Let's read what Paul say in 2Corinthians 5:15-17 (Amplified), "And He (Jesus) died for all, so that all those who live might live no longer to and for themselves, but to and for Him Who died and was raised again for their sake. 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). Therefore, if any person is (ingrafted) in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
The truth of the new creation man is that we actually died with Jesus and were raised with Him, when He rose from the dead. In the natural, a dead man doesn't exist here any longer, only the memory of them is left. The spirit is eternal and is now one with God's Spirit and has become the "lord" over the body of flesh it now indwells. The house or body of flesh look the same. The One Who lives in this house of flesh, is a new creation, a new Tenant, God Himself. 2Corinthians 6:16 (Amplified) says, "What agreement (can there be between) a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the Living God; Even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."
Because we've never seen ourselves by the truth of this new creation, we continue to see ourselves (and others) after the flesh. We read about how "God will live in us," just like He did in Jesus. But, then we fail to understand that, just like Jesus said, "It's not Me, but the Father in Me, Who does the work." The same Father Who lived and walked in Jesus, now live and walks in us, as His new creation and living temple. Our lack of revelation concerning this, has held back His desire to flow through us for the deliverance of others.
2Corinthians 6:1 (Amplified) tells us, "Laboring together (as God's fellow workers) with Him then, we beg you not to receive the grace of God in vain (that merciful kindness by which God exerts His Holy influence on souls and turns them to Christ; keeping and strengthening them-do not receive it to no purpose)."
We, the Church, are laboring together with God as "fellow workers." We're the laborers Jesus said to pray to come bring in the harvest. We're still praying for God to send the laborers, not understanding that He already has answered those prayers and that we are the laborers for Christ. The early Church understood some things about their being the new creation, that we don't yet understand.
The Super-natural power of God flowed through the early Church, the new creation people. They walked in and through the Holy Spirit. We can read the Epistles and follow the Acts of the Apostles to see how God was actually living through them and not just living in them. They understood what Jesus said about, "It's not Me, but the Father in Me Who does the works." We confess that God lives in us, somehow though, God doesn't seem to live through us like He did then.
In these last days before Christ returns for His Church, we are returning to the Super-natural Presence of God here on earth. We were always told the miracles Jesus and the early Church did, "Have passed away" or "Were only for special people." We were never taught or told how we were "special people," as a new creation. God is completing what He intended from the beginning and that is to have a family of people just like Himself. Jesus is the First-Born. He isn't the only One the Father has created. Jesus is the Seed sown in death and resurrection, that now brings forth after Kind, a Body of believers like unto THE SEED.
We wouldn't find it strange that an acorn brings forth an Oak Tree or that an apple seed brings forth an apple tree. Why then, would we find if strange that God's Word (His Seed) would produce anything other than what it was created for? 1Peter 1:23 (Amplified) says, "You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from One that is immortal by the Ever Living and Lasting Word of God."
It would be strange for a human being to produce a rabbit or for a rabbit to produce a human. This is because we know that each has a seed that produces "after kind." Why then, would it seem strange to think that God's Seed (Sperm), the Word would produce anything but what the Seed itself is? Jesus was the Seed, He died, He was placed in the ground and rose a new creation. In kind, we died, were buried and have also been raised new creations just like Jesus.
Jesus is the Head of the Body of this new creation people and we are His body. You are not "the Lord" over this Body, but a part of this new body. The body is instructed by the Head, but it has the full ability of the Head, since we are now one in Him. We are instructed to do (like He was instructed to do) what we see and hear our Father (Who lives in us) tells us to do. I don't believe the Father has changed His mind about the things He instructed Jesus to do and what He instructs His body to do, because we have been made one with Him. Remember, it's not you, but the Father in you Who does the work (just like it was with Jesus). This isn't being boastful, but simply being what He created us to be.
Today, there are multitudes of people needing healed, delivered, made whole, and set free. Jesus didn't stop in His ministry when He returned to the Father, but expanded His Own ministry into His Body after He left to become it's Head. The same things He did on earth, are the same things He is doing now (or at least desires to do now). Hebrews 13:8 (Amplified) says, "Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is (always) the same, yesterday, today, (yes) and forever (to the ages)." We must listen for and to the voice of the Father and then do whatever the Father tells us to do. Jesus said, "I only do what the Father tells Me to do." He still works this way in us.
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