2Cor.5:17 (Amp) 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 away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
The new creation man/woman is created once again, in the Image and Likeness of God Himself. The potential in the new creation spirit, is the potential of our Father, Who is a Spirit. Functioning in the Spiritual things of God's Kingdom, is natural to the new spirit man/woman. Everything the Father has Planned for his family is a matter of developing the Spiritual child of God in Spiritual things.
Everything in the natural realm was alien to every newborn baby, so we needed to develop and learn how to function here. It would be impossible for a three year old to drive a car and would be dangerous to everyone on the road if that child tried driving. By the time that child reached the age of fifteen, the law says he/she can get a learner's permit to drive. It takes time behind the wheel, to develop good driving skills. The new spirit child of God only needs to believe, in order to cast out devils, open blind eyes heal the sic, and know the Father's Voice. Jesus said in John 14:12 (Amp), "Those who believe, the works that I do, shall they do also, and greater works than these."
Most of us still see ourselves more after the natural birthright than our new creation birthright, even after we're born-again. We seldom see ourselves as a spirit or identity with our new creation birth in the reality of who we've become in Jesus, because the teachings, fleshly habits and the relationship we have with this natural world are so strong within us. Laying hands on the sick and casting out devils, seems impossible to the newborn spirit-man/woman, like driving a car would be to the three year old. It's all a matter of developing our natural skills and ability, which come from the Spiritual realm.
God provided us with instructions on how to develop our new creation person, in His Word. Everything needed to accomplish what the Father has instructed us to do, is already in our new creation spirit. Everything God has instructed us to do, when we were created new in Jesus. Many believers have remained babes in Christ, never having developed into full Spiritual maturity in God's Kingdom. We still hold onto things we already know in our natural flesh and blood bodies, because it's easier than learning how to function in our spirit.
We see this same things in the natural realm, but don't recognize it. This nation was built by immigrants, but today we seem people come from other countries, move to a particular pocket of the country and stay with others from their nation and live like they lived there. Some never learn English and remain in the culture they were familiar with, rather than developing into what they dreamed of when they came here. Others though, come from different countries but assimilate, learn the language, develop and achieve greatness in this nation.
Some people have become citizens of this nation, but remain in the same culture they came from. The promise of a new and better life dies and never develops in them. We're citizens of God's Kingdom, but remain in the same culture we came out of, so the new and better life we hoped for when we were born-again, dies in us. We become frustrated and don't develop or know the laws that govern our new life in Christ. It requires work and study to learn how to live in the Kingdom, just like it does in the natural realm. The ability is there, but we must earnestly and diligently pursue it, until it becomes as natural to walk in the spirit, as it is to walk in the flesh.
We learned how to talk and walk, by listening and learning from our parents or caretakers. The same is true for the new creation child of God. We learn how to talk and speak the language of our new birth, from our Heavenly Father. John 3:34 (Amp) has something to say about Jesus, that many don't see or understand. Thus, it says, "For since He Whom God has sent speaks the Words of God (proclaims God's Own Message); God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the Gift God makes of His Spirit."
John 8:31-32 (Amp) says, "So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My Word (hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance to them), you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free." We learn to speak the Word of the new birth, by listening to the Words that our new Father speaks. If you were born in Germany, then you most likely learn to speak German. If you were born in France, then you probably learned how to speak French. If you are born in the Spirit, then you learn how to speak Spirit. Jesus said in John 6:63 (Amp), "It is the Spirit Who gives Life (He is the Life-Giver), the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it). The Words (Truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life."
The language of our new creation Life , comes from the Spirit and Kingdom of God. We must learn the Word of God, in order the learn the language of the Spirit, because "the flesh has no profit whatever." I'm not just talking about being baptized in the Holy Spirit and speaking in other tongues, but speaking God's Word in whatever tongue or language we were born into. In order to communicate to other people about God, we must be able to speak God's Word in understanding.
Jesus only spoke God's Word, according to John 3:34, but He did so in a language that the crowds around Him could understand. It was also Spirit, because it was God's Word, which is Spirit. We must learn, know and believe God's Word, so we can speak like God our Father does. He is the One through the Holy Spirit, Who teaches His children how to talk. Paul writes in 1Pet.2:2 (Amp), "Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire), the pure unadulterated Spiritual milk of the Word, that by it you may be nurtured and grow into completed salvation."
We must go from the milk of God's Word, to the meat of the Word, in order to develop into completed salvation. If you've ever been in a veal barn (where they raise veal calves), then you will notice how they have no strength in their muscles, even though they have the same muscles as grain fed calves. They become so weak that they can barely walk, because they're only fed milk. Some new creation people have received the milk, but not the meat of God's Word, so they have no strength to withstand trials that come.
Our new creation spirit has everything needed to reach completed salvation in God's family, but it takes effort to strengthen him/her. We must learn the language and Word of our Father, in order to receive strength needed to become the mature people we were created to be in Christ Jesus. We already have the muscles it takes to grow into maturity, but it takes more than milk to develop them.
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