24/04/2020
*Rhapsody of Realities Daily Devotional*
_Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD_
_Friday, 24th April 2020._
*THE FULL EXPRESSION OF HIM .*
_Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?_ *(1 Corinthians 3:16).*
Some Christians misunderstand what we mean when we say God lives in us. They sort of picture Him occupying somewhere inside them, in a bodily form. Don’t try to imagine something physical; God is a Spirit. When you received Christ into you, you were born into Him; your spirit was recreated in His image. He united Himself with your spirit and you became inseparably one with Him. Jesus said: *“I am in the Father, and the Father is in me”* (John 14:10).
The fullness of the Godhead tabernacles in Jesus; He’s the full expression of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! In Him, the totality of deity is united, and that’s what happened with us in Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:17 says he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. 1 John 4:17 says, *“…as he is, so are we in this world.”* As Jesus is filled (replete) with God, so are you.
The Bible says in John 1:16, *“…of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.”* We have received in all fullness everything that is of deity in Christ Jesus. Imagine the glory of your life if you lived every day, conscious that you’re full of God; and that you’re the physical body of the living God! That’s what we read in our opening verse.
Then, 2 Corinthians 6:16 says, *“…for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them….”* When you move, it’s God moving in you. Your hands are His hands, and your fingers His fingers; you’re immersed in Him, and He in you. Through you, He expresses Himself—His life, nature and character. Hallelujah!
*CONFESSION*
_I’m a new creature in Christ, filled with divinity! Every fibre of my being, every bone of my body, every cell of my blood, is replete with God. I’m the moving house of the Almighty God, bearing His grace, glory and righteousness. And I impact my world with the glory of His divine presence, in Jesus’ Name. Amen._
*FURTHER STUDY:*
*1 John 5:13* These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
*2 Corinthians 6:16 AMPC* What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
*1 Corinthians 6:15-17 & 19* Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make [them] the members of an harlot? God forbid. *16* What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. *17* But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
*1 Year Bible Reading Plan :* Luke 20:20-21:1-4 & 1 Samuel 20-22
*2 Year Bible Reading Plan :* Romans 15:10-19 & Psalm 129-130
