KEY SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 2:15 KJV “But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.”

In today’s study, we examine the divinity attributed to the gold in the Ark. The spiritual realm is the normal dwelling place of the child of God. It is the place of power and authority. In the Spirit, Satan and his hosts are helpless before the child of God. God expresses Himself perfectly through the Christian who functions in and from the Spirit. To be in the spirit is not to function like the wind, although the Bible describes the man born of the Spirit like the wind John 3:8. I mean you do not become like the wind in reality. The vehicle that carries us into the Spirit is the word of God. Remember the word is alive, Spirit and life, John 6:63.

2 Peter 1:4 explains how the word gives us access to the supernatural. 2 Peter 1:4 KJV” Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” We partake of the divine nature or the Spirit nature by believing the promises of scripture. On the flip side, corruption and decay would easily function because men submit to the influence of the flesh.

In Romans 8:2, the Holy Spirit taught us that in Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit of life makes us free from the law of sin and of death. The law of sin and death is the power of sin that works death, as well as the consequences of sin, like sicknesses, which are incipient death. Once, Evangelist John G Lake, who travelled to South Africa to minister at a time when there was a deadly epidemic. Anyone who physically came into contact with the bacteria died. He touched the sick and prayed for them, yet nothing happened to him. A medical group was curious to know why he was immune to the attack of deadly organisms. They experimented to ascertain the reality of his experience. They took samples from the body fluid of an infested individual, examined the organisms under a microscope. All the bacteria were alive and active. But when the same sample was poured on his hands and observed, he then shockingly realised the bacteria were dead. He explained to them that the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus had made him free from the law of sin and death. The bacteria symbolised the law of death, and could not function in the face of the Spirit of life.

Dear Child of God, this is the power at work in you. It gets operative when you function in the Spirit. This happens to the man who makes the word of God rule in his life. The power in the word goes into effect when we believe what is said or written. The Lord’s disciples once asked him, what must we do that we may work the works of God? The following was the Lord’s answer:” This is God’s work that ye may believe on Him whom He sent, John 6:29.

Many Christians hear, read or even say the word, yet they fail in the final act, that is, believing. Believe Him with all of your being, and surely he would take over.

PRAYER

Lord, stir in our hearts the ability to believe you always, through all situations.

FURTHER STUDIES

Mar 5:36 KJV” As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.”

Gal 5:16 KJV This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.