Summary
All things are in subjection under
you, for you are Christ's and He brought you in as sons of Mine.
You are now Christ's brethren, led by My Spirit. You received My
Spirit of adoption, through whom you can now cry 'ABBA, Father!'
For today you are heirs, enjoying the glorious liberty it
brings.
You have overcome all, because of
your faith in Jesus. He who is in you is greater than he who is in
the world. Imitate Jesus by abiding in Him, for whoever abides in
Him does not sin. For you see whoever has been born of Me does not
sin, for My seed remains in him, he is a new creation, fresh from
heaven.
You are My children in the midst of
a crooked and perverse generation. Do not complain, but shine My
light to the world, holding fast to My Word. Also do not despise My
discipline, for I chasten only those that I love, in order to train
you to become more like Christ. I discipline you so that you can
become partakers of My holiness, bringing in a harvest of
righteousness and peace. I promise that all things will work
together for good for those who love Me.
(Excerpt from The New
Covenant by Ilze Henderson)
Detailed verses to support
the summary, plus it will help if you want to delve into the Word
yourself
My Word (Hebrews 2:6-8) tells
you:
"What is man that You are
mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him? You
have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him
with glory and honor. And set him over the works of Your hands. You
have put all things in subjection under his feet."
I therefore declared that I have
put all things in subjection under you, meaning that I have left
nothing that is not put under you. However I know that you do not
yet see the manifestation of all things put under you. But
fortunately you see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
angels, yet by His suffering unto death He was crowned with glory
and honor, that He, by My grace, might taste death on behalf of
everyone. For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and
by whom are all things, in bringing many of you as sons into glory,
being exalted higher than all. For both He who sanctifies and you
who are being sanctified are one and thus He is not ashamed to call
you His brethren (Hebrews 2:6-11). For all who accept His atoning
work at the cross are led by My Spirit, and are sons of Mine
(Romans 8:14), and all those who acknowledge My Son has Me also (1
John 2:23). So because of Jesus you are higher than the angels,
with all things in subjection under your feet.
Therefore you received the Spirit
of adoption, through whom you can cry to Me 'ABBA, Father!' (Romans
8:15). The Spirit Himself bears witness with your spirit that you
are children of Mine (Romans 8:16, 9:26), through faith in Christ
(Galatians 3:26). And if children, you are My heirs, joint heirs
with Christ, if indeed you suffer with Him, so that you can be
glorified together (Romans 8:17). This present suffering for My
Name is nothing compared to the glory that will be revealed in you
(Romans 8:18). Creation awaits eagerly for the revealing of My sons
(Romans 8:19). For creation will also be delivered from the bondage
of corruption into the glorious liberty that My children now enjoy
(Romans 8:21). Jesus is therefore the firstborn of many brothers
and sisters (Romans 8:29).
You were always predestined to be
adopted as sons (Ephesians 1:5), and now it has happened because
you are accepted in the Beloved (Ephesians 1:6). Jesus redeemed you
who were under the law, so that you might receive the adoption as
sons. And because you are sons, I have sent forth the Spirit of My
Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" Therefore you are
no longer a slave but a son, and because you are a son, you are an
heir of Mine through Christ (Galatians 4:5-7). Do you truly realize
what that means? Take a moment and drink in the magnitude of what I
just revealed to you.
Now because you are Mine, little
children, you have overcome all, for Jesus who is within you is
greater than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4, 6). For whatever
is born of Me overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has
overcome the world - your faith. So if you believe that Jesus is My
Son, you are an overcomer (1 John 5:4, 5). You will be just like
Jesus (1 John 3:1, 2). And all of you who have this hope in Him
purifies himself, just as He is pure (1 John 3:3).
Therefore be imitators of Me as
dear children (Ephesians 5:1). Anyone fathered by Me does not make
sinning a way of life, because My Son protects My children, and the
evil one cannot touch them. Don't you know that the whole world
lies under the misery and influence of the evil one (1 John 5:18,
19)? But now Jesus was manifested to take away your sins, for in
Him there is no sin. And now because He is in you, whoever abides
in Him does not sin and is free from the evil one. But whoever
continues steadfast in sin, not planning to stop, has neither seen
Him nor known Him. He who unwaveringly enjoys continuing in sin is
of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. Yet, for
this purpose Jesus came, that He might annul the works of the
devil. So now whoever has been born of Me does not sin, for My seed
remains in him, he is newly born, one with Jesus, a new creation,
fresh from heaven; and therefore he cannot sin (1 John 3:5-9).
Now go forth and do all things
without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless
and harmless, My children, without fault in the midst of a
distorted and perverse generation. In this world you must shine as
lights, holding fast to the word of life (Philippians 2:14-16). And
do not despise My discipline, My son, nor be discouraged when you
are rebuked by Me; for whom I love I chasten, and I train every son
whom I receive unto Myself (Hebrews 12:5, 6). Therefore come to Me,
the Father of spirits and live. I discipline you so that you may be
partakers of My holiness. I understand that discipline might seem
to be painful and not joyful; nevertheless, afterward it produces a
transformation of character, bringing a harvest of righteousness
and peace to those who have been gone through it (Hebrews 12:9-11).
For I allow all things to work together for good for those who love
Me, for those who are called according to My special plan for them
(Romans 8:28).