THE OLD MAN IS DEAD. SO QUIT TRYING TO WAKE HIM UP!
Trying to train the old nature is as fruitless as going to a cemetery and trying to get its inhabitants to sing the national anthem!
The Church is running around trying to wake up the old man, trying to train him to do well!
The Old man is dead, quit trying to wake him up!
2 Cor 5:16-19
16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
You are a new creation if you are in Christ. A new Species in fact! We might still live in the old body but our Spiritual man is brand new!
Jesus crucified the old man he doesn’t exist any more, So why do we spend so much time on self improvement programs for the Old man?
We need to establish right now that the old man is dead and therefore can’t change!
When was the last time you went down to the cemetery and saw a whole lot of reformed dead people!
It just doesn’t happen
Last year I can remember the fuss in the scientific world about the discovery of some new species in the highland jungles of New Guinea. The thing about new species is that they are NEW and different from the old!
So we are a new creation! But in an old body!
In other words we now bridge the gap between that which is natural and that which is Spiritual
Our old bodies now have the ability to see and partake of the Spiritual realm.
Seeing and Living in the Spirit should now be a normal part of our new life!
And our hearts cry should be to see the inheritance that God has for us in Christ. That our eyes would be enlightened!
Eph 1:16-18
16 I have never stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, 17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. 18 I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the wonderful future he has promised to those he called. I want you to realize what a rich and glorious inheritance he has given to his people.*
Eph 2:6
6 For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms—all because we are one with Christ Jesus. 7 And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus. God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
The key to knowing His calling and desire for our lives is found in having the eyes of our heart opened to see what he sees for us! To see that we sit in heavenly places with him!
‘What you see is determined from the place you sit”
If our hearts are bound to the things of this earth then the eyes of our heart will see earthly things!
If our hearts are fixed on Jesus and the realm he now lives in, then our eyes will see things from His perspective!
What is His perspective? It’s a Spiritual perspective! It’s seen from being seated in heavenly places with him!
1) If we don’t see things from a Spiritual perspective then it’s like living in a house with fantastic views, but choosing to live in a room with no windows! Our perspective will be “This is a dull and dark place”!
How many in the Church have that viewpoint about God? Lots because they choose not to partake of all that is available in the Spiritual realm!
2) If we choose to sit in a night club and mix with drunken people, then our perspective of excitement will be “This is fun”
If we dwell in a place where the eyes of our understanding are opened to all that is available in the Spiritual then we will release how “Not fun, our old life really is.
3) if our blinds are pulled and the fire is burning. Even though its snowing outside our perspective will be different than if we were outside in the snow! Why do you think Paul could say “No matter what state I find myself in I have learned to be content?”
He had learnt to live by the fire of God’s Holy Spirit, His perspective was always a heavenly one!
How we see things affects the way in which we react!
For instance: 3 disciples saw Jesus transfigured on the mount in Matt 17: they went from seeing Jesus of Nazareth, friend, Rabbi Teacher. To seeing Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Their perspective of him changed!
Its through the same revelation in our hearts that we see who we are as a new man in Christ! If we are truly in Him then every thing that is in Him is in us! There’s no room for dead men in a transfigured revelation! Our old nature just doesn’t cut it in this sort of environment! Peter went into a total flap over what he had seen.
Peter blurted out, “Lord, this is wonderful! If you want me to, I’ll make three shrines,* one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” But even as he said it, a bright cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, and I am fully pleased with him. Listen to him.” 6 The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground.
If we see Jesus from a Natural perspective, or from the perspective of the old man, we will be terrified when he turns up in power. But the shame of it all is, this is where many in the Church currently are. Wanting to change the old man, to train the old man, to please the old man!
But I repeat “The old man is dead he can’t be trained! “Ever tried to train a dead horse? We need to see from a heavenly perspective. Get out of the flesh and into the Spirit! That’s who you now are! A new Species a Spiritual man! Today you are New, and very spiritual if you will allow your heart to see it!
If today you are more concerned about the people around you
Or the type of music being played in Church
Or even how fat and bald the preacher is!
Then you are not here to minister to the Lord.
Ask for the eyes of your heart to be enlightened!
The Spiritual realm will become more real to you than this earthly realm
There is a spiritual element to everything that happens around us!
We just need to see as a new creation and not an old dead man!
My hearts desire for you today is that we will all see as Jesus sees
The only way this can happen is that we give up trying to get right with God, and realise that he has made us right through the Blood of Jesus Christ!
You are called to walk in amazing Spiritual revelation and understanding
But the devil wants you to stay convinced that the old man is not good enough to receive!
What the devil says is true! The old man isn’t good enough to enter in
That’s why Jesus crucified it!
Just thank the Devil for reminding you that the old man isn’t good enough and has been buried in baptism with Jesus, You now enter into the Spirit as a new creation, something the devil can never partake of!
You are good enough to experience wonderful Spiritual revelation, and to see into the Spiritual realm! But its not of your doing, the way has been made for you by Jesus.
Don’t accept the view from the room without windows any longer
Walk right out into the room with landscape windows, the room Jesus has given you
The devil just wants to keep you earth bound in your vision
But as a new creation you are called to heaven. A place the devil will not experience again!
G Campbell Morgan said “A mans concept of God creates his attitude toward the hour in which he lives”
If we are to see as God sees then we must see ourselves as a new creation!
May the eyes of our hearts be enlightened!
The spiritual realm is your home, live in it! And enjoy the fruits.
