2Corinthians 5:16-17 (Amplified) says, "We see no man after mere flesh, but after the spirit. Even though we once did know Jesus as a Man, we know Him now as the Risen Lord and not a mere Man. Verse 17 goes on, "We, through Jesus,have become a new creation."
Satan has had us believing, for many years, that we "were only forgiven sinners," but this isn't true! Jesus, by His Own sacrifice, did what the Law couldn't do. We are not only covered by the blood of goats and bulls, but totally cleansed by the Blood of Jesus. Jesus' Blood is on the Mercy Seat of the heavenly Holy of Holies and it forever speaks on our behalf.
We have actually been born again into a new creation and have been translated into the very family of God by His Word. 1Peter 1-23 (Amplified) says, "Even though we are still housed in this body of flesh, we are eternally alive in Christ Jesus." Romans 8:1-2 (Amplified) says, "Therefore, (there is) now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live (and) walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus (the law of our new being) has freed me from the law of sin and death."
If we continue following the dictates of the flesh (the flesh continues telling us that we are only forgiven sinners), then we will continue living in a state of guilt and condemnation. The flesh has to be brought into subjection to your new creation. If we walk and live by the dictates of the Spirit, then we can actually live without the guilt and condemnation of the forgiven sinner. 2Corinthians 5:16 (Amplified) says, "We no longer see any man (including yourself) after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
Once the truth of this is settled in your spirit, you can step out of the bondage that satan has held us in and walk in the fullness of our new creation. The only thing satan has to hold us with is our past, this has been his greatest weapon against the Church for two thousand years. He remembers who you were and fears who you have now become. As long as satan can keep the memory of the new dead man in your conscience, he will hold back the power of who you have now become.
This might seem like something well known to us, but really it isn't. We might read it and acknowledge it as true, because it's God's Word, but the revelation of the truth has never really brought light into our minds. We wouldn't dare say that God's Word isn't true, but still not have the revelation of it to bring full liberty to us.
The new creation was born by God's Own Word, who is Jesus Himself. We weren't halfway born or have become almost God's sons, but we are born again by His Own Word as new creations. Just as He has created something from nothing in the beginning, He has done this in the spirit of every Christian.
The sufferings we endure here on earth, are due to the fact that satan has pulled out all weapons in his arsenal, to prevent our seeing who we really are now. We are still more involved with who we were before, that we fail seeing who we really are now. Most church services still identify more with our problems in this body, rather than our identity in Christ. Satan strategically kept us believing that the new birth is for when we get to heaven.
When we see ourselves as going to be God's children when we get to heaven, we have held God back from using us here for the freedom of His Spirit. We've been successfully bringing the unsaved to Christ and getting them born again, and this is the most pertinent thing, because they have gained eternal life in the power of Jesus' sacrifice. Their eternal destiny has been sealed by the Blood of Jesus and His Spirit. And, this is undoubtedly the most important thing we can do, but we're also instructed to grow up into mature sons of God.
In these Last days before Jesus returns, it's become no longer an option to live by faith in His Word, it is essential. War has been declared on the Church and simple religion will not suffice against a spiritual force of the enemy. Satan has been at this a lot longer than any of us have been. He's held back the dynamics of the Church, through lies, guilt and condemnation. He has tried keeping the Light of the Gospel hidden by lies.
We've been led to believe that our Heavenly Father has almost ceased in His super-natural power, through His people and we've tried combating satan in the flesh, but that won't work. Jesus has delegated and authorized power to the Church, by the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 1:8 (Amplified) which says, "But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth."
When we deny the Supernatural power of the Holy Spirit, we are relegated to an army with no weapons. Satan has convinced many that tongues have ceased, miracles were only for the early Church and healings passed away with the Apostles. The Gifts of the Spirit have become more a matter of history, rather than fact to today's Church. God is raising up a Joshua and Caleb Generation, who still believe God is much bigger than the giants of the land. These are a people who do not see themselves as grasshoppers. Numbers 13:33 (Amplified) says, "There we saw the Nephilim (or giants), the sons of Anak, who come from the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."
2Corinthians 5:16 (Amplified) says, "Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a (purely) human point of view (in terms of natural standards of value) (No) even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a Man, yet now (we have such knowledge of Him that) we know Him no longer (in terms of the flesh)."
We must have a vision of our being a new creation people raised into a mighty army to invade the giants, instead of a grasshopper vision. Numbers 13:30 (Amplified) says, "Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it (the land) we are well able to conquer it." Numbers 14:10 (Amplified) says, "But all the congregation said to stone (Joshua and Caleb) with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting before all the Israelites."
Through Jesus, we are the Joshua and Caleb generation who will possess the land and bring down the giants. Not everyone will agree with you and might wish to "stone" you for your boldness, but someone must stand up and possess the promise. Numbers 14:30 (Amplified) tells us, "Surely none shall come into the land in which I swore to make you dwell, except Caleb, son of Jephunneh and Joshua, Son of Nun. But your little ones whom you said would be prey, them will I bring in and they shall know the land which you have despised and rejected."
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