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Stepping In To The Kingdom Of God

The Kingdom of God is already come, and Jesus Christ is the door to the Kingdom. And faith is the action that we take to enter that door. Faith is an action word. "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God." Faith gets us access into the grace of God. The moment we believe, we step into and access the Kingdom of God.

Now we often speak about Christ in us. Letting Him come into our hearts and be Lord of our lives. But that's just half of the story. We must also be in Christ. "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.." And it is faith also that gets us in Christ. Now Christ is the Word of God. So entering Christ basically means that we enter His word, the Bible! The Lord said, "I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."

It's like stepping into a raft by the river and the raft is taken by the current to wherever the river flows. When we step into the word of God, we step into a prophesy, words that were spoken long ago, and they will come to pass in our lives. Because the word of God is sure to come to pass. And faith is that step that we take into that raft. And we are led by the current which is the Holy Spirit of God.

When the Bible says, "If any man be in Christ.." we step in it and say, I am in Christ. And the prophetic word, "he is a new creature.." comes to pass in us. When the Bible says, "they shall mount up with wings as eagles.." we step in it and say, I will mount up with wings as eagle! When the Bible says, "by His stripes we are healed.." we step in it and say, we are healed! When the Bible says, "Let the weak say, I am strong" we step in and say, I am strong!

The Bible says, "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus." When we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, that was actually a step into this piece of Scripture. We are the children of God. And another person will testify to that. "The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." We will know because the Holy Spirit will confirm it to us that we are the children of God. "And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ."

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