Lesson 150 The New Creation

  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. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
  
     I saw so many commercials for Ancestry.com over this holiday season and decided to delve into God's Word and find out about my DNA.  Because I am "In this world, but not of it" and my citizenship is of Heaven, I wondered what my DNA truly is.
     One must begin his search at Ancestry.com with one person and I needed to begin my heritage search with Jesus, because He is the First Born of many brethren.  Since Jesus is the First, then my number was in His lineage somewhere.  The Law of Genesis declares that, "everything produces after kind," so if Jesus was the Firstborn, then the ones following Him must be like Him.  I wanted to discover where I came from and what type of people my ancestors were.
     The original source of information, was the seed from which I came.  1Peter 1:23 (Amplified) tells us, "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."  This gives me an Origin to build my family tree on and that is Jesus, the Firstborn.  I found how nearly everyone of my early family had the same ability that the Firstborn had.
     In The Book of Acts, I found that my early brothers performed the same miracles and healings that Jesus performed.  The same spiritual Gifts, abilities, healings, and powers, worked through the outer reaches of my family in Corinth to Galatia.  Even in the letter to the Hebrews, I found the same family traits running throughout my entire family, just like they did in my older Brother, Jesus.
      I read the letter my brother Paul wrote to my family in Corinth, where he spoke about the Gifts of the Spirit.  The same DNA operated like it did in other persons of the same lineage I come from.  This strong Blood-line and ability will operate in our new creation family, once we find out who we are.
     I have friends who have traced their roots back to Africa, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, as well as other places.  They then sought out the customs and traditions of their ancestors, in order to better relate to them.  We all want to learn from the past and find our place in it.  When I began my journey to find my lineage and the family I was born into, I realized how many in my modern day family members, had lost sight of who they were.  They seemed to stray far from the family line and the Firstborn's DNA.
     My family tree dates back to a time in Jerusalem, beginning with my Father and older Brother Jesus.  My family tree was rooted when my Father and older Brother Jesus, began a record of the family, in what they called a new covenant.  I never fully understood my inheritance, until I read the Last Will and Testament of Jesus when He died.  Jesus left me, all of the inheritance my Heavenly Father left and gave to Him.  I was made an "heir of God" and a "joint-heir with Christ."
     I could trace my inheritance and family tree, as well as the authority and far reaches of the Family Name by which I am called.  Some have inherited the wealth and name of Rockerfeller, Rothchilde, and Hilton.  Both prominence and authority came with those family names.  I too, inherited wealth and the authority of my family Name.
     Some people inherited artistic or musical abilities from their descendants.  My daughter inherited her artistic ability from my family and passed them down to her daughter.  They call it "fake ability," because they can make anything they see.  I found that the authority and ability to lay hands on sick people, expecting them to be made whole, came from my family lineage and Name (of Jesus).  The authority that comes with my birth and family Name carries into all aspects of my life, even now.
     Since I am a new creation, I must find out who my new creation family is and what was passed down to me.  I didn't need to purchase or go nearly as far with my study, as many people do today.  Some people must go all the way back to their great, great, great, grandparents, just to find any information about their past.  My family tree goes only to my Father and continues on to today.  His generation is still an ongoing thing, from the First Born until now.
     I found that my true home and family are from a Source and Kingdom, that I had never seen until now.  My family tree tells me that I'm a royal descendant of The King and Kingdom of Heaven.  The wealth and power of my Father, the King, transcends all other peoples and nations.  The entire universe came out of Him.  I love studying my heritage and new creation family!