Made Alive In Christ

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1 Corinthians 15:22 KJV
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Another powerful truth to grasp about our identity and inheritance in Christ Jesus is the profound reality of being “made alive” in Him. The Apostle Paul’s understanding of the gospel reveals that if you are in Christ Jesus, there are indeed good things within you. We see this vividly in Ephesians chapter 2, beginning from verse 4, which declares, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ”. And by grace, you are saved.  The term “quickened together” here is a beautiful revelation meaning “made alive together”, which we said before is a “joint-reanimation” with Christ.  So the moment you receive Jesus Christ you are brought back to life from spiritual death to be alive unto God in Christ Jesus. The Apostle Paul now reveals to us that just as in Adam we all died – and were separated from God, even so now IN Christ are all made alive – and are reconciled back to God, how amazing!  If you are IN Christ today, you have been brought back to life from spiritual death. Glory to God!

ζωοποιέω  zōopoieō  made alive  –  produce life, cause to live, make alive, give life, invigorate, restore to life, endue with new and greater powers of life, to re-vitalize, quicken

To get a deeper understanding of this miracle here we’ll look deeper into the phrase “made alive” translated from the Greek word zōopoieō. Zoopoieo is a compound of zoe and poieo.  Now, Jesus Himself revealed to us that zoe is the very life of God, “As the Father has life (zoe) in Himself, so has He given to the Son to have (zoe) life in Himself” (John 5:26).  Jesus was fun to be around when He walked the streets of Jerusalem, the things He said!  Ok, moving along we have poieo, which means “creating, making or producing with words”.   So when you put these two words together, what you now have is “the life of God, eternal life clothed in vocabulary!”  That’s zoopoieo. Eish!

It is when the Word of God, which contains the eternal life of God revives and reanimates with power what it comes into contact with.  That’s what he means when he says made alive. When a man who is spiritually dead – separated from God hears the word of God in the form of the gospel of Jesus Christ; the life of God in the message of the gospel contacts the mans dead spirit, and the power of eternal life zoopoieo – brings him back to life – enduing him with a new life; and the person is born again.

So, in Christ Jesus, we have been made alive. I’m talking about when the Word of God, which contains eternal life reproduces a new spirit with a new life in us; a spirit that is alive unto God. This is the reality of being a child of God. Its got nothing to do with religion.  I am a son of God, I’m not a religious person. Spiritual ignoramus can’t understand this stuff.  “The natural man does not understand the things of the spirit of God because they are pneumatikos anakrino – spiritually discerned!” The bible says “they are foolishness unto him and neither can he know them“(1 Corinthians 2:14); so they say “Shingi he is just a religious person”, fools! The bible calls them fools!

Think about this, and if you’re a child of God never forget it. Meditate on it through the day every other day, day and night.  The Word of God in the gospel of Christ and when you received it, “according to the working of the power of God” produced eternal life in your human spirit, and you were reanimated – made alive unto God. So now, just like Jesus you can say “as the Father has life in Himself so has He given to me His son to have life within myself!” This is one of the biggest miracles of Christianity and it has nothing to do with religion at all.

Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, thank You that by Your great love and rich mercy with which you have loved me, that even when I was dead in sins, You made me alive together with Christ. Thank You for the reanimation of my spirit by the power of Your eternal zoe life through the gospel. I acknowledge this good thing that is in me in Christ Jesus today and always, in Jesus name, amen.

Speak The Word
I am alive unto God in Christ Jesus! The life of God is actively at work within me, I’m alive unto God. I have been made alive by the power of eternal life.  I have the life of God in me; in my spirit, in my soul and in my body!