*Above Only Devotional* FRIDAY, DEC 28 *Because You Have Believed* _Hebrews 4:3 & 10 (NKJV), Ephesians 1:13-14 (NLT)_

*Above Only Devotional*

FRIDAY, DEC 28

*Because You Have Believed*

_Hebrews 4:3 & 10 (NKJV), Ephesians 1:13-14 (NLT)_

-For we who have believed do enter that rest,… the works were finished from the foundation of the world. *For he who has entered His rest has ..also ceased from his works as God did from His. *... when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own y giving you the Holy Spirit, … The Spirit is God's guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his .. people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him._

So many glorious and wonderful things have happened to you simply because you believe in Jesus. However, if you are ignorant of what these things are, you will keep struggling and trying to achieve them instead of manifesting and building on them. You will also be confused when the devil tries to deceive you about them. By believing in Jesus, you have become a child of God by God's power, John 1:12. All the power and blessings that accompany a heritage in God are now yours for real. By believing in Jesus, you have entered God's rest and you have ceased from your own works and efforts. This means that you have entered into the blessing of all of Christ's works and efforts for you.

For example, Jesus became sin so that you will become righteous, 2Cor.5:21. When you believe in Jesus, you therefore become righteous not because of your works but because of His works for you. Until you believe you are righteous, the power of Christ to manifest His righteous nature will not be released in you. You are complete in Christ and your nature of sin has been circumcised out of you by Christ Himself, Col.2:1011. You are dead to sin and alive to Christ, Rom.6:11. Because you believe, signs and wonders (God's miraculous power) will follow you and abound in your life, Mark 16:17-18. God has also given you His Spirit as a sign that you belong to Him and as a guarantee that you will experience all of His promises. All the promises of God for you are already your reality. They have already been fulfilled in Christ, 2Cor.1:20. Praise God for all these things.

PRAYER:
Praise God for making you His child, for giving you His Spirit and for bringing you into all the finished works of Christ for you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR READING PLAN
Isaiah 5-6 Ephesians