Lesson 10 The New Creation

     Paul wrote 2Corinthians 5:17 by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, saying that we are a "new creation."  We, the Church, are a species of beings that never existed before.  For centuries, we have believed that we "were just forgiven sinners."  It's true that our sins are no longer counted against us by the Father, but there is so much more.
     Our Heavenly Father's heart and justice proclaim that man was a sinner who actually died on the cross and those of us who are now alive in Christ Jesus, aren't even the same who existed before being born again.  Romans 8:9-10 (Amplified) says, "But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the Holy Spirit of God (really) dwells within you (directs and controls you). But if anyone does not possess the Holy Spirit of Christ, he is none of His (he does not being to Christ, is not truly a child of God). But if Christ lives in you (then although) your (natural) body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of (the) righteousness (He imputes you)."
     We have had a difficult time understanding that our natural man is really dead. We still breathe, walk and sleep, so we can't see the natural man is dead.  John 10:10 (Amplified) says, "I have come that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)."  This is the very life of God Himself that flows from His Own Spirit or life itself, into us from Him.  This life is so great that death cannot stop it and death has been "swallowed up by life," according to 2Corinthians 5:5.
     This life overflows into the natural body and brings life unto it.  Because of sin in the Garden of Eden, our natural body will eventually cease to function and life will continue into the new body that we will have with Him.  This new body (for the new creation) will be glorified as His Body is.  1John 3:2 (Amplified) says, "Beloved, we are (even here and) now God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be (hereafter), but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall (as God's children) resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He (really) is."
     The only difference between who we already are and who we will be, is the body that we now live in.  Everything that God promised in His Word, for His family, has already been bought and paid for by the Sacrifice of Jesus.  We've been given His Name, His righteousness, His authority, His inheritance, His identity and His place with the Father.  Jesus spoke to His Father about what was to come after His resurrection in John 17:16 (Amplified) saying, "They are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world) (just) as I am not of the world."
     Although Jesus was in the world, He ate, drank, slept, walked and functioned like anyone else could, He was not of the world system, which is controlled by satan.  Jesus walked in the heavenly laws that govern God's kingdom and was not subject to satan's laws that governed the world.  We're not speaking about the earth, but about the world, here.  Too many believe them to be the same thing, but this isn't true.
     The earth is still the Lord's, while the system that governs the earth was the demonic system after the fall of Adam.  Jesus came to bring all that belonged to God, back under the rule of God's kingdom.  Through Jesus, we have once again been given authority, like Adam was to have dominion over "everything that creeps upon the earth."  Jesus said in John 17:18 (Amplified), "Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world."  We've been sent, as new creation people, to bring God's kingdom and His will be "done on earth, as it is in heaven."  This was Jesus' mission.  The inhabitants of earth were to be brought into relationship with the Heavenly Father and to walk in what He had planned for us "before the foundations of the earth."
     The authority of the new creation is now the authority of Jesus Himself.  He has delegated His Authority unto us, to do "as He was sent to do" and bring God's will and rule back into the earth.  In Matthew 18:18 (Amplified) Jesus says, "Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven."  "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven," is the work of the new creation.  We are to bring God's will to pass by the Name of Jesus.