There are six Greek words that describe various aspects of life. The two
found most in the New Testament are psuehe which is natural life and
the other is zoe which is life as God has it. The apostle Paul tells us,
"And you God made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in
which you once walked according to the course of this world, according
to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the
sons of disobedience." (Ephesians 2:1-2) In other words, before we
were born again we were spiritually dead and partakers of Satan’s
nature. It is this nature that has produced sin, wickedness, evil,
misery, sickness, disease, poverty and the like.
It has produced the works of the flesh,
which are, "adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish
ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries,
and the like." (Galatians 5:19-21) It has also produced
condemnation, guilt, inferiority, shame and a sense of unworthiness.
Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:12 "that at that time you were without
Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from
the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world." In Romans 8:7-8 Paul tells us, "Because
the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law
of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot
please God."
Much of Christianity today is a product of the Dark Ages and has not
moved very much beyond the old wine skin of the reformation in respect
to who the born again person has become in Christ. When you think about
it, if it were possible for God to forgive a sinners their sin only, it
would actually not do the sinner any good, because he/she would continue
sinning due to the fallen nature within them. The fact is, the
fallen, sinful, satanic nature in un-regenerated man must be taken out
and replaced with a new nature. Man must be recreated. According to 2
Peter 1:3-4 we read, "As His divine power has given to us all things
that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who
called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us
exceedingly great and precious promises,that through these you may be
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in
the world through lust."
The corruption that is in the world is the satanic nature. However, the
born again person is delivered from the old nature and becomes a
partaker of God's divine nature which is zoe, life as God has it, or
eternal life. Jesus said, "Whoever believes in the Son of God should
not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting (eternal) life." (John 3:15-16) and "Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who
sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has
passed from death into life." (John 5:24) All who are born again,
have been delivered out of death, the satanic realm, into the realm of
life as God has it, where there is no judgment.
To be born again is actually and literally being birthed out of Satan’s
family and being placed into the family of God. Look at the following
scriptures, "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and
conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have
redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins." (Colossians 1:13-14) "For sin (Satan) shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace." (Romans 6:14) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become
new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through
Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation." (2
Corinthians 5:17-18)
When one confesses Jesus as Lord and accepts Him as Savior, God
immediately gives him/her His very nature. They no longer have Satan’s nature, no longer a sinner, beggar, or even a servant, but a child of God.
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name." (John 1:12) and "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. (Romans 8:15) also "Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God." (1 John 3:1) The new believer is a child of God with God's divine
nature. He is no longer a child of the devil with his fallen, sinful
nature. PTL
Believers must understand that they have been given the nature of God
and that eternal life in them now. It is not a destination nor some
reward that is received when a believer passes from this life. Eternal
life, the nature of God, makes us righteous, we love as God loves, we
have the God kind of faith,
we are His children, we are heirs and have rights and privileges in
Christ as sons and daughters that unfortunately, we have barely
appropriated. So, let us make this faith declaration together,
“I have confessed Jesus as Lord; I have taken Him as my Savior; God has
completely removed the satanic nature from me; God has given me life as
He has it which is His divine nature. Healing, provision, long life,
strength, success and victory are mine because they are all a part of my
New Creation Life in Christ." Amen.
We all need to meditate on these truths until they burn in our very
being. So, if sickness, disease, sin, or Satan himself tries to come upon
us, we can declare with all certainty that God dwells in this new
creation; He is my Father and I am His child and I refuse to let these
thing in my life, in Jesus' name!
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