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 Spiritual condition has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come."
The new creation person is exactly that...a new creation. We've been given dominion over the enemy, by Jesus' Blood and the Power of His Name. Jesus forgave us for and removed our sins, so the lying enemy cannot keep us under the condemnation of them, when we come against him with the Name of Jesus. Many believe that being saved only means that we're forgiven sinners, who will go to Heaven when we die. This is true, but by God's Grace, salvation means so much more than that.
Jesus completely removed our sins on Calvary's cross, bore our sickness, removed us from the Curse of the Law, and brought our peace and reconciliation with our Heavenly Father. Through Jesus, we've been restored back to what God intended His family to be, when He made man in His Own Image. The same dominion that Adam had, has been restored and we've been given dominion over the spirit world, through Jesus.
Many Christians haven't heard the full Truth, so we have very little faith or understanding about the Truth of what Jesus Blood has purchased for us. "Faith comes by hearing," so when we don't hear, then we have applied little faith in what salvation has brought us. The sin problem was done away with by the Blood of Jesus, so there is no need for another sacrifice for sin and the Blessing. Our right standing with God or righteousness, has been restored, by faith in Jesus.
Many in today's Church have heard false teachings about healing and the Baptism of the Spirit, so they believe that, "These things are for only a few people" or "These were only for the early Church." The Same Jesus Who took our sin, also took the rest of what Adam lost in the Garden of Eden. We're now restored and created to the intentions our Father had at the beginning. The things we endure today, were dealt with at Jesus' death and Resurrection. The earth is enemy territory and we must stand in faith, receiving what our Blood covenant and our Sacrifice Lamb has accomplished for us. If we haven't heard this, then we won't stand in faith for it.
2Cor.1:20(Amp) says, "For as many as are the Promises of God, they all find their Yes answer in Him (Christ). For this reason we also utter the Amen (So be it), To God through Him, in His Person and by His Agency to the Glory of God." This doesn't just include the Promise of our sins being forgiven, but the Curse of the Law and the restoration of everything Adam's fall caused. We've been restored back to God's Original Intent. Most of us have never applied faith in much else than forgiven and the Promise of Heaven. Many still struggle with having faith in their forgiveness and live under condemnation of our pasts.
The Father promised Jesus in Gen.3:15(Amp), saying, "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heal." This is one of the Promises we read about in the above scripture, which tells us that, "All the Promises of God are Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus." This is the ultimate Promise on which all of our salvation rests. All the Promises the Father made to us through Jesus and now Yes and Amen in Him.
Luke1:38(Amp) and Luke2:11(Amp) says, "For to you is born this day in the town of David, a Savior, Who is Christ (the Messiah, the Lord)." All the Promises of the new creation hinged on this Promise being met and has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Every Promise for and to the new creation family of God, is now Yes and Amen (So be it) through the One to Whom this Seed was Promised. The scriptures tell us that these Promises were fulfilled for and through Him.
The Promise of righteousness we read about in Is.53:45 has been fulfilled in Jesus. Jesus has restored us back to right standing with God, which we read about in Is.54:18. Is.54:17(Amp) tells us, "But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition is the heritage of the servants of the Lord (those in whom the ideal servant of the Lord is reproduced). This is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me, this is that which I impart to them as their justification, says the Lord." The Resurrection of Jesus has made these Promises ours and many more. If we don't know what these Promises are, then how can we put faith in what the Father has Promises us, in Jesus?
The world, with man's opinions and carnal thinking, have replaced relationship with God with religion, so many of these Promises have been unfilled in our lives. It's imperative that every believer read God's Word and hear from Him on our own, besides just hearing from our preacher on Sunday. Most have lost sight of the Promises in God's Word. We can't be like double-minded, like James1:8 says. Many don't know if God is testing, teaching or punishing us or if the devil is trying to steal the Word and destroy us. We must know God's Promises for ourselves and put faith and trust in them.
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