Author name: Aslan

Romans 6:3-5 NASB Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? [4] Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too […]

Ephesians 1:18-21 NASB I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, [19] and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are

In the ascension, the New Creation was perfected, and a new world order was established. One writer said that the gospel is “The King Jesus Gospel,” and N.T. Wright wrote a book titled “How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels.” The ascension is the means by which Jesus took the throne where

John 13:31-32 NASB Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; [32] if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.   John 17:1 NASB Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His

If you are a believer in Christ, then you are risen with Him and seated in the heavenly places in Him. As those who are in union with the risen and ascended life of the Lord Jesus Christ are perspective about all things should be different than those who see things through natural eyes. Jesus

The ascension is the completion of the resurrection- they are inseparable.  And it is the 3rd piece of the finished work of Christ, which is consummated at Pentecost. When contemplating the ascension, we have to gaze toward and from the the throne of Christ. The resurrection of Jesus, which includes His ascension into Heaven, was

(Matt. 28:8) And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples. (Mark 16:8) They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. (Luke 24:12) But Peter got up and

Ephesians 2:4-7,10 NASB But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, [5] even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together in Christ (by grace you have been saved), [6] and raised us up together, and seated us together in the heavenly places in

The land of Canaan represents the “Life on the Highest Plane,” as Ruth Paxson called it, for the New Testament believer. The land of promise for the Christian is the life that Jesus lives in the power of His resurrection manifested abundantly from within our souls. Even though the spirit filled life is not void

Let me repeat something that I said in yesterday’s devotional that I believe is so incredibly important, which is, “you will never be able to live a life on this earth as a Christian in consistent victory and freedom unless you grasp your  co-crucifixion and co-resurrection with Jesus. Without understanding these realties, it is impossible