In John 6:18-19 (Amplified) Jesus tells His followers, "For I have come down from Heaven not to do My Own will and purpose, but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me. And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me; but that I should give new life and raise them all up at the last day."
The Father's will is portrayed by the life and obedience of His Son Jesus. The new life that Jesus spoke about, is the same new creation man that Paul writes about in 2Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified), where he says "it's more than just going to Heaven," because Heaven now lives in the new man. For many years, we've been taught that Jesus "took our sin" and that we are "forgiven," but many don't clearly understand what this means for the new man.
There was a very clear purpose, the Father sent Jesus to be our Sin-Bearer. So long as man was under the Law of Sin and Death, God remained on the outside and not as our Father. We were under the blood of bulls and goats, as a temporary covering. The Blood of Jesus didn't cover our sins, but removed them forever, from the old man. Once the penalty for sin was paid and the Sacrifice was accepted before God, the Law of Sin and Death had been ratified. Those who received Grace through Jesus, were no longer responsible for meeting the price by works, but were made clean by faith in Jesus.
We see the Revelation that Jesus bestowed to Paul in Romans 8:1-3,4 (Amplified), which says, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live and walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. For the Law of the Spirit of Life which is in Christ Jesus (the Law of our new being) has freed me from the Law of Sin and of Death. For God has done what the Law could not do, its power being weakened by the flesh, the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit; Sending His Own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an Offering for sin. God condemned sin in the flesh (subdued it, overcame and deprived it of its power over all who accept that Sacrifice)." Verse 4 goes further telling us about His will was, in what He was doing. Thus it says, "So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit, our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit."
It was (and still is) God's will for all of us to be made not only clean from sin and the Law, but to be redeemed from every aspect of Adam's fall from Grace. God wishes to restore us back, to His original plan for His children from before the foundation of the earth. Especially as we approach Christmas and celebrate the Gift of God's Love in the birth of His Son Jesus, let's finally open that Gift, remove the wrappings and see inside the Package of His Love.
Paul writes in 2Corinthians 5:15-16 (Amplified), "And He died for all, so that all those who live might live no longer to and for themselves, but to and for Him Who died and was raised again for their sake. Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a purely human point of view (in terms of natural standards of value). No, even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a Man, YET NOW we have such knowledge of Him THAT WE KNOW HIM NO LONGER IN TERMS OF THE FLESH."
We still see Jesus more in terms of the flesh, instead of the Spirit. We see Jesus as the Baby in a manger or as the Man from Galilee, more than the Risen Christ. This keeps us having the Christmas Gift with the wrappings unopened. The "wrapping" on this Gift, is the flesh. When we allow the Holy Spirit to unwrap this Gift of Love, we can see what was inside the Gift.
Many of us have shaken the Gift and tried determining "what's inside," but few have allowed the Holy Spirit to unwrap it and truly see what's inside. The Holy Spirit unwraps the flesh covering and reveals our Father's Gift to us, in Hebrews 10:19-20 (Amplified) saying, "Therefore brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the Holy of Holies by the power and virtue in the Blood of Jesus. By this fresh and new and Living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies) that is through His flesh."
The veil or curtain that prevented our seeing and entering into the Holy of Holies, was His flesh, which is the outer wrappings of the Precious Gift God sent to us. If we only see the outer-man or wrappings that cover the Gift, then we miss out on what's inside the Package. The ribbons, bows and festive paper on a gift are the appealing covering of the true present inside.
After Jesus' resurrection, the veil or covering was parted, revealing the Awesome Beauty of this Gift. Jesus didn't just cover sin, but He paid for the entire Law of Sin and Death that came upon mankind after Adam's transgression in the Garden of Eden. When we see the fullness of this Gift, we realize that Jesus paid the complete bill, by His Just and Righteous Ransom. This redemption was full restoration back unto the Father, as though Adam's transgression never occurred.
The veil or the flesh that wrapped the Gift, has been removed and the Gift has been opened, according to Romans 5:1-2 (Amplified) which says, "Therefore, since we are justified, acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God through faith, let us grasp the fact that we have the peace of reconciliation, to hold and enjoy peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) Through Him also we have our access, entrance, introduction, by faith into this Grace (state of God's favor in which we firmly and safely stand), And let us rejoice and exalt in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the Glory of God."
Many of us have looked with awe and wonder, at this Wrapped Gift, trying not to disturb the beauty of the way it's wrapped. Once the outer wrappings of the flesh are opened, then we see that the fullness of God's Gift involves more than forgiveness of sin. Removing the outer wrapping, reveals the entrance into the Father's House as His Own children, who are without spot or wrinkle or the stain of sin, in our lives.
God's Gift is complete and total restoration to God's will and heart, He had for His children from the beginning. Too many have never enjoyed the fullness of what we call "Christmas" and the Wonderful Child given to us. Isaiah 9:6 (Amplified) says, "This was God's Own Word of Redemption wrapped in flesh and unto us a Child is born, and unto us a Son is given." We must unwrap and open God's Gift of Love. We must fully adore and see it through the eyes of our new creation being. Through Jesus, we are once again home in our Father's House, as family.
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