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Friday, February
1, 2008
One
New Man
Acts 2:36-38 Therefore let all
the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus,
whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. (37) Now when they heard
this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest
of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? (38) Then Peter said
unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost. (KJV)
Jesus of Nazareth was made a
little lower than the angels and was born into this realm, having been a
partaker of flesh and blood. The Bible states clearly that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God. So after His death, burial and
resurrection, He was then glorified by God having accepted the blood
sacrifice for the sin of the world and is now elevated to the position of
Lord and Christ, the one mediator between God and man, seated at the right
hand of the Father making intercession for us.
Matthew 26:63-65 But Jesus
held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure
thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the
Son of God. (64) Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say
unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. (65) Then the high priest
rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have
we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. (KJV)
When we see the reference to
Christ the Son of God as well as the Son of man sitting on the right hand
and coming in the clouds, the statement is truth, making reference to what
we just saw in Acts 2:36, of these two God has made one new man so making
peace, which culminates in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is now
no condemnation to those that are in Christ; and those that choose to
follow the same leading of the Holy Spirit will find an abundance of peace
in the new man God is forming within them also.
Romans 8:14-17 For as many as
are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (15) For ye have
not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (16) The Spirit itself
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: (17) And
if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so
be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. (KJV)
We too have access to the
same Spirit. And the more we allow this Spirit to bear witness to our
spirit, the more we are reminded of our inheritance in Christ and how we
too can receive the reward of inheritance and a glorified body so that we
can be together with Him for an eternity. The more you receive this witness
from above the more you realize that you are truly a son of God and will
start acting like one of His also. So who is it or what is it you are
bearing witness with? Because the Bible clearly states that whatsoever is
not of faith, the message delivered by Christ, is sin. Without faith and
this Spirit bearing witness with our spirit then it is impossible to please
God, we end up thieves and robbers trying to access the Father by our flesh
and blood carnal thinking which cannot inherit His kingdom.
Galatians 4:19-21 My little
children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
(20) I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice for I stand in doubt of you. (21) Tell
me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (KJV)
It pained Paul to see the
people who were born again into the realm of the Spirit by their simple
hearing of faith, only to see them fall back to their old ways by the works
of the law. There is a new creation within you, ready to birth and come to
life within you so that you can be a new creation in Christ and leave the
old man and its old ways dead and buried behind you. So are you nurturing
that new man within you by giving it a steady daily dose of the word of
God, or are you trying to feed him with old dead, decaying, unhealthy
doctrines of man?
Colossians 2:8-10 Beware lest
any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition
of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. (9) For in
him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (10) And ye are
complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: (KJV)
If any man has not the Spirit
of Christ working within them and bearing witness to them of who they are
in Christ, then they are none of His. Our Lord Jesus Christ was resurrected
from the dead, and having received a glorified body is now a part of the
Godhead. Some refer to the Godhead as the trinity; the Bible speaks of
three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost,
which these three agree in one and operate in unison together as one. We
too become one with God through Christ, and we are complete in Him when we
receive His witness as truth and let that set us free from the traditions
and rudiments of this fallen world. Our Lord Jesus Christ is an active part
of this Godhead, having taken His place at the right hand of the Father;
and by His sacrifice has prepared a place for us with Him as well.
Ephesians 2:11-12 Wherefore
remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called
Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made
by hands; (12) That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from
the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and without God in the world: (KJV)
A gentile is a reference to
an unbeliever, someone outside the realm of faith and not walking in God’s
plan of salvation. Some have tried to link the mystery of the gospel as the
Jew and gentile coming together as one which is based on the outward and
not the inward. The mystery of the gospel is Christ in you and me, someone
that was on the outside of salvation, an unbeliever who was in the flesh
and only knew how to operate in that realm, but who have now have been
reconciled to God by His Son and His Spirit within us.
Ephesians 2:13-16 But now in
Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of
Christ. (14) For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken
down the middle wall of partition between us; (15) 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; (16) And that he
might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the
enmity thereby: (KJV)
It began with the Son of man,
a child born unto us Jesus of Nazareth, and it culminated into the Son of
God, Christ, the Son given. Of these two God made one new man so that we
could be more like Him, Christ like, and continue in the peace of God. Is
there new life springing forth in you also, are you letting His Spirit bear
witness with your spirit so that you can be one with Him and be that new
creation in Christ? You have the mind of Christ, and the more you let Him
witness to your mind the more you stay one with Him and in agreement to
what God is asking of you today. It’s when we become double minded that we
end up unstable and are no longer receiving the things of God. Who’s number
one? We are, if we continue to let this new man take over and leave our old
nature in the graveyard. God bless.
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