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)."
As Christians, we've never truly seen ourselves the way the Father has now created us to be, in Jesus. We're looking in the future, for what God has already done in the Church. Although there are the futuristic and physical even that are still to occur, it is all already fulfilled in the Body of Christ.
We've missed what God has done, because we continue seeing ourselves as we are and were, in this natural body. God no longer sees us after the flesh, but after the Spirit. We still look at the outward man and we seldom think about the new creation being that lives in this fleshly house (body). 2Corinthians 5:1-2 (Amplified) says, "For we know that if the tent which is our earthly home is destroyed (dissolved), we have from God a building, a house not made with hands, eternal in Heaven. Here indeed, in this (present abode, body) we sigh and groan inwardly, because we yearn to be clothed over (we yearn to put on our celestial body like a garment to be fitted out) with our Heavenly dwelling."
The only thing separating us from the "full dwelling place of eternity," is this earthly house that we dwell in, while we're still here on assignment for the Father. Our body (house) is to the world today, what the Ark of the Covenant was in the old covenant. Our flesh and blood body, is the dwelling place of God Himself, within us. 1Corinthians 6:19 (Amplified) says, "Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received (as a Gift) from God? You are not your own."
If it wasn't for Grace, any unsaved person who is still in their sin and touches you (you being God's sanctuary, the Ark of the Covenant) they could be destroyed, just like those under the Law. Through Grace, not only can the unbeliever touch Christians and is not destroyed, but Christians are called to "lay their hands on them," bringing healing and Life to them. Under the Law, there was a prescribed manner, in which the Priests had to deal with the people for their healing.
We have the very Presence of God living in us, to remove the results of the curse from the people and re-establish relations with Heaven. Under the Law, only the few could enter in the Presence of God. Now, through the new creation, we have the privilege of carrying and becoming the Ark of the Covenant or Presence of God to the masses of people, for their restoration and salvation. I've heard Christians say, "I wish I could be like Moses and part the waters." I'd rather be like Jesus and not part the water, but calm it and walk on it, like it was dry land. We've missed the understanding and privilege of what this new creation really is to the world and to us.
We keep seeing ourselves as "old sinner," while God sees us as containers for His Glory to be transported into the world. We've become houses that God resides in, here in this natural world by His Spirit. Jesus declare that, "It was not Him, but the Father in Him Who does the works." God in Him, could only go where Jesus went. Jesus didn't calm every sea, only the one where Jesus was. God didn't even heal all the sick on earth, only those to whom Jesus brought to Him (by going to the sick).
As new creation people, this is what we're supposed to be doing. We're supposed to be giving God access to the people, by "going into all the world." When the Holy Spirit moves by faith, through the congregations, it is the people who brings Him into contact with the masses. If God didn't need us to be there, then there wouldn't be a need for us to "Go," because God would just do it. We overlook the importance of why God chose to use us as vessels (or containers) for bringing His Presence to the world.
We think that God being God, He simply does whatever He wants. John 3:16 tells us that "God wants everyone to be saved," but there are still people who are unsaved, because we haven't preached the Word to them yet. You might ask, "Why doesn't God just save them?" There are Spiritual Laws that prohibit certain things and God will not violate these Laws. All of creation is founded on and depends on, these Laws to continue. If God violates His Own Laws, then His Word is not True and He is not a "man that should lie."
This is the Truth of God's Word, that is "forever settled in Heaven." When God puts out His Word, it is eternal. Even in the new creation, it had to be legal, by God's Own Laws, or it wouldn't be legitimate Sometimes, we fail to see the importance of doing things by God's Word. He sort of believe that "God understands and He will just do it," but that's not so! This is why Jesus only did what the Father said and what He saw the Father do. Jesus only moved by the Word of God.
We've limited the Father, by doing our own thing and not adhering to His Word for instructions. If we would spend more time listening rather than talking, then we would see greater results in our lives.
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