Rhapsody of Realities Devotional for 30th August 2025: Today’s Word, Confession & Bible Reading
Welcome to the Rhapsody of Realities Devotional – 30 August 2025, your daily guide to spiritual growth and victorious living. In today’s devotional, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome shares a life-transforming message that will empower your faith and align you with God’s purpose. Dive into the Word, make the faith-filled confession, and meditate on the scripture as you step into a day of divine victory.
TOPIC: You Have a New Life and a New Nature.
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8 We know that the Law is good if it is used as it should be used. 9 It must be remembered, of course, that laws are made, not for good people, but for lawbreakers and criminals, for the godless and sinful, for those who are not religious or spiritual, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers – 1 Timothy 1:8-9 (Good News Translation)
Rhapsody of Realities – 30 August 2025 MESSAGE
Did you ever read in the Bible that the Law and its ordinances were abolished? Ephesians 2:15 says, “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace.” Therefore, having become a Christian, the commandments, “Thou shalt not steal” or “Thou shalt not kill,” etc., no longer apply.
Does that mean you can steal? No, and a thousand times, no! The reason they don’t apply isn’t because stealing and murder are permitted. Rather, it’s because in Christ, you have a new life, a new nature that doesn’t steal or kill. You’re of a higher class. 1 Corinthians 6:11 says, “… but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
Consider what we read in our opening scripture: The law isn’t made for the righteous. In Christ, you’re the righteousness of God; therefore, the Law isn’t for you. The Law was for the children of Israel, which they couldn’t keep. They saw the commandments as laws to be obeyed and not as life. But the Word of God is life, and in Christianity, we live the Word because we’re born of the Word. We have the life of the Word.
For example, when the Lord Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God,” He wasn’t trying to obey it; He was describing His righteous nature. Also, when He said, “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God,” it was a description of His identity. Likewise, when you read, “Thou shall not kill” or “Thou shall not steal,” it’s the description of your righteous nature.
Being born again, you’re righteous and holy; therefore, it’s inconsistent with your nature to steal or to kill. It’s like what the Bible says in Colossians 3:9-10: “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.” The reason it says don’t tell lies is because of who you are.
You’re born of God, and the Spirit of truth lives in you. Glory to God! You have a new nature that’s created after God in righteousness and true holiness.
PRAYER: Dear Father, thank you for making me righteous in Christ Jesus. I walk in the light of who I am in Christ. I’m governed by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. I walk in righteousness, and I manifest the character of Christ effortlessly. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Ephesians 4:20-24; 2 Corinthians 5:17 & 21; Romans 6:4
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Corinthians 14 & Proverbs 3-4
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 19:41-48 & 1 Samuel 18
Rhapsody of Realities 30th August 2025 Devotional Message written by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, remains a life-guide with rich and impactful teachings from God’s Word. Millions of copies of Rhapsody of Realities, the best-selling daily devotional and Bible study guide have been distributed in 242 countries in 2010 languages of the world… and we’re still counting
