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(Taculia Evangelical Sermons) NEW CREATION (THE MYSTERY OF IMMORTALITY REVEALED BY THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST JESUS) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ , he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17) The one and only way for a human being to become a new creation is through the living word of God, which starts by uncovering the mortal and immortal parts that makes up a human being: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathe into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7) The dust of the ground here is our physical body, while the breath of life is our image and likeness of God: So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:27) Which is also called the Spirit: “God is a Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth. (John 4:24). Now the call, in the above scripture, for human beings to worship God in Spirit and in truth gives full proof that we surely have the image and likeness of God as one of the two parts that makes up us. Now this living word of God goes on to analyze the fact that we are made new creations through God's breath of life, while the dust of the ground i.e. the old creation, is doomed to perish. Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because “all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and it’s flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever. (1 Peter 1:23-24). Thus, it is clear and certain that the two parts that makes up a human being must surely disengage one day. Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. (Ecclesiastes 12:7) Now this living word of God, Who only holds the promise of immortality, is revealed nowhere else but in the gospel message handed down by Jesus Christ to his apostles, as one of them, St Paul, noted to his co-worker Titus: Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgement of the truth which accords with godliness , in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our savior; (Titus 1:1-3) And as Christ Himself predicted: “And this gospel of the kingdom of God will be preached in the whole world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. (Mathew 24:14) Those who are chosen and send forth, from generation to generation, must carry on this tradition of revealing the truth hidden in the gospel of Jesus Christ. And being one amongst these kinds in my own generation, permit me to guide you into this wonderful mystery of how you can become a new creation through the gospel of Christ Jesus and in so doing attain immortality. It all begins from where the scripture begins: In the beginning God created then heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, “let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1:1-4). Let us now go into the proper analogy of the above scripture: A. “The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.”. Now the earth which was without form and void and covered in darkness symbolizes the mortal part of the human being which as we saw earlier was made from the dust of the ground. (If you have ever come in contact with a human corpse, you will be in a better position to perfectly visualize the nature of the human being immediately after God finishes forming it from the dust of the ground). Now since the human corpse has no breath of life in it, his eyes, where the light of his body comes from, cannot behold it's form because it is void and covered in darkness, and at such the corpse is unconscious of whatever transpires around his immediate environment or anywhere else. And this reality portrays exactly how the life of anyone, who is living according to the dust of the ground, is, i.e. the sinners who are caught up or entangled in the lustful desires and passions of the earth from whence their mortal part came from. But meanwhile the Spirit of God, which is now hovering above him, waits for him to submit to God’s next step of commanding Her to enter his mortal body. And if he adheres and receives this Spirit, he instantly springs up as a new creation. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit, the things of the spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Romans 8:5-6) Beloved, it is very plain to see that all the desires, lusts and pleasures which abounds here on earth soon comes to an end or perish. For instance, all the good food and snacks, expensive wines and assorted drinks that we take into our bodies are passed out in a short while as faeces; and even though they end up nourishing our bodies and leaves us looking healthy and strong, they can never prevent our bodies from an inevitable end that will cause it to perish in the ground of which it came one day. In another instance, unmarried couples, who through lust of the flesh engage in sexual pleasure, will discover that no matter how long they last in bed, they will soon become tired and bring their sinful act to an end. On the other hand, those who abide by God's Word will discover that nothing He says ever comes to an end. For instance, married couples who kept God's Word in Genesis chapter 2 verse 24 which says: Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Will understand that sexual pleasure was meant to fulfill God's Word in Genesis chapter 1 verse 22 which says: Be fruitful and multiply. And will therefore use it as a means of bringing to life and raising godly children who will in turn help to multiply the eternal kingdom of God after they pass away from this earth. But the unmarried couples will immediately terminate their unwanted pregnancies because they can never help God's word to endure forever, and because of that there is no way they too can endure forever. "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. (Mathew 24:35). B. “Then God said, “let there be light”; and there was light.” Therefore, for the corpse i.e. the sinner to start living, he must become like the light above and obey God’s command or word, because it is in the word that life came forth and became light which overpowers darkness for mankind. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. (John 1:1-5) And Who else could the Word, the life, and the light be than Christ Himself. And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14). Then Jesus spoke to them again saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. (John 8:12). And the reason He came down to earth was to bring the understanding of how human beings can attain immortality, also called eternal life. And we know that the son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him Who is true; and we are in Him Who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20) C. “And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.” After obeying the gospel message and receiving the light, God will now see that the sinner is good, and so divides or separates him from the old lifestyle that he used to live. And this division or separation is instituted so that the sinner no longer continues to do those bad or evil things he used to, while he was living in the dark as an old creation. And this means that, if such a one was an adulterer or fornicator he must not adulterate or fornicate again; if he was always overcame with anger he must henceforth not be angry again; if he was a drunkard he must never be found with a bottle of alcohol again etc. etc. and once the sinner achieves this aim, he will become physically dead to sin and thus resurrect to the image and likeness of God which we now understand to be the breath of life He blew into our nostrils, or simply the Spirit which gives life. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. (Romans 8:9-10) And for those who refuse to obey God’s word and come to life, they will still remain like the human corpse, which when buried, finally lacks form and is void while it lies in absolute darkness as the earth was before the beginning. And such a one is forever cut off from God, because his spirit will never be received by Him after it disengages with the body, since it was unable to please God by hearkening to His word and come to life. 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. (Romans 8:7-8) And we must here never forget that: for those who obey God and come to life through His Spirit, it is only their mortal body, already doomed to perish, that will return to the dust of the ground, while their Spirit, which now attains immortality, goes back to the giver of life. Even as the Lord Jesus revealed to Martha shortly before He raised her brother Lazarus from the dead: Jesus said to her “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. (John 11:25) Thus, it is time for us sinners who have come to the understanding of this wonderful mystery, to obey God’s living word, as the light did, and come out from our old creation, i.e. the darkness, which symbolizes our sinful ways, and resolve never to go back to them; especially those of us who call ourselves born again Christians but still continue to do those bad and wrong things we used to before we started to claim accepting Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior, for as the apostle Peter exhorted us: As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He Who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Peter 1:14-16) And since it is only the pure milk of God’s word, such as the one revealed in this sermon, that can lead us to true holiness; let us, especially those who claim born again Christians, again hearken to the words of the apostle Peter: Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as new born babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. (1 Peter 2:1-3) Hence, since God is immortal and we have His image and likeness as a part of us, let us endeavor to make our lives conform to His image and likeness, so that we can attain immortality when we must have delivered our mortal part to the dust of the ground from whence it was taken. Such is the mystery uncovered by the true gospel of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Who Himself came down to lay an example for us, thus I finally co-join with St Paul and, …urge you in the sight of God Who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus Who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He Who is blessed and only Potentate, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. (1 Timothy 6:15-16). You might chose to ignore this message and continue in your sinful ways, dismissing it as a fairy-tale or myth; but I assure you that 'had I known' will be your phrase of sorrow on the day you die and this truth is presented before you. This sermon belongs to: TACULIA EVANGELICAL: A non-profitable and independent Christian body, out to enlighten mankind on the gospel of truth. For all enquiries, questions and comments. Please call the numbers: 08038927536, 08025213470.