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."
As the new creation people we've become in Jesus, we have a new family, a new life, a new spirit and a new family. We generate from an entirely different realm than any other creature on this planet. We are no longer "just human," but we are so much more than human. This natural body might still look the same (as it did before my being born-again), but the new creation living in this body is a new creature altogether.
We've allowed the world to determine how much of who we are, to change. The same man who is admired as a deacon in church and is a pillar of the community, would be called a religious fanatic if he prayed in a public place or his workplace. Many people are intimidated by the world and society, which leads to their being reluctant to letting others know they are Christians.
I've seen many Christians run for public office and scarcely bring "religion" into their campaign. Sometimes, they do so because even the Church will attack them, if they are from a different denomination. Many times, the media will label Christians as being "zealots in their beliefs." We are not here to coincide with the world, but to change the world. We've reached a place where we wish to be accepted and praised by both saved and those in the world.
We are not called to be obnoxious and judgmental, but we are called to be new creations altogether. As new creation sons and daughters of God, we are placed in a world that has run out of answers, ideas and help. The world is hungry for leadership and are nearly willing to accept anyone they believe can solve their problems. We have been given the wisdom, ability, power and the Holy Spirit needed to be the answer (through Jesus) to their search. Jesus said that we are, "the light of the world" and we are to be lifted high for the world to see.
The only way for the new creation people to know who we truly are, is from revelation knowledge from the Holy Spirit and God's Word. If we allow the world to set standards for the Church, then we will merge with the world and settle for the world's way of dealing with its problems. Jesus is the Answer for the world today and He Lives In Us. Without His Super-natural influence in this world, nothing will ever change.
We've been fighting among ourselves in America for eighteen months now, over whether we want a Democrat or Republican to run the nation. What good is either party, if they don't know Jesus and if they don't listen (or seek) His council? They will continue to run things by the same standards that led us into this mess to begin with. When the blind lead the blind, they both end up in the ditch. The new creation people, are to lead the world to see God and His answer to their needs. We hear politicians stirring up fear and then telling the people that, "I can fix things. Follow me." These are empty promises without God. We are given the world's ideas about fixing things, instead of God's promise of a new life. If our minds are filled with the same cursing and bitterness of the world, then how can we change it?
The Holy Spirit writes to the Church in Romans 3:13 (Amplified) saying, "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." This hasn't changed the world, only the Church. The world still refuses Jesus and His deliverance. This isn't saying we write them off, but we must know we can't believe the world because nothing has changed with them.
We must not allow ourselves to be controlled and driven by politics and the media, instead of God's Word. The war, segregation, death, fear, destruction, and mess we see all around us, is driven by the lips of the world system. The world system is driven by and under the dominion of the anti-Christ spirit, we hear speaking and boasting against our God. The world ran out of answers when Adam fell in the Garden and it remains answerless, without God's Word. When we lend our voices to those of the world, then we only add to the same problems facing the world. We only know what the media and the friends and family of the politicians, tells us about him or her. Or, we only know what they want us to know about them.
The Church evens preaches political correctness and adherence to ungodly laws, that have already been set into motion. One can no longer simultaneously be politically correct and Biblically correct. The world is determined to reign over the Church of the Lord Jesus. As new creation people who listen to God's Voice and His Spirit, are considered to be "rebels," in the eyes of the world.
Our declarations that, "God's Word is still Higher than the world's words," seem to be out-of-line even in some churches. God's Word isn't only Truth, but it is THE TRUTH. If God said something two-thousand years ago, then He hasn't changed His mind because "it's now 2016." God is not progressive in His Truth, but it is "Forever settled in Heaven." If something was wrong then, then it's still wrong today.
We need to stop looking at the giants and stand on God's Word, then we can enter into the promises of His Word. Are we really believing God's Word or are we just saying we believe in His Word? We should pray for God to send us more Joshua's and Caleb's.
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