What and why is the New Creation? Pt.3

Messages for September 2017: Our Month of New Things

Message for Sunday 17^th of September, 2017

Theme: Understanding the New Creation Life

Topic: What and why is the New Creation? Pt.3

Introduction: Now that we have looked at the life account of the Lord; the Lamb of God for our redemption, we can now see how the new creation works and what we benefit for receiving in faith what the Lord accomplished for us on the Cross of Calvary.

Why the New Creation? Following the consequence of the sin of man, it became impossible for man to access God which was a mortal challenge. Man because of sin could no more commune with God on the intimate level like before. This meant that man was separated from his source of life. It has become imperative therefore for man to get back to his source. This explains the incidence of religion. Religion was satanic substitute to mankind for accessing God. It could not satisfy God’s demands of justice and therefore increased the problem of man as it took mankind farther away from God.

Note that:

1.     The first effort to access God on man’s terms [religion] was made by Cain who tried to access God through the altar of the product of the curse and God was not pleased with his effort and rejected it. Gen.4:3-10 and 1Jn.3:12

2.     Abel his brother on the other hand knew that what was required was blood so he brought the tithe of his animals which he reared. His sacrifice was accepted and the reason for it was that God adjudged him to have done the right thing. Why? First he brought the tithe [firstlings] of his effort. Secondly, he approached God by way of the blood of his best animals. See Gen.4:3-10 Heb.9:22 and Heb.11:4.

3.     Another effort made by men to reach God was shown in the account of people calling on the name of God in Genesis 4:26 but following this incidence was the entry of what is popularly known as the Nephilim into the earth. The seed of man became corrupted by fallen angels and God was compelled to destroy the earth and man who he made with the flood of the time of Noah leaving only Noah’s house. See Gen.6:1-8 Jude 1:6 and 1Pet.3:18-20.

4.     God called Abraham and entered into a covenant with him sealed by blood sacrifice. But the blood of animals just foreshadowed what was to come. See Gen.15; 17 etc.

5.     During the time of Moses the legal implication of the blood on the altar was made known to us. It was impossible for the blood of animals to take away the sin of man. The entire purpose of the blood sacrifice was clarified in the Law of Moses where he was instructed by God to set out a law for governing the children of Israel. [Lev.17:11] He was ordered to build a temple in the wilderness in accordance with the pattern shown him on the mountain when He had encounters with God. The pattern he was given was what God had its prototype in heaven depicting the ultimate Sacrifice Jesus Christ was to later come and make for the redemption of man. [Exod.25:8-9 and Heb.8:4-5]. This is because without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of sin because the life of the flesh is in the blood. [Lev.17:11]. God gave them the blood as atonement for life which is why they were to use the blood as atonement for sin. The consequence of sin is death but to get the life back again, blood was required for the sacrifice. See Gen.15:8-15; Ex.12:12-13 and Hebrews 9:22.

None of all these blood was good enough to take away the sin of man so that he can become born again into the family of God. Since God foresaw this coming, He prepared himself a lamb from the foundation of the earth [Rev.13:8]. At the fullness of time, the Lord Jesus Christ came and lived the exemplary life God expects of us and he was later crucified and He died and was buried and on the third day, He was raised from the dead by the Holy Spirit so that if any man believes in him, such a person would be saved and the Holy Spirit would make the person a new creation and start living on the inside of the person. Thus the entire plan of redemption is that the blood of Jesus Christ poured out on God’s mercy seat in heaven grants access back to God by man. When this is done, man gets born again a new creation that has never existed before. This is why we must be born again. God and sin cannot coexist. Jesus Christ by His ultimate sacrifice provides the blood for the cleansing of man from his sinful nature so he can receive the nature of God also known as divine nature. With the nature of God in place man becomes more comfortable living in holiness than in sin. See 2Pet.1:3-4; Heb.8:7-13 and 9:12-20; 10:6-10; John 3:3-6; Col.1:27.

Benefits of the New Creation life:

When we get born again, it is for our own good because many benefits accrue to us including the following:

1.     Our sins are forgiven. Heb.8:12; Isa.43:25

2.     We are born again into the family of God. We thus become children of God born of the Spirit of God. See Jn.3:3-6; 1Pet.1:23.

3.     We pass from death to life – Jn.5:24; 3:3-5.

4.     We receive power to be children of God. Jn.1:12; Gal.3:29

5.     We have eternal life. Jn.6:47 and 1Jn.

6.     We are a chosen generation 1Pet.2:9

7.     We are a royal family. See Rev.1:5-6; 5:10 and Rm.5:17

8.     We are a family of priests. This means we can stand on behalf of the Lord as intermediaries between God and fallen man to bring them to salvation and all the benefits God has for them in the His family. See 1Pet.2:9 and Rev.1:5-6.

9.     We are the righteousness of God in Christ. The judgement of death due to sin is taken away from us and we are no more under condemnation 2Cor.5:21 and Rm.8:1.

10.                        We are more than conquerors. This is why our fight of faith is the good fight because we have been preordained to be victorious in Christ Jesus. See Rm.8:37; 1Tim.6:12 and 2Cor.2:14.

11.                        We are ambassadors for Christ. As we spread the good news of Jesus Christ in obedience to the great commission we fulfill this ministry and like ambassadors, we issue visas through the invitation to be saved to sinners providing them with the opportunity to enter into the family of God passing from death to life. See Mt.28:18-19; Mk.16:15-17 and 2Cor.5:20

12.                        We can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Jesus baptizes us with the Holy Spirit and fire with which we are empowered to become His witnesses. The result of this is that we can never be in want of power. Note that power is the ability to do work and the Holy Spirit is always available to help us every time we engage Him. See Acts 1:8 and Phil.4:13.

We will draw the curtains on this message for today for want of time and space. By the grace of God, next week we shall be tidying up by looking at the topic I title: Saved but not free. I believe God will use that message to open our eyes to many truths that would help us in balancing the new creation message.

Meanwhile someone may be reading this that is yet to make the right decision concerning the sacrifice the Lord Jesus Christ made for us on Calvary’s Cross; this is your opportunity. You can do so right away by saying the following prayer out loud in faith and you will be born again:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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