KNOW NO MAN AFTER THE FLESH

“Wherefore hence know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more” 2Corinthians 5:16.

LIGHT FOR THE NOW: Those who know Christ after the flesh live by the law.

You may know a person before, but you are not to know the person base on your physical knowledge about the person especially when the person comes into Christ. When you come into Christ, your nature is changed from the sinful nature to the nature of God. The spirit of God dwells inside of you. Born again experience has nothing to do with having a good behavior. Morality is not Christianity. Being born again has everything to do with a change of nature. A new creature is not a moralist. He is not an unbeliever who has decided to change his behavior and live right. He is a re-born man. At new birth, God does not just fix your old life back or try to repair you; He completely replaces your old life with a new one. 

Therefore, a new man in Christ is not a function of renovation neither is he under construction. When you come into Christ, the old you dies and a new you come alive. You are a total replacement. The born again experience is a death and resurrection experience. You become totally dead to sin and come alive in Christ. Therefore, you are the explicit image of God. When you come into this knowledge, you know and understand your worth. A new man in Christ is better than Adam (Luke 7:28). In his perfect state, Adam was a mere shadow. As a new creation, you cannot be traced to Adam. Identity

You can only be traced to God because you are in Christ and Christ is God. Consequently, you are not a product of the flesh; neither are you a product of repentance. You are God in a man. The whole headquarters of God has been relocated into your system. “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things has passed away; behold all things are become new” (2Corinthians 5:17). Now that you are in Christ, you cannot be traced to Adam. Everything traceable to Adam in your system has been nullified. 

You are a new generation. Generational curses cannot be traceable to you. You have become a co-creator. You are no longer living your own life but you are living for Christ; the God kind of life (Galatians 2:20). Therefore, begin to walk in victory because you are born of God and you can overcome anything because, “Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1John 5:4).You have won!

INSTRUCTION: Stop seeing a man in Christ base on your previous knowledge about him.

PRAYER:  I am new man in Christ and the old me is gone forever, in Jesus name!

QUOTE: Every new man in Christ is not a product of the flesh but a product of the spirit.

DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: MARK 3; EVENING: 2CHRONICLES CHAPTER 34