Paul wrote in II Corinthians 4:10-12, “Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.” Those who live in Christ Jesus will always be “delivered unto death for Christ’s sake.”  The sentence of death is always in those who live in Christ by faith, who walk after Him, who follow His ways, who serve Him in Spirit and in truth.  In other words, all who unconditionally surrender their lives to God will one day come to the same reality that Paul experienced, and even what Jesus Christ the Son of God experienced – death working in you that the life of the Spirit of God might be manifested in your body.

The Spirit is here to work the death of the cross into you. Do you want the power to go on?  Do you want to experience the resurrected life of Christ in you to make you an over comer? Then allow the Spirit of God to apply the death of the cross of Jesus to you in what you are going through. Yield to the working of the cross in your life and then watch God manifest Himself in you to get you over. Jesus just did not die on His own strength. Remember that He had to put on flesh and blood. But it was by the power of God that He let death rain in Him. It was by the power of God that He went to the cross. It was by the power of God that He died on that cross. Death, denying of self had to be working in Him for the power and life of God to manifest through Him.  It is the same for you!

God wants you to know the importance of experiencing for yourself the in working of the cross in your life and the out working of the life of Christ.  Jesus died…was buried…and rose from the grave.  But it means nothing until the Spirit of God makes it real in the lives of the people of God.  It means nothing until the Spirit of God is allowed to incorporate it into your day to day walk with God.  In other words, you must know and have part of your Christian experience the death and resurrected life of Jesus Christ.  Now I am not talking about being religious.  I am not talking about the “does and don’t” of the law.  I am talking about living and experiencing from day to day, moment to moment, the life of God in you and through you.

The death of the cross was worked into Jesus. He leaves for our example what we must go through or experience the in working of the cross, if the life of God is going to be manifested in our mortal bodies. You will go through many deaths to self in this world while walking with God. You will experience many deaths as you commit yourself to doing the will of God. Many of you may be tired right now. Things have happened where it would be easy for you to turn back on God. You have been hurt, deceived, disappointed, lied on, talked about and mistreated. For some, it has been hard, just plain hard. You have been under attack. Your body has been under attack. Your family has been under attack. Your finances have been under attack. Your marriage has been under attack. It would be easy for you to give up. But don’t you give up! This is where you let the Holy Spirit do His work. He will show you the way from the word of God.

No one ever told us that in order to experience the out working of the life of Christ in our lives there must be an in working of the death of Christ in us.  In other words, if Jesus is going to live in us and through us, then we must, by the Spirit, allow the death of the cross to be worked into us.  In other words, as the life of Jesus was brought to an end on the cross at Calvary, today our lives must be brought to an end by the Holy Spirit applying the cross of Jesus to our lives that Christ might live in us and through us.  This is a spiritual experience.  As you abandon your life to Christ, the Spirit will take you and so apply the cross to your life that you cease to move in self, talk in self, live in self, and cease acting in self – doing what you want to do.  The cross of Jesus implies death to self or death to the self-life in order to experience the life of God.

Thus saith the Lord: As you walk and be faithful to me, the work of the ministry, the gifts of the Spirit shall be accomplished in/through you. If you be faithful, I will channel my very life through you for the blessing of mankind and for the winning of souls. You must study everyday and pray. Continue to build up in the Spirit and in your spirit. Don’t let people nor things keep you from doing what you know to do. Clean your body out of all waste and then eat what I tell you to eat. Read about body health. People do not realize that sometimes they are not feeding their bodies. they are feeding a spirit/demon. At the place in people’s mind where the should received a word of knowledge or where they should receive discernment, the devil has put a lust spirit on some other distracting spirit. Remember, confession is made unto salvation.

I can see now that God wants our obedience in all things. It is not ones living right that move God. It is not in the things we so such as fasting and praying. Why? Because it is God doing these things in us. He is our living right. He is our fasting…He prays in us and through us. Two things that see God move in your life and the lives of the others are Faith and Obedience. You must believe and obey God’s voice – God’s word to you.

With the “Life of God” in us now, we must work with God to get His word into the earth and see His will done here on earth as it is done in heaven. Nothing should be spared. Remember, you are a servant of the most high God. You are not your own. Whatever He say to you, do it. Seek daily to let God order your day.

Your problem is this: because of the trials and warfare and persecutions the edge has come off of your life. You, at some point, stopped believing like you use to. God is still the word. God will answer prayer. You are going to have to seek Him with your whole heart and you must stand in faith otherwise you will never see your faith become sight. Return to square one. Believe God. It is not too late. Do your first work and you will win all of your battles.

It is important for every believer to know who they are in Christ. We are the body of Christ, members in particular. God has given us authority to act representing Him on earth in the name of Jesus. The key to this is the word, the Spirit and the life of Christ within. As we move in obedience to the word of God and the Spirit of God, letting the life of Christ come through, then God’s will shall be done on earth. We became vessels or channels for God use. His life flows through us and touches the world. Remember to keep this in your heart for the Devil do not want this manifested.