Pastor Prince's books and have shared his teachings with many others I'm now able to read the Bible a deeper understanding I'm excited about my new Walk With Jesus so you see friends if the gospel of grace is preached it must produce a life of Victory a life of Holiness a life to the glory of God like this lady who has been uh uh indulging in premarital sex when she heard the good news God just delivered her from that the one two are there if you felt a connection with our program today and you're thinking yes tell me more more then we want to give you Joseph's foundational book destined to Reign for free we want to help you take this journey of discovering the transformative power of Grace and experience true victory over life's challenges lack and destructive habits today request your free copy of destined to rain by visiting josephprince.org new or texting new to 71239 today offer available to us residence only you know uh God is not into Behavior modif ification is into life or heart transformation from the inside out so while we are trying to change people's behavior their hearts are still not in the right place but God goes for the heart for where your heart is there will your treasure be so sometimes people's hearts are in the right place but their actions are wrong allow them to grow in Grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and those things will just fall off amen Holiness is a byproduct Holiness is the fruit but Grace is the the root if we are preaching the gospel of grace Holiness will be the fruit amen wholeness as well and health and well-being shalom in every area of your life praise the Lord thank you Jesus to God be the glory god brings good out of Darkness amen you know the Riddle That Samson shares Samson shared this riddle which I believe is a riddle from God where he says out of The Ether come forth something to eat something to feed out of the strong come forth something sweet out of the eater come forth meat or food out of the strong come forth sweetness so God can take all the difficult things and uh the dark places of your life and The Ether here which was the lion that uh um Samson killed it's a picture of the enemy who goes about as a roaring l iron and God can God can bring out good and sweetness and food for you out of all that the devil is trying to do in your life amen even though he has done something he has managed to do something in your life out of that mess out of that carcass out of that dead places out of the eater will come forth food for you out of the strong that lion that's dead amen that devil that has been conquered regardless of what has done in your life out of what he has done God will bring something sweet and he always does that when Adam and Eve fell who would have thought that when God restores God will restore greater before Adam fell Adam had Authority and dominion over the Earth but now through Christ man has been restored to a higher position which men never had before today for those who believe on Christ we are joined as with Christ and we're going to rule the universe in the time to come the kingdom of God expands and it's greater than just the Garden of Eden or Earth amen and man is now in a in a greater position he was innocent before he fell but today we are not Innocent but we are the righteousness of God in Christ amen at the father's right hand so close to his heart all because of God's grace Nothing by our works nothing through our accomplishments is all the gift of grace through what Christ has done for us at the cross and in his resurrection amen he became the man the Forerunner and God says that whatever this man does will be credited to your account I will take whatever he does as what you have done and therefore when Jesus died on the cross God says you died with him on that cross when God raised Jesus from the dead and that death is to be celebrated because he took everything that that is uh of the old man that part of you that caused you to be SU vital that part of you that caus you to be discouraged to be resentful to be moody to be angry that part of you even that that the old body that causes you to uh uh be sick amen to grow old right all that old things are all born by Jesus Christ although the body part will happen to us when Jesus comes again but it's all redeemed at the cross Hallelujah that's what the Bible says if anyone be in Christ he is a new creation all things are passed away so celebrate the fact that you have died with Christ at the cross the Apostle Paul says I have been crucified with Christ nevertheless I live how is that so because not only is the old man the old you has been crucified that part of you that is sabotaging your own self that part of you has been crucified that that sinful part of you has been crucified that part of you from home is like a a cesspool of of Filth and uncleanness all that has all been finished off at the cross you got to believe that it's been done it's not going to be done it's been done and we have to reckon it so praise God on the other hand the Bible says like Paul says nevertheless I live we rose with Christ so when Christ rose from the dead God says you Rose with him Hallelujah you Rose with him I rose with him a new creation praise the Lord old things have passed away all things are become new and not only that the Bible says not only he raised Christ from the dead God told Jesus sit on my right hand until I make your enemies your foot stool and guess what the Bible says we are seated with Christ because whatever Christ did he didn't do it for himself in fact by virtue of the fact that he's the son of God as well as the son of man he could have gone back to Heaven any time amen and be with the father but he did everything as man as the the Forerunner as the new federal head just as Adam was the Federal head that fell and all mankind fell in him whatever he was air to okay uh not just the sins the sinful nature but also all the derivatives of it sickness growing old aging dying all that that came through the first Adam have all been finished at the cross and now a new federal head has come the Lord Jesus Christ amen God sent him to be the head and the Bible calls him the second Adam all right the first man he brought in sin brought in destruction brought in disease amen now the second man brings in righteousness life and wholeness amen and that life eternal life praise the Lord and we see him again face to face the the Bible says that part of Salvation that he accomplished for us at the cross is our body that we will see the Fulfillment of it when he comes again praise the Lord I'm going to share with you right now that we are waiting Church as many of you are for the rapture we are waiting now for the Rapture amen and the word rapture is not in the Bible yes but the Greek word harzo is and the word Harpo is the word rapture which means to Sease catching the way of the church praise the Lord and this truth was shared first by Paul now Jesus intimated it actually in the upper room uh when he said this in John 14 Jesus says let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me in my father's house are many manions if it were not so I would have told you I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you to myself that's the Rapture there right there that where I am there you may be also now it was the Apostle Paul that idated on the Rapture and it was the the Thessalonian Christians all right the Christians of thessalonica that he first uh uncovered this mystery too because you see just like I Shar just now out of all the the Dark Places God brings God brings forth sweetness God brings forth food and out of the ignorance and the Darkness that the the Thessalonian Christians were under and at that time they were under this they were ignorant of the fact that they were they were feeling a sense of Despair over their loved ones who have passed on and they felt like they only understood about the second coming of of Christ was prophesied by Isaiah Jeremiah Hagi and all the rest of the prophets in the Old Testament they only have an idea of that coming not the Rapture and they felt like now their loved ones have passed on that their loved ones will not be part of what God will do amen of the Bliss and the happiness that that Jesus will bring and Paul in writing this first Thessalonians the first letter to the Thessalonian Christians he dealt with this and this is what he said but I do not want you to be ignorant Brethren concerning those who have fallen asleep lest you sorrow as others who have no hope for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so God will bring with him those who sleep in Jesus now listen to this for this we say to you by the word of the Lord this is not just Paul's figment of imagination or his own interpretation of the Old Testament scriptures this is the word of the Lord the authority of God's word is behind the Rapture for this we say to you by the word of the Lord that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with a voice of an archangel and with a Trumpet Of God and the de in Christ will rise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up Haro together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord therefore Comfort one another with these words not only that church the Bible says when the Rapture happens we have a brand new body we're not floating around like Spirits uh this embodied spirits no we'll have a brand new body and um in Philippians chapter 3 this is what Paul says by the spirit for our citizenship is in heaven from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior the Lord Jesus Christ notice church that the Christian position is not looking forward for the grave not looking forward to die to grow old and die okay the Christian position here is very clear from which we also eagerly wait for what for the savior the Lord Jesus Christ who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to his glorious body and his glorious body will never grow old his glorious body is not subject to sickness or disease his glorious body can transcend time and space it can appear and and disappear and it can it can appear far away it transcends time and space according to the working by which he's able even to subdue all things to himself Hallelujah and it says again in 1 Corinthians 15 behold I show you a mystery the Rapture is a mystery you know people say things like you know the Rapture is a is a new teaching and hey even from the time of of uh Matthew Henry the great commentator he talk about the Rapture amen the Rapture has been uncovered but you know you don't have to refer to this Theologian or this commentator and all that you just go to the word of God what you just read just now is this the Rapture or not it didn't say that that we have to wait for the Antichrist to appear then we who are alive be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air in fact the Rapture is a mystery in that sense mystery in the New Testament whenever Paul talks about the mystery when mystery is mentioned in New Testament is is the word Mysterion it means something that was Kept Secret something that was kept hidden in God but is now revealed something that was kept hidden but it's now revealed so the Rapture is one of the Mysteries that was kept hidden in God in other words you cannot find the Rapture in the Old Testament you can find examples of it but not the teaching of it Isaiah didn't prophesy about the Rapture hay didn't mention about it right all the prophets Joel and all that they never talk about it okay so it's not taught in the old teston it was hidden from them amen but it's now revealed now the the reality of rapture was in the Old Testament okay it was uh Enoch walked with God and Enoch was not he was translated amen he was he God just caught him off amen caught him away praise the Lord and Elijah is another one the Bible says Elijah was translated without seeing death he and the chair of fire came and he was translated just like that so the reality of rapture was already there in the Old Testament but the teaching wasn't so the mystery is now revealed and this is what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15 behold I tell you a mystery again a mystery is something previously hidden but it's now revealed we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed when the Bible talks about sleep it means to pass away okay to die but if Believers don't die you see so we fall asleep it's like falling asleep Believers The Sting of death is gone for the believer we should not sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound and the de will be raised Incorruptible and we shall be changed notice that for the Rapture there are those who teach that it's a partial Rapture some Believers will be raptured some WN some be left behind but notice here in this verse 51 it says we shall all all be changed all the criteria is just are you born again are you a believer in Christ it's not matter are you a caral Believer a spiritual believer a new believer an old believer whether you are extra holy compared to other believers no no no there are those who teach that only those who are specially holy right those who know about the uh prophetic timetable of God will be the ones who are raptured no the Bible doesn't say that it says we shall all be changed okay the only criteria is that you are born again okay just like a magnet if you put uh you know a paper clips that are uh M metallic and you put a toothpicks you break them into pieces and you put them amongst the paper clip and the magnet comes down which one will it attract it will attract all the metal metal Clips right because why metal now there could be an old metal some are new metal some are rusty metal some are shiny metal doesn't really matter some are crooked and bent out of shape as long as it is metal and it's not wood so wood there represents Sinners but Believers it's like that metal as long as you are born again when the Rapture comes you'll go up praise the Lord you'll be caught up first of all God transforms your body amen your lowly body that body that is subject to Decay to destruction like unto his glorious body when you think about the Lord's body wow praise the lord it's a glorious body when he R from the dead and he can uh uh you know appear and then disappear which means what it's faster than the speed of light amen and the whole universe is your playground praise the Lord and you never tired you never uh be sick again you'll never feel bored again and you stay young and strong and powerful and uh energetic forever forever is a long time folks praise the Lord ah the Rapture anytime it can happen all right you know the Rapture is not not subject to the Fulfillment of any Bible prophecy No in fact uh that is second coming of Christ amen the signs that shows now there is a difference I'm going to show you U presently the difference between the Rapture and the second coming of Christ or the appearance of Christ after the tribulation these are two separate things but for the Rapture is not dependent upon the Fulfillment of any Bible prophecy it can happen anytime anytime it can happen praise the Lord and all of us have this uh uh sensing in our hearts Believers no one knows the day nor the hour but we we all can sense like um anytime soon soon soon there must be that sense because in the parable of the 10 virgins it talks about the cry going forth behold go you out to meet your bridegroom remember and all of them woke up right and they were aware of that cry so before you meet the bridegroom there is a cry and and and I want to be one of the voices that cry out behold go forth to meet your bridegroom so you have a sense your bridegroom is coming and who are we meeting not not a judge no no no you're meeting your your eternal lover you're meeting your bridegroom you're meeting the wonderful Lord Jesus Christ who saved you by his blood who loves you and loves you still praise the Lord you're meeting him amen and when you see him the Bible says right you you'll be transformed all this will happen as we just read in a moment in a twinkling of an eye now you see the twinkle now you don't that's it that's how fast it is and the world won't see this happen like we read just now we'll meet the Lord where in the air we'll be walking on air praise the Lord we'll meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord and then we also read that that when that happens he will transform our lowely bodies like unto his glorious body oh man look at that that believer that Christian who is lying uh in the hospital he hardly can talk his body is wrecked with pain he has that disease the doctor says he has only a few weeks to live look at him right now he's just U you know like a bones and Flesh and Bones that's all and you look at him and you think to yourself that's so sad it's so sad to see someone like that but when the Rapture sounds if it sounds the next moment you look at that same person and he has a glorious body hallelujah oh come Lord Jesus Christ Hallelujah you look at a person in the psychiatric hospital he's lost his sensors he doesn't even know who he is or where he is and but he's a Believer Once Upon a Time you know there was a time when he had this his uh possession of all his senses and but now he's lying down there on the bed hardly recognizing anyone but when the Rapture hits look at that man he will rise with a new body with a new mind hallelujah praise the Lord all that Jesus accomplished at the cross for us hallelujah blessed by what you've seen today subscribe to the Joseph Prince Ministries YouTube channel and never miss a single episode new videos released daily that will encourage and Empower you to live a Victorious Life

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Published: Mon Jun 03 2024