He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
Luke 24:25-26
It is the very intention of God to allow us the same spirit and access to himself as our Lord Jesus Christ. It is this very point that occurred at the cross. It is in the Lord's triumph that intercession on our behalf was made perfect and complete.
In this truth, let Jesus live complete in you. It is his very desire to give you his life, a new life. A life of eternity, hope, faith, love, truth, peace and joy. These are promises-gifts given as heirs to the kingdom. Call on Christ Jesus as Lord and walk in faith and obedience as you are truly sons and daughters of the most high.
On the same day the tomb was found empty, two disciples were walking to a village named Emmaus. "They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him." - Luke 24:14-15
The Lord rose to a new life that was not known previously. When he appeared to his own disciples after the resurrection, he was unrecognizable to them in appearance. At the cross, Jesus opened the gateway for all people to have access to his Holy Spirit. This is what is meant by being born again through baptism and the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. These are not simply words, but the truth of a new spirit being born in you from Jesus Christ.
The absolute victory by Jesus at the cross is that Jesus made it possible for all people to have access to him directly. Jesus as a man could only walk to so many locations and interact with a limited number of people. Through the Holy Spirit, he dwells in all those people who choose him and walk in obedience to him. The Holy Spirit will work in us the very nature of Jesus Christ should we be obedient, such that we may be a light unto him in which others will see him in us and be saved.
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