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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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