Part 11 Living in Christ or Adam Part 3 The New Creation Man

Part 11 Living in Christ or Adam Part 3
The New Creation Man

Ezekiel 36:26	A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27	And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

This prophetic insight of the New Creation Man that Ezekiel prophesied about gives us some insight into who we are in Christ.
Ezekiel mentions two major things here 1) A new Spirit. 2) The Holy Spirit.
WHAT HAVE YOU INHERITED IN YOUR SPIRIT, THE NEW CREATION MAN?

1 Peter 3:4a	But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible,
Ephesians 4:24	And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (See 1 John 3:9)

Firstly the new creation man is incorruptible, that is it is perfect.
Secondly it has been created in righteousness and true holiness
Did you realize that that is what and who you are in your spirit?
The problem is that your Soul is not pure, the outward flow of your spirit is sullied as it flows out through an impure soul. This is what the Apostle Paul referred to in 2 Cor 7:1.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Your spirit is pure and Godly, but the outflow of life from your spirit can be contaminated as it passes through impure soul.
We see so often in ministries, that the flow of life through them is sullied by an impure soul, coming into perfection requires the purification and saving of the soul in order for the true life of Jesus in to flow out.

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

Peter clearly indicates here that the soul is not purified at the New Birth. The purifying of the soul is a process.
We will come back to the purifying of the soul later. We need now to look at the New Creation Man, your spirit.

John 1:18

It was a happy day for Him (Jesus) when He gave us our new lives, through the truth of His word. And we became the first children of His new family. (The Living BibLe)

Our new lives! All the qualities of God are in your regenerated spirit. The Bible makes it clear that the New Creation Man one with Jesus.

1 John 4:17	Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
1 Corinthians 1:30	But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Colossians 2:9	For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
10	And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

These are incredible statements of who we are in Christ, and what Christ has made us, by reason of the New Birth.
IF WE KNOW WHAT JESUS IS LIKE, WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE LIKE
This may sound crazy to some, bordering on blasphemy, however before your blood pressure rises lets look at some more scriptures.

Colossians 3:10

And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

The New Creation Man is renewed Greek neos:G3501 regenerated into. By knowing what Jesus is like.
It is by knowing what Jesus is like. The word knowledge here is the Greek word epignosis. We need to understand what this Greek word really means.
Bullinger's English to Greek Lexicon states this; Epignosis is; Knowledge received by a thorough participation of the person with the object of the knowledge, a knowledge that has a powerful impact on the person. In other words it is a knowledge acquired by an encounter, it is revelation knowledge received through the Holy Spirit.
When by the spirit of revelation we understand what Jesus is like, we understand that this is what our New Creation Man is like in seed form. This can only be understood by revelation.
While all the attributes of Jesus were given us at the New Birth, the realization of this can only come to us by knowing what Jesus is like, by the revelation of the Holy Spirit to us, only then can we truly know it and accept it.

2 Peter 1:3

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

This verse says that Jesus has (past tense) given us all things we need, through the knowledge of Him.
The Apostle Paul said this:

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Paul is saying here that if we look at the Lord as in a mirror (the word glass in this verse in the Greek is mirror) we will become like what we see.
This is an incredible statement, When you look into a mirror what do you see, an image of yourself. However Paul is saying when you look into this mirror see yourself like the Lord Jesus and you will become like him.
Beholding Him you are changed into the same image.
We have inherited all that Jesus is, like produces like. You are complete wanting nothing.

Colossians 2:9	For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
10	And ye are complete in Him, which is the head of all principality and power:

BRINGING THE SEED TO FULL MATURITY

Ephesians 4:13	Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Galatians 4:19	My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

The Church at Galatia had begun to slide from grace back to works and the Apostle Paul wrote to them this.

Galatians 2:21	I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Galatians 3:6	Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:16	Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Christ has to be fully formed in us by grace, grace, grace.
A seed has to grow and become a fully fledged replica of its parent. Even so the new seed in your spirit has to grow to become the stature of the fullness of Christ.
How does this come about? Seeds grow when they have the right soil and climate, if given the right conditions your spirit will grow rapidly into the fullness of Christ.

Luke 2:52	And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Luke 2:40	And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

Just as Jesus grew in stature and his Spirit became strong; so do we. Your spirit can absorb the things of God at an incredible rate, as the seed in us is given the right conditions it springs forth into life, wisdom, power, and all the attributes of God.

Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Growth comes by exposure to the light,Jesus. Beholding Him you are changed.
Growth comes by exposure to the Word, Jesus. Revelation changes you.
Growth comes by drinking water, the spirit of God, being continuously filled with the Spirit.
Growth comes by praying with your spirit (in other tongues)
Some things cause rapid growth of your spirit and should be prioritized.
If you follow the list below rapid growth will begin and the process will be completed quickly.

• Exposure to the manifest presence of God beholding Him
• Eating the word daily, when the word is received by revelation it changes you. Jesus said man shall live by receiving the word form heaven
  

Matthew 4:4	But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

This is not just reading the word but receiving revelation a rhema word into your spirit on a DAILY basis. Give us this day our daily bread.

• Praying with your spirit. Praying in tongues builds up your spirit causing rapid Growth

1 Corinthians 14:14	For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Jude 1:20	But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,(in other tongues).

These are the things which cause your spirit to mature into the image of Jesus quickly. This growth should not take many years; Paul was disappointed that the church at Galatia had not reached this level of maturity. He continues to pray that Christ may be fully formed in them.
This perfect seed in you is waiting for the right soil water heat and light in order to spring forth into the image of Jesus

Romans 8:19	For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans 8:29	For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Jesus was the first born of many that would be just like Him.
God Bless you
James N Johnson © 2005