Post by WatchmanRay on Jan 30, 2010 15:06:59 GMT -5
You’re A Spirit Being Now
There is a real need to understand this first blessing that God has blessed you with as it has very powerful benefits associated with it. The Scripture, through Paul reveals that there is a natural body and a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Our birth in the seed-line of Adam, before we came to Christ, gave us a “natural birth” and we became a “living soul”.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
We have no problem comprehending this natural birth as we have related to it our entire life. What we have not heard about is that the birth we have received through Jesus Christ is incredible and literally “SUPER-natural”. In Adam we became a “living soul”, but in the new birth by the Spirit through Christ Jesus we become a “life giving SPIRIT”.
1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
This refers to the man Adam and natural birth as a living soul that is passed down to all of us as everything reproduces of its own kind. The “LAST ADAM” is referring to Jesus Christ and His seed-line as a quickening (Gk zōopoieō; pronounced dzo-op-oy-eh'-o meaning life giving) Spirit that is passed down to all that are born again as He also reproduces of His own kind!
1 Corinthians 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
This affirms again that Natural Adam and natural physical birth were first to all mankind and then through Jesus the spiritual man and spiritual birth were made available to all of mankind.
1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
First nature of man, by Adam, is of the earthly realm and pertains to the earthly dominion, but the second nature of man, by Jesus Christ, is of the heavenly/spiritual realm and pertains to spiritual dominion.
1 Corinthians 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
As Adam, in a natural earthly state, so are all the descendants that are born and live according to the laws that govern the natural earthly state. As Jesus Christ, the Spiritual Adam is, so are also those that are born and live according to the laws that govern the state of the heavenly/spiritual realm. You and I!
1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Just as we have carried the nature and characteristics of our first Adam we are to also manifest the nature and characteristics of our Last Adam, Christ Jesus!
Jesus described this very thing to Nicodemus, before Israel ever rejected Him. Jesus told him that he must be born again. The flesh natural birth was insufficient. Even as a devout Jew, he needed the Spirit birth, to enter the Kingdom of God. Incredible! But, Jesus revealed it!
John 3:5-8 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Good news to you and I, because when we were born again it was not from going back into our mothers womb, but it was from the womb of the Spirit and we are now Spirit beings, and children of God. Thank You Jesus!
Romans 8:8-9 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
If the Spirit of God dwells in you then you are in the Spirit, now, not one day in the sweet bye-and-bye. Praise God and give Him glory for your Spiritual Birth.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new CREATURE: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God...
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new CREATURE.
Creature in the Greek is ktisis pronounced ktis'-is and means a creation; building; formation. If any man is in Christ, HE IS A NEW CREATION – NOW! Old things of the flesh are passed away, behold ALL THINGS become new > The NEW IS SPIRIT! He specifically said “ALL THINGS”, because we were in the flesh, but are NOW in the Spirit.
In Summary:
We were born on this earth in the seed line of Adam as a living soul susceptible to sin and death under the power of the kingdom of darkness. But, God who is rich in His mercy towards us sent Jesus as the LAST ADAM to set up a NEW SEED LINE so that we could be born again, not as a corruptible soulish being in the flesh again, but as a SPIRIT BEING incorruptible and alive forever more. The one that is born only of the flesh is still flesh, but the one that is born after the spirit IS SPIRIT! This means you and I. That’s one reason Jesus said, ”the things I do shall you do also” is because we are all of the SAME SPIRIT! Welcome to the SPIRIT REALM!
There is a real need to understand this first blessing that God has blessed you with as it has very powerful benefits associated with it. The Scripture, through Paul reveals that there is a natural body and a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Our birth in the seed-line of Adam, before we came to Christ, gave us a “natural birth” and we became a “living soul”.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
We have no problem comprehending this natural birth as we have related to it our entire life. What we have not heard about is that the birth we have received through Jesus Christ is incredible and literally “SUPER-natural”. In Adam we became a “living soul”, but in the new birth by the Spirit through Christ Jesus we become a “life giving SPIRIT”.
1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
This refers to the man Adam and natural birth as a living soul that is passed down to all of us as everything reproduces of its own kind. The “LAST ADAM” is referring to Jesus Christ and His seed-line as a quickening (Gk zōopoieō; pronounced dzo-op-oy-eh'-o meaning life giving) Spirit that is passed down to all that are born again as He also reproduces of His own kind!
1 Corinthians 15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
This affirms again that Natural Adam and natural physical birth were first to all mankind and then through Jesus the spiritual man and spiritual birth were made available to all of mankind.
1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
First nature of man, by Adam, is of the earthly realm and pertains to the earthly dominion, but the second nature of man, by Jesus Christ, is of the heavenly/spiritual realm and pertains to spiritual dominion.
1 Corinthians 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
As Adam, in a natural earthly state, so are all the descendants that are born and live according to the laws that govern the natural earthly state. As Jesus Christ, the Spiritual Adam is, so are also those that are born and live according to the laws that govern the state of the heavenly/spiritual realm. You and I!
1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Just as we have carried the nature and characteristics of our first Adam we are to also manifest the nature and characteristics of our Last Adam, Christ Jesus!
Jesus described this very thing to Nicodemus, before Israel ever rejected Him. Jesus told him that he must be born again. The flesh natural birth was insufficient. Even as a devout Jew, he needed the Spirit birth, to enter the Kingdom of God. Incredible! But, Jesus revealed it!
John 3:5-8 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Good news to you and I, because when we were born again it was not from going back into our mothers womb, but it was from the womb of the Spirit and we are now Spirit beings, and children of God. Thank You Jesus!
Romans 8:8-9 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
If the Spirit of God dwells in you then you are in the Spirit, now, not one day in the sweet bye-and-bye. Praise God and give Him glory for your Spiritual Birth.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new CREATURE: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God...
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new CREATURE.
Creature in the Greek is ktisis pronounced ktis'-is and means a creation; building; formation. If any man is in Christ, HE IS A NEW CREATION – NOW! Old things of the flesh are passed away, behold ALL THINGS become new > The NEW IS SPIRIT! He specifically said “ALL THINGS”, because we were in the flesh, but are NOW in the Spirit.
In Summary:
We were born on this earth in the seed line of Adam as a living soul susceptible to sin and death under the power of the kingdom of darkness. But, God who is rich in His mercy towards us sent Jesus as the LAST ADAM to set up a NEW SEED LINE so that we could be born again, not as a corruptible soulish being in the flesh again, but as a SPIRIT BEING incorruptible and alive forever more. The one that is born only of the flesh is still flesh, but the one that is born after the spirit IS SPIRIT! This means you and I. That’s one reason Jesus said, ”the things I do shall you do also” is because we are all of the SAME SPIRIT! Welcome to the SPIRIT REALM!