Our opening scripture isn't dealing with the image, in terms of the external form or representation of the man who looks at himself in the mirror, but with the "manner" or "kind" of man. A doer of the Word doesn't forget the "manner" of man he is: the quality of his personality.

 

You'd understand this better if we read from the eighteenth verse; it says, "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures" (James 1:18).

 

God gave birth to us by the Word of truth; that is, the Gospel of Christ, so that we should be a kind or type of firstfruits of His creatures. That's awesome! What's the meaning of firstfruits? It means the first and the best of God's creatures.

 

When you were born again, you came up with a new kind and quality of life —the God-life. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "...If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation...." As a new creation in Christ Jesus, you're the perfection of beauty, and the best of everything God made. You're superior to Satan.

 

Thus, when a Christian says, "I need deliverance from the devil", it's because he has forgotten what "manner" or "type" of man he is. How could you need deliverance from Satan when you're superior to him?

 

The Bible says you're seated together with Christ in the heavenly realms, far above all principality and power. You occupy the place of the highest authority in Christ Jesus, far above Satan and everything that's connected to him.

 

Get to know the quality of your personality. It's the reason we bring the Word of God to you every day on different platforms, to enlighten you on who you are in Christ.