Steven and Sarah

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A New Creation November 11, 2009

A New Creation

I am so thankful for what has been given to those that walk in the Spirit.  There is no longer a way to fix humanity.  Nothing good in humanity dwells.  I hope you heard my words as sober and very grateful.

All humanity has the ability for evil and wickedness.  There are countless studies of men trying to figure out why a person performs a horrible deed.  Humans have the power to know both good and evil, yet still remain incapable of ridding themselves of either.  They  try so hard to be good only to break the law or so violently destroy the law only to desire love.

Religion has only aided in the masking of all of it.  It is man’s best for the spiritual. Men study and grow wise in the traditions and knowledge of “Things of God.”  It has something that has plagued men throughout history.  Always learn and never coming to the knowledge of the truth.  Always need to be right, in the eyes of others.  Men by nature only serve themselves and their agenda.  When looking at the big picture, what good deed was ever done truly for unconditional love?  People who grew up in the western societies know this answer… Jesus died on the cross for my sins.  Right? Well once again man miss the mark by stating a fact in the hopes that it will carry him through.  Unconditional love, one where there is nothing given in return, is not in the nature of man.  Serving their own agenda’s, men provide love to others.  Man tries so hard to cover up the fact that it is man.  Our western religious society has countless books, teachings, schoolings, and thoughts for ailing the human condition.  How do I stop sinning?  Sinning would in this case mean, stop perform evil deeds.   There is no way for a human to not be a human.  Human nature is all the same.  If your mother was a horse and your father was a horse, then I hate to tell you this but you are a horse! So then does the sins of the forefathers fall on those that come after them?  What good would it do for God to tally up sins over centuries? He wiped sin away on the cross for all men that we might have the opportunity to be saved by the new creation.

Humanity has no way to change itself.  If you are of the human seed, laws govern the fact that there is no way for you to be anything but human.  So why does a human that is not birthed of a new seed try so hard to change his nature?  We can not change the fact that we are human, and in are humanity we are wicked.  Put rose a on it, shine it up, shave it, give it nice clothes, give it a haircut, give it a new look or just improve it’s knowledge, it is still a human.

So is there now no hope for mankind?  No solution to it’s condition?  This is all I ask of you… if you do not want a solution to the pain and sorrow within your soul then do not worry about it.  Live your life in such a way that you want to fix society, you want to change the world, you want to forget all about it and do what you like.  Do not spend your entire life here on this earth worried if your are right or wrong.  Do not spend one waking moment in regret.   You can not afford the time.  To answer my question: Yes there is hope! There is a New Creation.

If you are born of a new seed, the old seed must die.  So now we have Christ, who being a man was God at the same time; 100% both. Comes to the earth in the form of a bond servant, he put to death the deeds of humanity.  He forever filled the requirement of the law through his death and resurrection. Allowing a man to become a new creation, God pours out his Spirit upon all flesh.  A new creation is born.  Now you might look at Jesus and see just another man, or might look at Jesus and see a symbol of an entire western religious culture.  The reality of who He is might escape you.  The simplicity of Jesus Christ is this, he was both born of God and of a woman.  Now I too have the opportunity to be both born of God and of a woman.  If I say to you that God is my Father, I do not say it to gain your respect or fit into a culture.  I say it because I have been baptized in his presence.  He has adopted me.  However, when I say to you that God is my Father I am saying that his nature is now within me.  You may not know how to take this but I am not saying that man is now God, but rather as I give my life to my Father I become the Son of God.   A new creation in which old things have past away and all things are new.  This is why I am so thankful that I do not have to worry about trying to fix myself.  I know there is error in my humanity, but as I put to death the deeds of my humanity just as Jesus Christ did, I will partake of the new creation.  So then, I must die? We all die physical death’s but my death is Spiritual.  Christ died for the ungodly, I do the same within my body.  I die daily to partake of the new creation.

At most I hope my words brought peace to your soul and rest.

 

One Response to “A New Creation”

  1. Susan Murphy Says:

    Aw Steven,
    I feel I know you much better, my Brother.
    We wish you and Sarah every happiness this, your first, Christmas as a married couple.
    By God’s grace, may you know the “peace that passes all understanding” that only comes from the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, our LORD and Savior.

    Sincerely,

    Susan


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