Who You Are in Christ: ONE SPIRT - New Creation Realities
THE DEAD MAN IS NOT YOU .
NEW YOU = IN CHRIST .
We are going to unlock one of the most revolutionary teachings. It's called new creation realities, who you are in Christ, here and now.. And I need you to understand something before we go any further. What you're about to discover will either liberate you completely or offend you deeply. Because this truth is going to tell you who you really are. Not who the church says you are, not who religion says you are, not who your past says you are, but who God says you are. Most believers have no idea who they are. They've been born again for years, but they still see themselves as just a sinner saved by grace. They still gravel* before God like spiritual beggars. *informal English, gravel is tomake (someone) angry or annoyed. They still apologize for existing. Today you discovered something in the Pauline epistles that changed everything. He found out that the new creation is not an improvement of the old man. It's not a reformed sinner. It's not a religious version of your former self. The new creation is a brand new species that has never existed before.
2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away. Behold, all things are become new." The word creature in the Greek is katisus. It means a new species, a new creation, something that has never been before. You are not a renovated old creation. You are a completely new creation. In new creation realities.
He made possible the new creation, a new race of men who can stand in God's presence without the sense of guilt, condemnation or inferiority. Read that again. Without the sense of guilt, without condemnation, without inferiority.
Most Christians can't even imagine that. They've been taught to stay humble by staying guilty. They've been told that confession means confessing their sins every day. They've been programmed to see themselves as unworthy, unqualified, and undeserving. But that is not what the Pauline Revelation teaches. That's sense knowledge talking. That' is religion talking. That's not what God says about you. Let me show you what happened the moment you were born again. And this is going to blow your theology wide open.
2 Corinthians 5:21 says, "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." Do you see it? You did not become a little more righteous. You did not become partially justified.
You became the righteousness of God. Not your righteousness, not a righteousness you earned, not a righteousness you're working toward. The righteousness of God in Christ. "Jesus was made unto us righteousness. When you and I came into Christ, he became our righteousness. And then by the new creation we became the righteousness of God in him. This is not poetry. This is not metaphor. This is legal reality. In the courts of heaven, you are declared righteous. Not because of what you did, but because of what he did. Now, let's talk about what most believers don't know. You are not just forgiven. You are not just saved from hell. You are a joint heir with Jesus Christ.
Romans 8:17 says, "And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heir with Christ." What does joint heir mean? It means you inherit exactly what Jesus inherits. Not less, not a smaller portion. Joint means equal share. Everything that belongs to Jesus Christ belongs to you. His authority, his power, his name, his standing with the Father, his access to the throne, his victory over Satan, his dominion over sickness, his mastery over lack. "We are heirs of God and joint heir with Christ. We have passed out of the realm of satanic relationship into the holy family of the Father God." But here is the problem. Most believers know this in their head, but they do not know it in their spirit. They can quote the verse, but they can't live the reality. Why? Because they've never been taught what we call "what we dare confess about ourselves." The church has taught believers to be humble by denying who they are. They've been told, "Don't get proud. Don't think too highly of yourself. Remember, you're just a worm." But that is a lie from hell. You are not a worm. No more. Now you are a child of God. You are a new creation. You are the righteousness of God in Christ. And until you dare to confess what God says you are, you will live beneath your privileges.
I wonder if we have realized who we are. I wonder if we ever considered that we belong to another race. We are a new species. The old things that belong to the earth walk are passed away. And behold, all things are become new. Listen to this fact.You do not belong to the human race anymore. You belong to a new race. The race of the recreated, the race of the redeemed, the race of the righteous.
When you were born again, you did not just get a religion. You got a new nature. The very nature of God himself came into your spirit. Second Peter 1:4 says, "You are partakers of the divine nature." That means you have the same nature that's in the Father. The same life that is in Jesus is now in you.
Now, let me show you something that will shock most Christians. You are seated with Christ in heavenly places right now. Ephesians 2:6 says, "And hath raised us up together and made us to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Notice the tense, not will sit, not going to sit someday. Made us to sit. Sit, present tense. It's already done. You are not waiting to get to heaven to be seated with Christ. You are seated with him right now. And where is he seated?
Ephesians 1:20-21 tells us, "Far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named." That means you are seated far above every demon, far above every disease, far above every problem, far above every financial crisis, far above every attack of the enemy. We are sitting now far above all rule and authority. He put all things in subjection under our feet. We are the earth part of the body of Christ. Do you see it? You are not under Satan's feet. Satan is under your feet. You are not beneath circumstances. Circumstances 7:57 are beneath you. But most believers don't live like this. They live like victims. They live like slaves. They
8:04 live like beggars. Why? Because they don't know who they are. Let's talk about the old man versus the new man.
Because this is where most Christians get confused. Romans 6:6 says, "Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed that henceforth we should not serve sin." Notice the tense again. Not is being crucified. Not will be crucified. Is crucified. Past tense, already done. The old man, the sin nature, the spiritually dead self that was joined to Satan died with Christ on the cross. That old man is gone. He does not exist anymore. When you were born again, you didn't get a reformed old man. You got a brand new man.
Let me explain here, When we accept Jesus Christ as our saviour and confess him as our Lord, we become a new creation and experimentally that old man stops being and the new man in Christ takes his place. The old you is dead. The new you is alive. The old you was a sinner. The new you is righteous. The old you was spiritually dead. The new you has eternal life. And you need to stop identifying with the dead man and start identifying with the new man.
Now, here is where it gets radical. First, John 4:17 says, "As he is, so are we in this world." Read that slowly. As he is, so are we. Not as he was when he walked on earth. As he is right now seated at the right hand of the Father. Glorified, victorious triumphant as he is so are we in this world. Every attribute in Jesus Christ that made him beautiful is in the new creation, we have the same life that dominated him, that love nature we have the same kind of love he had. Think about what Jesus was in his earthwalk. He was fearless. He was a master of demons. He was a master of disease. He was a master of lack. He spoke and the storm obeyed. He commanded and the dead came back to life. Why? Because he was the righteousness of God.He had no sin consciousness. He had no sense of inferiority. He has divine consciousness. He thinks with his Father. He knew who he was. And now, as he is, so are you. You have the same righteousness. You have the same authority. You have the same access to the Father. You have the same Holy Spirit living in you. The only difference is Jesus knew who he was and most believers don't.
Let's talk about standing in the Father's presence. This is one of the most liberating truths in the entire Bible. Hebrews 4:16 says, "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need." Boldly, not timidly, not apologetically, not graveling, but boldly. Why? Because you are righteous. Because Jesus is your righteousness. Because you have been made the righteousness of God in Christ. We can stand in the Father's presence just as Jesus did in his earth walk because Jesus is our righteousness. You can stand in his presence without the sense of guilt, condemnation, or inferiority. Most believers can't even comprehend this. They think they need to beg. They think they need to plead. They think they need to remind God of how unworthy they are. But that is an insult to the finished work of Christ. Jesus did not die so you could gravel. He died so you could reign.
Romans 5:17 says, "For if by one man's offense, death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ." You are supposed to reign, not beg, not struggle, not barely survive. Reign. But you can't reign if you do not know your royalty. You can't reign if you see yourself as a beggar. You can't reign if you're living in condemnation.
Now, let me address the biggest lie the enemy has used to keep believers in bondage. It is the lie of unworthiness. The enemy whispers, "You're not worthy. Look at your past. Look at your mistakes. Look at your failures. How dare you think you can come boldly before God?" And most believers agree with him. They say, "You're right. I'm not worthy. I'm just a sinner saved by grace."
But that is not what God says. God says you are worthy not because of what you've done but because of what Jesus did. When God looks at you, he does not see your past. He does not see your mistakes. He does not see your sin. He sees Jesus Christ. He sees righteousness. He sees his beloved child.
Know this truth that Satan cannot cope with the man who knows he is the righteousness of God in Christ, who knows that Jesus has been made unto him wisdom. That man is a master man.
You are a master, not because you're perfect, but because you're in Christ, and in Christ you have been made perfect.
Hebrews 10:14 says, "For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified, perfected", not being perfected, not will be perfected someday. Perfected forever. The work is done. You're complete in him. You don't need to add anything. You don't need to earn anything. You just need to know who you are.
Let's talk about what you can confess about yourself because this is where the rubber meets the road. It represents the point at which a theory or idea is put to the test in real-world situations. It refers to the moment when we move from planning or talking about something to actually doing it.
Can you say "l am the righteousness of God in Christ" or does something in you rebel against that?
Can you say I am a joint heir with Jesus or does that sound arrogant?
Can you say I am seated with Christ far above all principality and power? Or does that feel presumptuous?
l had not dared to confess that I was what the Word said I was. The word says l am redeemed, but I had no sense of redemption. He's describing the struggle. You know, the word says it, but you don't feel it, so you don't confess it. But feeling has nothing to do with it. This is not about emotions.
This is about legal reality. In the courts of heaven, you are the righteousness of God, whether you feel righteous or not. In the mind of the Father, you are seated with Christ, whether you feel victorious or not. In the eternal covenant, you are a joint heir with Jesus, whether you feel worthy or not. And the moment you start confessing what God says you are, your experience will start lining up with the word.
Now let me show you the difference between Jesus and most believers. It is not ability, it is identity. Jesus knew who he was. In Matthew 12:42, he said, "A greater than Solomon is here." Think about the boldness of that statement. Solomon was the wisest, richest, most powerful king whom Israel ever had. And Jesus said, "I'm greater than Solomon." That's not arrogance. That's truth. That's identity. That's knowing who you are and not apologizing for it. I wonder if we have realized who we are. We have not yet realized our position in Christ, our position in the family. We are the very sons and daughters of God Almighty. Solomon was but a son of David. Do you see it? The least in the kingdom of God is greater than Solomon. Because Solomon had natural wisdom, but you have the mind of Christ. Solomon had natural wealth. But you have access to the riches of glory in Christ Jesus. Solomon was a king over Israel, but you are a king and priest unto God, reigning in life through Jesus Christ. You are not less than Jesus. You are in Jesus. And everything he is, you are. 1 John 4:17 again, as he is, so are we in this world.
Let's talk about the hidden man of the heart. This is call the recreated spirit. 1 Peter 3:4 talks about the hidden man of the heart. This is the real you. Not your body, not your mind, not your emotions, your spirit.
When you were born again, your spirit was recreated. It received the nature of God. It became righteous. It became alive. It became joined to the Lord. 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, "But he that is joined into the Lord is one spirit." One spirit, not two, but one. You and Jesus are joined together in spirit. You are fused. You are united. You are one.
It is really an unveiling of what we are in Christ today, of what he says we are, what he has made us to be in his great redemptive work. The hidden man of the heart is the new you, the real you, the eternal you. And this hidden man is righteous. This hidden man is victorious. This hidden man is a master. But the problem is most believers let the outer man, the body, and the senses dominate the inner man. They let what they see override what God said. They let what they feel cancel what the word declared. And that's why they live defeated lives, not because they're not righteous, but because they don't know they're righteous.
Now, let's talk about partakers of the divine nature. This is second Peter 1:4 and it's one of the most staggering statements in all of scripture. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Partakers of the divine nature. Not admirers, not followers, but partakers.
That means you have the same nature that God has. The same life, the same love, the same righteousness, the same power. We are actually partakers of the divine nature. The very life and substance of deity pours out of the vine into the branch.
Think about what this means. You're not trying to be like God. You have the nature of God living in you. When the Bible says God is love and you are a partaker of his nature, that means you have that same love nature.
When the Bible says God is light and you are a partaker of his nature, that means you have that same light.
When the Bible says God is righteous and you are a partaker of his nature, that means you are righteous. This is not about trying harder. This is not about doing better. This is about being what you already are.
Let me show you Romans 8. Because this chapter destroys every argument of condemnation. Romans 8:1. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus. No condemnation. Not a little. Not sometimes. No condemnation. Why? Because you're perfect? No. Because Jesus is perfect and you're in him. Romans 8:33-34. Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemnth? It is Christ that died. Yay rather that is risen again. Who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for us. Who can accuse you? Nobody. Why? Because God has justified you. Who can condemn you? Nobody. Why? Because Christ died for you and was raised for you.
We know now that sin consciousness was just a camouflage of the adversary. We were standing complete in Christ, but we did not know it. We were the righteousness of God in Christ, and we did not know it. The enemy can't condemn you legally, so he does it mentally. He brings up your past. He reminds you of your failures. He whispers,"You're not good enough." But that's a lie. You are good enough, not because of you, but because of Jesus Christ.
And then Romans 8:37 says, "Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him that loved us." More than conquerors. Not barely making it, not struggling to survive. More than conquerors. A conqueror is someone who wins the battle. A more than conqueror is someone who does not even have to fight the battle because Jesus Christ already won it. You're not trying to get victory. You're enforcing the victory Jesus already won. You're not trying to become righteous. You're living from the righteousness you already have. You're not trying to earn God's love. You're resting in the love he's already given you.
Now, let's look at the contrast between Jesus confidence and the believer's doubt. And this is where it gets convicting. Jesus said in John 14:6, "l am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me." Absolute confidence, no hesitation, no apology. l am the way.
Jesus said in John 8:12, "l am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." Again, total confidence. I am the light of the world. Jesus said in John 11:25, "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.
No doubt, no question. I am the resurrection and the life. Why was Jesus so confident? Because he knew who he was. He knew his identity. He knew his authority. And now you have that same authority. You have that same identity. You are in him. But most believers can't say, "l am righteous," without feeling guilty. They can't say l am victorious without feeling presumptuous. They can't say l am blessed without feeling arrogant. Why? Because they've been taught to confess what they see instead of what God said. You see, when Jesus began his public ministry, he was really the righteousness of God unveiled. Jesus had no sense of sin, no sense of inferiority. He was a superman. He was a master of demons. He was a master of disease and sickness. When you and I came into Christ, he became our righteousness. And then by the new creation, we became the righteousness of God in him." You are what Jesus was. Not in the future, not someday, now. The same righteousness that made Jesus fearless is in you. The same authority that made Jesus a master is yours. The same confidence that made Jesus bold is available to you. But you have to know it. You have to confess it. You have to live it. Now, here's the practical application. How do you walk in new creation realities?
Step one, stop confessing what you are not. Never again say, "I'm just a sinner." You're not a sinner. You're righteous. Never again say I'm unworthy. You are worthy. Jesus made you worthy. Never again say I'm weak. 2 Corinthians 12:10 says, when I am weak, then am I strong.
Step two, start confessing what you are. Say it out loud. I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I am a joint heir with Jesus. l am seated with Christ far above all principality and power. I am a partaker of the divine nature. l am a new creation. Old things are passed away. All things are become new.
Step three, stand in the Father's presence without guilt. When you pray, don't grovel. Don't beg. Come boldly. You have a right to be there. Jesus gave you that right. His blood purchased your access.
Step four, act like who you are. You are royalty. You are a son of God. You are a master. Stop living like a victim. Stop talking like a beggar. Stop acting like you're defeated. You are more than a conqueror through him that loved you.
Step five, study the Pauline epistles. The Gospels show you Jesus, but the epistles show you who you are in Christ. Romans, Ephesians, Colossians. These books will revolutionize your identity.
Let me give you one final truth that will set you free forever. Taking a child of the devil with his hands wet with the blood of his brother and changing that man's nature. No, sir. Giving that man a new nature, destroying giving him the position of a son in the family. Do you see the power of the new birth? God didn't clean up your old nature. He killed it. He didn't improve your old man. He crucified him and then he gave you a brand new nature. The nature of God himself. You are not a reformed sinner. You are a brand new creation. You are not a forgiven criminal. You are a beloved son. You are not a rescued slave. You are a joint heir with Christ. As we close, I want you to understand the power of what you've just learned. This is not motivational speaking. This is not positive thinking. This is the legal reality of your new creation identity.
When Jesus Christ died on the cross, he did not just forgive your sins. He made you righteous. He did not just save you from hell. He made you a joint heir. He didn't just give you eternal life. Не gave you the nature of God. You are not who you used to be. You are not what your past says you are. You are not what the enemy accuses you of being. You are a new creation. You are the righteousness of God in Christ. You are seated with him in heavenly places. You are a partaker of the divine nature. And the moment you start living like who you are, everything changes.
We are new creations created in Christ Jesus. We are tied up with God. We are partakers of the divine nature. We have within us the very life of God himself. And we have at our side the great pariclete, the comforter, the Holy Spirit. You are not alone. You are not weak. You are not defeated. You are in Christ. And in Christ, you are everything God says you are.
Declare now, "I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I am a new creation. Old things are passed away."
Establish your identity. Declare who you are. Let the world know you're done living beneath your privileges.
Live on new creation realities, the wonderful name of Jesus, and walking in victory.
You are not a beggar. You are a king.
You are not a victim. You are a victor.
You are not weak. You are strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. Walk in it. The secret is out. The truth is revealed. You know who you are. Live like it. Amen.
Who You Are in Christ: ONE SPIRT-New Creation Realities
你在基督里是谁：一位圣灵——新造的现实
