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Subject: {dbilg} The First Begotten Son devotional from S F Dec.8
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
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The First Begotten Son
Dr. Creflo A. Dollar
When you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you became born again. That
simply means that your spirit was transformed from a state of spiritual death
to life in a split second of time. But have you ever considered that Jesus went
through the exact same thing? Often, in the midst of our religious views
of Him, we forget that He was actually the first person to ever become born
again. That's right. He suffered what He did on the cross so that He could
become the prototype for the new creation. He was the first begotten son of
Almighty God.
In order to understand the new creation experience, it is essential to realize
why this whole thing had to happen. When Adam committed high treason in the
Garden of Eden by turning his authority over to Satan, death, sin and the curse
entered the earth. Adam's connection to God was immediately severed, and
Satan became his god instead. Romans 5:19 says, "For as by one man's
disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be
made
righteous." There was nothing anyone could do or not do to be a sinner; the
only qualification was to be born.
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God knew that Adam would sin. Therefore, from the beginning, He established a
plan to restore mankind back to perfect fellowship with Him. He sent Jesus
to the earth to accomplish the task. Jesus' birth had to be a supernatural one
because if He were born of a woman and a man, He wouldn't be able to be
a spotless sacrifice; every person born of a woman was already spiritually
dead. So God supernaturally impregnated the Virgin Mary so that Jesus could
have what I call "blood type G," or God's blood type.
There's a reason why Jesus is your big Brother-He was the first man to ever be
born again, or spiritually recreated from death to life. He set the precedent
for you and me. When Jesus died on the cross and descended into the depths of
hell to pay the price for your sins, He died both physically and spiritually
(Romans 10:7). In those agonizing moments, Jesus became sin, and His heavenly
Father turned His back on His Son (Matthew 27:46).
After spending three days and nights in the pit of hell, the power of God
resurrected Him back to spiritual life with a new spirit, and a glorified body.
Acts 13:33 says, "God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that
he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm,
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee." This day that God is talking
about is the day that Jesus was resurrected. He became the first begotten
son of God-born again from spiritual death to life.
You and I, as children of God, are also born again from death to life. By
allowing Jesus to come into your heart, you accepted the free gift of
righteousness
through Him. Through faith in God's power, your spirit was quickened and made
alive. You were made worthy to partake of every promise and privilege that
the Word of God has to offer.
If you've ever questioned your spiritual identity, don't go another day
wondering where you stand with God. With Jesus sitting on the throne of your
life,
you've been made a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17) and are a partaker of
eternal life with Him!
Dr. Creflo A. Dollar
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