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Wednesday,
December 26, 2007
Born Free
John 3:5-7 Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (6) That which is born of the
flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (7) Marvel
not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. (KJV)
The two births are a result of two
different seeds, one is of the flesh and one is of the Spirit. As one grows and matures in the Lord they
wean themselves from the things of this world and become more dependent on
the things of the Lord. As children in the flesh, our desires were things
that appealed to the flesh without any thought of its consequences.
Whatever looked good, sounded good, and appealed to the outward is what we
pursued after. You have a spiritual seed within you that was brought to
life and resurrected by your hearing the word of God, the living waters
that are able to nourish a spiritual seed. It is vital now that you learn
how to nurture that seed within and to be able to discern what it takes to
bring it to maturity. The effort and diligence you put in the past to feed
the flesh and its desires will now have to be redirected to the inward seed
if you wish to see this seed grow to maturity.
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy
great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified
in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in
the world, received up into glory. (KJV)
Jesus of Nazareth was a man born of the
flesh after the seed of David and the first to be reborn in the Spirit to
manifest God’s plan of salvation to all mankind. This is a great mystery
and continues to be to this day because so many are looking to the outward
for some great savior, when in fact this Savior will only become a reality
to those in the Spirit. Of these two, God is able to make one new man so
making peace; bringing the plan of reconciliation to a fallen world.
Romans 8:15-17 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)
It takes one to know one. In other words,
are you allowing the Spirit to bear witness with your spirit, to give an
eyewitness account to the things of God, to give life and nourishment to
the inner man so that you can receive the reward of adoption? Do you take
the time on a daily basis in the word of God so that you too can be
justified in the Spirit, despite what you may suffer from those that seek
their justification from man? You are now a joint heir with Christ, the
first born of all creation, so that you too can be glorified with Him and
receive your eternal inheritance.
Romans 1:3-4 Concerning his Son Jesus
Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the
flesh; (4) And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the
spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: (KJV)
One is born of flesh, Jesus of Nazareth; the
other seed is the Son of God (Christ) which is where our power source comes
from. If any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is none of His and is
unable to walk in the newness of life given them. Just as we have parents
in the flesh to nurture their newborn child, we have a Father in heaven
that is ready, willing and able to nurture and feed His newborn offspring
as well. As we require daily nourishment for the outward man, it is vital
to feed the inward man also if one is to grow strong in the Lord and the
power of His might. Adam was put in the garden of Eden to dress it and keep
it. You have a spiritual garden as well that takes a constant maintenance
plan so that you don’t end up on the outside looking in. Do you know the
difference between the flesh and the Spirit? Do you seek the things that
will feed your spirit man or are you still chasing cheap, short lived, emotional
fixes that only appease the flesh and not the Spirit? You wouldn’t abandon
your own offspring and leave it for dead. So why do many abandon God’s
offspring and leave it for dead? A parent in the flesh can be tried and
convicted for child abandonment, and someday you will have to give an
account of what you have done with the seed of God that was reborn in you; and
hopefully when the going got tough you didn’t bail out on the Son either.
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. (KJV)
This time of year when so many talk of
the birth of the Savior, we see so much of the attention focused on the
physical seed and not the spiritual. A child that was born in this realm
was Jesus of Nazareth and the Son given to us is Christ which is in you and
is our only hope of glory. So, where is your focus today and what realm are
you looking into in order to nourish the new birth within you? Are you
blindly following the traditions and doctrines of man which claim some days
are more special than others, or are you walking in the peace of God that
is available to any and at any time for those that seek to worship Him in
Spirit and in truth? God is not a god of the dead and their dead end
doctrines, but a God of the living, those that live in the Spirit and seek
their justification by faith.
John 8:31-37 Then said Jesus to those
Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my
disciples indeed; (32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall
make you free. (33) They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never
in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? (34) Jesus
answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is
the servant of sin. (35) And the servant abideth not in the house for ever:
but the Son abideth ever. (36) If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeed. (37) I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek
to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. (KJV)
Many still claim they are of God
according to their physical birthright and end up neglecting their
spiritual one. It doesn’t matter to God what your family name is in the
flesh, its only those that are joint heirs with Christ and follow His
example that are born free and continue in the freedom of knowing the truth
set forth in the word of God. Once you have been set free it is up to you
to continue walking in the liberty in Christ and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage.
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