2Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified) says, "Therefore, if any person is (ingrafted) in Christ Jesus (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."
In the previous Verse 16, Paul tells us that, "We no longer are to see anyone only as (purely) human and only after the flesh, but after the spirit." This scripture contains many things for not only Christians, but the unsaved world. We see the unsaved as being lost without Jesus and being saved, but we also see them "like their father, the devil." This doesn't mean we dismiss them, but like Jesus did, we are to know them.
Because the unsaved aren't born-again, we know they are not only of this world, but in it. Jesus says this about His followers in John 17:14 (Amplified), "I have given and delivered to them Your Word (Message) and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world (do not belong to the world), just as I am not of the world." We forget sometimes, that this world is directed and governed by an evil and demonic spirit that hates God and His people.
This isn't implying that the people of the world cannot become born-again, but the demonic force behind them can not. Everything about satan is anti-Christ. The world hears only his voice and direction, while we (the Church) are to hear only the Voice of our Shepherd and never a stranger's voice. We find ourselves being led by the worldly voices of politics and hatred, rather than the Voice of our Shepherd, His Voice of direction, His Voice on how to do things.
We are called to love the inhabitants of the world and to bring them out from the world, rather than agreeing with them world. We see how God views the world without His Life and Spirit to direct it, in Romans 3:10-18 (Amplified). We were all part of the world before being born-again and we were all doing the things of the world. Verse 10-18 say, "As it is written, None is righteous, just, and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one. All have turned aside, together they have gone wrong and have become unprofitable and worthless, no one does right, not even one. Their throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously. The venom of asps is beneath their lips, their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, their feet are swift to shed blood, Destruction (as it dashes them to pieces) and misery mark their ways. There is no (reverential) fear of God before their eyes."
When the new creation people, listen to and are led more by the words of the world, instead of the Words of God, then we also become blind to His wisdom. We have been called out of the darkness and are to be the light of the world. The last thing we need to do now, is to back-off from praying and refusing to get involved. The Parable of the Good Samaritan tells about how no on wanted to get involved with helping another (who was different). We haven't been involved for so long now, that we're not even considered important at all. Notice, how few of those running for office now, are catering to the "religious population" for votes.
God told Joshua to "Go in and possess the land that He had given them." If God has given it, then why would we have to "not fear," but go in and possess it from the enemy? The world system and the natural man, do not want anything to change the status quo. They think they can fix it, without God's influence. God says in 2Chronicles 7:14 (Amplified) that, "If My people will humble themselves, turn from their own ways, seek His face, and pray, Then God will hear their prayers and heal their land." It would be difficult not to see it, but our land is very sick and needs to be healed. It became this way, because we (the Church) didn't take a stand for Who we serve, many years ago. And, we have refused to stand for Him, today.
Remember how the lawmakers tried preventing Daniel's praying everyday and passed laws to do so? Remember how God overrode their efforts? Remember how the lawmakers tried killing off God's people, but God used Esther to stop them? Remember how they tried making the Israelites bow to the statue and Jesus joined them in the fire and not one part of their clothing was singed? It only takes a few courageous people to stand up and God will do the rest. We must have more warriors and less cheerleaders, in today's Church. If you will stand and believe God to turn this nation, then I, along with many others, will stand with you. You are not alone. The Lord of Hosts is with you. His Name, "The Lord of Hosts", translates to "The God of Armies." Jesus chose twelve men and changed an entire culture and the world.
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