2Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified) says, "Therefore, if any person in (ingrafted) in Christ Jesus (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old (previous moral and spiritual condition) is passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
As new creation Ambassadors for Christ, we are sent by the King of our New Kingdom, to reveal Life to the dead and to bring them into this new creation family of God. We've been created new by the Life that is in the Word and we are commissioned to go forth, administering Life to those who are still dead in sin and trespasses. We were never commissioned to "start a new religion," but to bring Life to a dying world.
The Church's entire purpose for being here on earth, is to minister Life to those who are still dead. 2Corinthians 5:19 (Amplified) says, "It was God (personally present) in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against (men) their trespasses (but cancelling them) and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor)." This is our commission as ambassadors of Christ, to minister reconciliation to the world.
God's Word is the source of Life for the new creation, according to 1Peter 1:23 (Amplified) which 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." We preach that everyone must be forgiven of sin and trespasses and strive to live upright. However, we haven't been preaching how God presents all with the choice of Life, by the new creation. Every person on this planet, has been presented with the choice to live or die and with the choice to be blessed or continue in the curse. When presented in wisdom and the Anointing, it's difficult to reject Life, but when presented in the spirit of religion (even by well meaning people), many will choose to continue in the curse.
The world and to some degree, the Church tend to judge after the flesh and not after the Spirit. We tend to judge people for their past or for their actions we deem to be wrong. We've been given the choices by God and He will allow us to make wrong choices. He will speak to us, guide us and even plead with us, but He allows us to make our own choices and direction.
The Word of Life and reconciliation that we preach, isn't to become items of debate or argument to persuade, but it is the demonstration of power from God's Kingdom. The Life that we are to minister, is to be accompanied with Life Itself, to heal, deliver and restore the new creation into God's Kingdom. When we preach Life, then Life is the proof of God's Kingdom for the entire world.
Jesus sent out His disciples with instructions on how to announce the Kingdom of God in Luke 10:8-11 (Amplified) saying, "Whenever you go into a town and they receive and accept and welcome you, eat what is set before you And heal the sick in it and say to them, The Kingdom of God has come close to you. But whenever you go into a town and they do not receive and accept and welcome you, go out into the streets and say, Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we are wiping off against you; yet know and understand this; this Kingdom of God has come near you."
Somehow, we've made the Gospel so unappealing that it's not very hard to reject the favor of God. We've made it seem lifeless and dull, so that the people only see lifelessness and bondage. We preach liberty and freedom, then we bind them with religious traditions that have no life in them. When we minister Life, there should be Life confirmed by the signs following. Otherwise, this message is simply words.
We are to walk in demonstration of power released in us and through us by the King of the Kingdom we represent. We've become the "religious" people of Timothy's day, who Paul called the "future religious order," in 2Timothy 3:5 (Amplified) saying, "For (Although) they hold a form of piety (true religion) they deny and reject and are true strangers to the power of it (their conduct belies the genuiness of their profession) Avoid (all) such people (turn away from them)."
We have many things today, that are outer showings in the Church and are still "unsaved (dead) in spirit, making the Church in their own liking." This is a worldwide occurrence and isn't happening only in America. There are and always have been, many religions throughout the world. People worship many gods and have many ways of reaching those gods. We must have the power of the Holy Spirit demonstrating God's Kingdom and our King, in order to reach these people and overcome the demonic teachings and culture. Without the power of the Kingdom backing us, we seem like just another way to heaven, to the world.
As new creation people, we've been united with God by His Spirit within our own spirit. Within this union, we've been granted all that is needed to demonstrate the Kingdom we represent. We are to demonstrate healing to the sick and to bring (speak) peace into their homes and lives by God Himself. We've become carriers of Life and "capsules" of the very Life of God for a dead world. Their future and our futures are determined by how we choose, when the choice is presented. Do they choose Life and blessing? Or, do they remain ignorant, choosing death and cursing? Their choice might come down to how we present the Message of Life to them. If we present Jesus in the power of God's Spirit, then we will be successful in steering their choice for Life. If we present Jesus like other religions present their gods, then we will not succeed in our mission.
It's difficult to believe that some will choose death and cursing, if they truly understand the Truth being presented. Most people I led to the Lord, came because of the demonstration of power that God's Kingdom I represented. It's hard to deny God's Kingdom when you've witnessed the Presence of our Heavenly King to those who are unsaved. God comes in power, peace, deliverance, and Light that expels darkness in every area of our lives.
The commission and work of the new creation people, is to bring Life (by Word and power) to dead men. We're to bring the Life of God into their spirit again, by revealing Jesus is ALIVE. He is not some god who cannot speak or hear, but He is a Living God Who is always attentive to the choice He bestows to us. God sired the new creation people into a realm, unlike any other on this planet.
We were born of the Spirit, filled with the Holy Spirit,and led by the Spirit of God Himself. We are not only called to know His will and to do His will. Jesus didn't come to do His Own will, but the will of the Father. As new creation people, we are supposed to be like Jesus was in the earth. We are to know the Voice of our Shepherd and not follow the voice of a stranger. Many will say to God, "Thy will be done," but then do not do His will. Many mistakenly call evil, ungodly things "God's will." In order to know God's will, we must KNOW JESUS.
Jesus said that, "The Father and I are One." How much more do we need to see, in order to know what God's will is and then do His will? Did Jesus ever make anyone sick? Of course not. Is sickness, then, God's will for us today? If it is, then Jesus wasn't doing the Father's will. If healing was the work Jesus came to do, then healing must still be God's will for today, because He and the Father are One. Our responsibility in the Kingdom, is to not only know God's will, but to go forth doing God's will in the earth.
Many say, "We don't have the Gifts of the Spirit." I say, "You have the Spirit Who has the gifts." God gives these Gifts "severely as He wills" and if we go in His will, then He will manifest the power (or Gifts) to profit withal," according to 1Corinthians 12.
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