We'll continue our study of "In Him" Scriptures today with Romans 8:
Rom 8:2 (KJV)
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
If born again believers in Jesus of Nazareth would meditate on this verse until it becomes real to them, there would be no stopping them in their spiritual growth! We see here that it says: "For", the Greek word, gar, which means: Because, indeed, no doubt, seeing then, therefore, the law of the Spirit of "life", the Greek word, zoe, which means: Absolute fullness of life which belongs to God (or you could say life as God has it in Himself!), in Christ Jesus, "hath made (me) free", the Greek word, elutheroo, which means: to liberate, deliver, make free, to exempt from liability, "from", the Greek word, apo, which means: off or away, used of any kind of separation of one thing from another by which the union or fellowship of the two is destroyed, the law of "sin", the Greek word, hamartia, which means: to err, to miss the mark, to do or go wrong, to violate God's law, and "death", the Greek word, thanatos, which means: separation (either the spirit and soul from the body at physical death, the separation from the presence and promises of God for unbelievers, or the misery arising from sin which begins on earth but lasts for eternity in hell). The Amplified Bible says this:
Rom 8:2 (Amplified)
2For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.
Dr. John G. Lake was a missionary to Africa when the deadly bubonic plague broke out. He cared for the sick and buried the dead. When asked by other doctors who came to help what he had been using to prevent his getting the disease himself he said this, "Sirs, I believe the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. And as long as I walk in the light of that law of Life, no germ will attach itself to me." When they questioned him further about this he suggested that they take some of the foam that would come from the mouth of the dead and examine it under a microscope. They would find that for a certain amount of time those germs would be alive. He told them that if they filled his hand with them and checked under the microscope, the germs would die instantly. They did as he said and it happened exactly as he said it would. When they wondered what caused it, he told them, "That is the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus." So what should WE, who have received Jesus as our Lord and personal Saviour, say? We should say this:
I am born again. I am in Christ Jesus. Therefore, the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death! My previous fellowship with sin and death has been destroyed by the power of the Life of God in me!!!
Because we ARE "in Him", we can have confidence in this Scripture found in the Book of James:
James 4:7 (KJV)
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
We who have received Jesus as our Lord and personal Saviour are in Him. Therefore we can "Submit", the Greek word, hupotasso, which means: to subject oneself to, to obey, to be under the authority of, to submit to ones control, ourselves to God. Then we must "resist", the Greek word, anthistemi, which means: to stand against, to oppose, to withstand, to set oneself against, the "devil", the Greek word, diabolos, which means: a traducer (betrayer, liar), false accuser, slanderer, satan (prince of demons and the author of evil), "and", the Greek word, kai, which means and but also means: indeed, "he will flee", the Greek word, pheugo, which means: to flee away, to seek safety by flight, to vanish, to escape out of danger, from (the word apo used above) you! The Amplified Bible says:
James 4:7 (Amplified)
7So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you.
You and I, as born again believers, must submit ourselves to God by submitting to His Word. We must do what the Word says do, then resist the devil. Stand strong and firm against him and all of his lies (anything contrary to what the Word of God promises). What will happen then? He will flee from our very presence! He will run from us as though in terror! He will run from the danger he faces from being in our presence! Not because of who we are, but because of WHOSE we are, in Him! What should we say then? We should say this:
I am a born again child of the God of the Bible! I am in Him. I choose to obey the Word of God. I am a doer of that Word. Therefore I can resist, withstand, stand firmly and strongly against any work of darkness. Any work of the devil. And he flees from me, he runs for his life from me, in terror of what the Word of God in my mouth will do to him! Thank you, Jesus!
Keep meditating on your "in Him" Scriptures. You are becoming a force that no devil wants to reckon with! Praise the Lord Jesus!
Shalom in Him!
