"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." (John 4:14)
"Hearken Diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness." Today, I want to look at this new creature in Christ from the point of Grace. Again, using our friend that could not forgive little, after being forgiven so much: When the king forgave him of the debt, this was the act of mercy; and being released from the bondage of the debt, this was the act of grace; which was the part of the forgiveness that he did not receive. Let me explain; When Jesus would heal someone, sometimes He would say, "Your sins are forgiven; Go and sin no more." Your sins are forgiven, this is the Mercy; Go and sin no more, this is the Grace. It is by God's Grace that we are able to walk in this newness that enables us to sin no more. I'm I saying that we will not sin anymore, No; But what I am saying is that the old sin nature has been replaced with a New Nature, that does not sin. You might be saying right about now, "That sounds contrary to each other?"; That is the whole point, they are contrary to one another. The new creature does not sin, because it is Born of God; but when sin does occur to is because the old creature has been able to come alive again and cause the sin. We must constantly be on guard against the old creature wanting to do this; that is the warfare of the flesh against the Spirit; and it will continue until we are with the Lord in Heaven. What we must do, and do it diligently, is to walk in the Newness, without focusing on the old; because when we focus on the old creature, that is when we give it life again. Okay, maybe we should look at our friend again: When he was forgiven of his debt, he walked out from the presence of the king forgiven of the debt; but when he ran into his fellow servant that owed him money, he entered back into the bondage of debtedness; demanding that the debt he was owed to be paid; Why? Because, even though he had been forgiven the debt, he was still naturally bound to the debt that he had been forgiven of, (Did that make any sense at all?). Maybe I should shut up and see if Paul can explain it better: "Knowing this, that the old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is free from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in that He died, He died unto sin once: But in that He liveth, He liveth unto God. Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:6-11) The old creature will constantly remind us that it is still here; wanting to tell us that it still matters; but we must make the New Creature matter the most. The old man is dead in Christ; while the New Man has been made alive in Christ, and has a journey that has just begun; the old man's journey has ended. The old man's quests, desires and passions lead to death; the new man's quests, desires and passions press forward unto everlasting life... "Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." (Psalms 16:11) 'Thy Will, not my will!'
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