THE NEW CREATION MAN IN CHRIST!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2021.

SUBJECT: THE NEW CREATION MAN IN CHRIST!

Memory verse: "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His WillI.” (Ephesians 1 vs 11.)

READ: Ephesians 1 vs 3 - 9:

1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

1:4: just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in Love,

1:5: having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His Will,

1:6: to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

1:7: In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.

1:8: which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,

1:9: having made known to us the mystery of His Will, according to His good which He purposes in Himself,

INTIMATION:

In the “new creation” in Jesus Christ, God has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places. This means that in Christ we have all the benefits of knowing God. These include; being chosen for salvation, being adopted as His children, forgiveness of our sins, insight into our inheritance as His children, the gift of the Spirit, the power of God’s Will in our lives, and the hope of living forever with Christ. And because we have an intimate relationship with Christ through the new creation, we can enjoy these blessings now, and also eternally.

In Christ we have our redemption from Satan's dominion and authority, for "we have been translated into the kingdom of the Son of His love;" (Colossians 1 vs 13), and Jesus has become our new Lord, our love Master. He is our caretaker, the guarantor of our ability to reign over the forces that ones dominated us. There has been remission of all our trespasses, and that remission has been according to the riches of His grace (the unmerited favor to us, not of any good works of us). That is an unfathomable expression of love.

Do you ever imagine what "the riches of His grace" means to us? And He made this abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, for Christ has been made wisdom to us. We then have the wisdom to face life's problems with prudence, and this wisdom, prudence, and ability of God is His Will toward us. But how can you know that fact if you are not a hearer and doer of the Word. The Bible is available to us for studying and meditation. Teachers of the Word abound as well as places of worship, for those who can't read, and understand the Bible. 

Let's look at what James said in James 1 vs 21 - 25. "Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror, for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does."

It is only in learning (hearing, reading, meditating on) the Word of God, and practicing what you have learnt that you can appreciate what you are in Christ. And it is only in so doing that you can free yourself from the dominion of the sense realm. It is important to listen to what God’s Word says, but it is much more important to obey it and to do what it says. We can measure the effectiveness of our Bible study time by the effect it has on our behavior and attitudes.

Every believer should make out a list on a little card or in a notebook of what he is in Christ. Then read it over and over like this: “In Him I have my redemption. In Him I am a New Creation, and Satan has no dominion over me. Jesus alone is my Lord. I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I am the son of God, a joint heir with Jesus Christ. I have as much right in the Father's presence as Jesus has in His presence. And I have a standing invitation to the throne room to come boldly and take my place as a son. I should remember that "It is God who is at work within me, willing and working His own good pleasure. I should never allow myself to forget what manner of man He made me in Jesus Christ.” It is in so doing that the full realization of what manner of man you are made of in Christ will be donned by you.

The New Creation man forgets what manner of man he is in time of stress or crisis, unless he has gotten a clear understanding of what he is in Christ. Most Christians have lived so long in the realm of the senses and religion that it is difficult for them to realize what they are in Christ. Even after the new birth (confessing Jesus as their Lord and Savior) they will unconsciously lapse into the old life, seeing themselves as they were, and not as they are in the New Creation. In this attitude, the new creation is not a workable reality for them. 

Prayer: Abba Father, endue me with the spirit of wisdom and revelation of the knowledge of what I am in Jesus Christ, let my eyes of understanding be enlightened to know what is the hope of Your calling, what are the riches of the glory of Your inheritance in the believers, and what is the exceeding greatness of Your power toward us who believe, according to the working of Your mighty power, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!