2Corinthians 5:17-18 (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. But, all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself (received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself) and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation (that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him)."
We Christians are an entirely new species that never existed on this planet before. We have Only One Example to look to and follow and we've placed Him into a category unto Himself. We've decided that the only reason miracles, healings and Super-natural things followed Jesus, is because He is the Son of God. Although this is true, Jesus didn't just do these things as the Son of God, but as the Son of man as well. Jesus was the first Man Who was filled with and empower with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The previous prophets of old, were only endued with this Spirit, when it came upon them.
After Jesus' resurrection from the dead and His ascension into Heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, to indwell the Body of Christ, the Church. We are the Body of Christ ("Christ" means the Anointed or Anointing), we're also filled with and born of the Same Father and Spirit. We're the sons and daughters of God and the sons and daughters of man. God gave man dominion from the first Adam to the Last Adam (Jesus) and man still has the dominating ability of God working in and through him, by God's Own Spirit.
God intended the first Adam to operate on earth, the way Jesus walked and operated in His earthly ministry. The reason we never saw other men operate the way Jesus did, is because there was no enemy man needed to take authority over, until after the fall of Adam. When Jesus came upon the earth, He reclaimed the power of dominion that was placed on mankind in the beginning. Jesus restored it back to the ones it was intended for.
Adam might have lived in the Garden of Eden for millions of years, before satan finally caused Adam to surrender to him. Adam had to surrender his authority and dominion over to satan, because the Word tells us that "the woman was deceived, the man was not." 1Timothy 2:14 (Amplified) says, "And it was not Adam who was deceived, but (the) woman who was deceived and deluded and fell into transgression." Adam tried becoming his own redeemer and gave over everything he had to redeem his wife, Eve. If Adam has gone to his Father, seeking God's Own wisdom, then things would have been different.
When Jesus came to earth as a Man, He didn't do what He did for Himself. Jesus was never under the ill-gotten authority of satan. He came to deliver mankind back into his rightful place as sons of God. Throughout the four Gospels and the Epistles, we read that man had dominion over the fallen angels and satan, through Jesus and His delegated authority in His Name. Jesus gave man the authority and dominion by the use of His Name, even before mankind was born-again. Luke 10:17 (Amplified) says, "The seventy returned with joy saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your Name." Jesus instructed the seventy in Luke 10:8-9 (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."
This God-given authority and dominion was what the Father intended from the first man to the last man. God's intent and heart was that His Own family would have dominion over all things on earth. Even though Adam fell into transgression, the Father never changed His plan for His children. God redeemed mankind back into His original plan for them, through Jesus, He delivered man back unto Himself. The last part of this redemption will be that our flesh and bone body will be glorified. Everything else has been done, and done correctly, by Jesus and His perfect work. Satan tries clinging to his usurped authority, through the same means by which he gained it, by deception. We've been deceived by the enemy's lies for so long that, we now think this is how it was supposed to be. Jesus was never deceived (not for even a second) into thinking it "might be the Father tempting Him." He never believed that the Father wouldn't hear Him. Jesus walked under the old covenant and by doing so, walked under the Blessing of Abraham. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus restored the dominion, authority and blessing to those with enough faith and courage to believe.
There are Laws of the Spirit and the Kingdom which we must operate, in order to have the dominion and authority work on our behalf. God is a Judge and Righteous God and His Word is forever settled. God cannot violate His Own Word, even for us. We've tried walking in our own understand and make the Word work for us. We must listen to the Voice of the Spirit and learn the rules or Laws that govern the new creation. Prayer was never intended to be Hit-or-Miss, but was meant to be God and man working together against the common enemy and restoring things back into order.
God's Kingdom is the most orderly place in all of His creation. The only reason things became out of place, is because He gave dominion to man, instead of dominating over it and mankind. God doesn't want to dominate His children, but He wishes to walk with them as family, in Love and companionship. God could have created us to be like puppets, that only moved when He pulled our strings. That though, would have made us His slaves and not His family.
Many wonder whether man has a free will, to do as he wishes. Some even believe that everything happening on earth, is the will of God. God's family, the new creation people, have an enemy who refuses to turn loose of his ill-gotten control of this planet. We must use the weapons of our warfare and take back dominion from this enemy. I don't have authority over other humans, but only over things in my own life. I have the God-given right (His right or righteousness) to take back what God has given me in this earth. I'm also commissioned to act as an ambassador from God's Kingdom and deliver this Word of deliverance to all who will listen. That Word is the Gospel Jesus preached in Luke 4:18-19. This Gospel hasn't changed, since He preached it and we are commissioned to continue preaching it into all the earth. Mark 16:15-16 (Amplified) says, "And He said to them, God into all the world and preach and publish openly the Good News (the Gospel) to every creature (of the whole human race). He who believes (who adheres to and trust in and relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth) and is baptized will be saved (from the penalty of eternal death). But he who does not believe (who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth) will be condemned."
The Gospel hasn't changed in it's intent or power, only those who preach it have changed. The Gospel that Jesus preached, is the same Gospel we were sent to preach and only the preachers have changed. If what Jesus preached would heal the sick, raise the dead, open blind eyes and cleanse the lepers, then it still will do those things today. He hasn't changed, only what we believed has changed. The Father commissioned us to be ambassadors from His Kingdom and do exactly the same things that Jesus did, as Spirit filled, born-again men and women and new creation children of the Living God and Father.
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