A REBORN RACE !

A REBORN RACE ! "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17). Your mind did not get born again, your body did not get born again: it was the spirit of man, that was re-created in the image and likeness of God. The thought that every born again believer can operate in the power of THE BLESSING the same way Jesus or the early apostles did of mazes many Christians. They struggle to picture themselves multiplying natural resources (like loaves and fish), healing the sick or raising the dead. Yet, in the Bible, Jesus empathetically declared that any person with simple God kind of faith in Him could do all those things and more: "Verily or truly, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father" (John 14:12). "And whatsoever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you shall ask anything in my name, I will do it" (verses 13- 14). "If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and its share remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you" (Matthew 17:20). "And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover" (Mark 16:17- 18). If you believe those statements to be true, you may wonder, why has the body of Christ as a whole not embrace them ? Why aren't the millions of Christians who show up for church every Sunday, rocking their cities for Jesus by preaching the gospel with signs and wonders following all week long ? I believe there's one primary reason for it. Most Christians don't know who they are in Christ Jesus ! They have been brainwashed by the devil into believing they're "just old sinners saved by grace." They've been convinced by religious tradition that they are nothing more than fallen human being who have been forgiven by a loving God. As a result, they've spent their entire Christian lives identifying more with defeated Adam and the world than with Jesus Christ, their victorious, resurrected Lord. "But, Brother Lewis, I am just an old sinner who has been forgiven and saved by grace." No, you're not ! You're either a sinner or you've been saved by grace, but you can't be both at the same time. If you're truly a sinner, then receive Jesus as your Lord and get saved, which is born again.(1 Peter 1:23). If you're already saved, then stop thinking of yourself as the same person you were before you were born again. Get the phrase "I'm just an old sinner" out of your mind and out of your mouth because spiritual law declares that we have what we say. If you keep calling yourself a sinner, Satan will see to it that your confession comes to pass. He'll have you acting like a sinner before sundown and, unless you change what you say, he'll keep you acting that way for the rest of your life. That is what's going on primarily with many people who say that they are saved. Don't misunderstand. I'm not saying just because you're saved, you're going to live in sinless perfection. You will miss it and sin from time to time. As you walk out the process of renewing your mind to what THE WORD of God says, you'll occasionally behave in ways not consistent with who you really are. But that doesn't change the fact that as a born again child of God, you are not, by nature, an old sinner. On the contrary, the New Testament says: If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). The phrase new creature doesn't refer to something old that's been refurbished. It doesn't describe a forgiven sinner who's been cleansed up a little. A new creature is a freshly created species of being that has never existed before; and that's what you are. The old sinner you once were has passed away. He died the death of the cross with Jesus when you gave your life to Him. And many believers do not have that revelation, that's why many are still looking like, doing like; the world. A carnal minded person cannot understand are function in the things of God because the carnal mind is enmity: it is against the law of faith of God, and it will not submit to the law of God. In that instant, you were re-created. You became a brand-new person in Christ. Again your mind, which is the seat of your will, emotions, intellect, and thinking did not get born again; neither did your body !