Walking in the Spirit

Manna for the New Man

Part Two - The Nature of The New Man

I Thess. 5:23 says, "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole SPIRIT AND SOUL and BODY be preserved blameless....."
God reveals in this verse the three parts of man that makes him "WHOLE". In Colossians 2:11-12, we discovered that at the moment of our salvation God performed a supernatural "OPERATION" that he called the "CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST". We find that this operation put off or cut away the "BODY" of the sins of the flesh. A thinking mind would wonder what this "BODY" was cut away from. The obvious answer based on I Thess. 5:23 would be the "SOUL and SPIRIT".
What we find next in this supernatural salvation is the supernatural creation of the "NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST" by the very Spirit of Christ. It begins in Col. 2:12 with a supernatural SPIRITUAL BAPTISM. It is here that the "SOUL and SPIRIT" which were put off from the "BODY OF THE SINS OF THE FLESH" forever, are supernaturally immersed in the SPIRIT OF CHRIST. From this moment forward, the believer is not only indwelled by the Spirit of Christ, but were "SEALED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE" according to Eph. 1:13.
II Cor. 5:17 says, "Therefore if any man be "IN CHRIST", he is a NEW CREATURE: old things are passed away; (Our old nature passed away or died on God's operating table) BEHOLD ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW."
The New Creature "IN CHRIST" is also called the NEW MAN" We MUST UNDERSTAND that the new man is "CHRIST IN US THE HOPE OF GLORY".
Before the "OPERATION OF GOD" which took place at the very moment God granted us repentance and faith, we were part of the "ALL" that "have sinned and come short of the GLORY OF GOD" in Rom.3:23.
The NEW MAN which is Christ in us, the HOPE OF GLORY, has the same RIGHTEOUSNESS and TRUE HOLINESS as God and his Son. The NEW MAN is not only sinless, but he is filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit. The nature and life of the New Man will NEVER CHANGE because his life is ETERNAL LIFE.
Eph.1:13-14 teaches us that this life finds its SOURCE in the Spirit of Christ
and will be "SEALED WITH THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE" until the DAY OF REDEMPTION. The word "SEALED" means we are "STAMPED WITH GOD'S PRIVATE MARK OR SIGNATURE. GLORY!! It implies ETERNAL SECURITY AND PRESERVATION.
Perhaps these truths will help us to understand Gal. 5:25 where we find these words, "If we live in the Spirit, LET US (Our Choice) also WALK IN THE SPIRIT. From the moment we are "BORN AGAIN" and become a NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST, the GREATEST DECISION we will ever make is to "WALK IN THE SPIRIT" as consistently as possible.
Perhaps this understanding of the New Man will help us understand Gal. 5:25-26 where it says, "If we LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, let us also WALK IN THE SPIRIT."

Part One - Understanding The New Man

The new man is not only the product of a supernatural birth, (being born again) but a creative act of God, producing a New Creature in Christ. This creative act is called The Circumcision Of Christ in Col.2:11. God describes it in this verse as a circumcision made without hands. He also says that this circumcision puts off the body of the sins of the flesh. O the depths of God's forgiveness! Not only were our sins forgiven and forgotten, but the old sinful body that took such pleasure in those sins is circumcised or cut away from what is to become the New Creature or New Man, which by divine design will be incapable of sinning. All GLORY be to the Father that so loved the world of lost sinners that he gave his only begotten Son on the Cross of Calvary to shed his redeeming blood for our creation unto salvation.
We learn in Col.2:12 that this creation of God took place through the FAITH of the Operation of God, or the Circumcision of Christ. Let us note carefully that these supernatural wonders take place THROUGH FAITH!! Is it not evident that God's salvation is NOT OF WORKS. The Gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord! Even the faith that qualified us for the Operation of God unto salvation is provided as a gift.
Rm.3:22-24 says, "Even the righteousness of God which is by FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST unto ALL and upon ALL that believe: for there is no difference:
For ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified FREELY by HIS GRACE through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ:
The New Man is born again perfectly righteous, by faith through grace, with the righteousness of God. The New Man is Christ in us, the hope of glory for All those that have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Truly, if any man be in Christ, he is a New Creature: old things are passed away; behold, ALL things are become new. Truly also can all things become new in any man's life that is willing to believe and receive this redeemer and amazing savior!

Manna for the New Man

Manna was a supernatural food. It contained every element of nutrition needed to sustain vibrant life in the human body. It was created and ministered by God faithfully EVERY DAY. Yesterday's manna was not designed for, or sufficient for today's physical welfare or nourishment and health.

In divine likeness, the word of God is supernatural food for God's born again children. It contains every element of spiritual nutrition needed to sustain a vibrant and abundant life in the New Man. The word of God is quick or life giving and is designed to be ministered by God's Spirit EVERY DAY. It is all sufficient for each day's spiritual welfare or spiritual nourishment and spiritual health.

The word of God or spiritual manna is designed by God to be ministered by the Holy Spirit exclusively to the New Man. The new man or new creature in Christ is Christ in the believer, the hope of glory.(Col.1:27)

The Old Man or the natural man is the old unsaved nature. This nature or this man has no desire for manna nor indeed can have that desire. Having a carnal mind, he is at enmity against God, and is not subject to the law or the word of God, neither indeed can be.(Rm.8:7)

Every believer at any given moment is by choice living either the life of the old man or the life of the new man. When we choose to yield our members as instruments of unrighteousness and fulfill the lusts of the flesh, we choose to put off the new man and put on the old man. In response to this decision, the Holy Spirit begins ministering loving conviction and reproof through the word of God, seeking to woo us and draw us to the I Jn.1:9 bloodgate, through humbled repentance, unto the cleansing of all unrighteousness.

Through the Holy Spirit ministering of the spiritual manna of the word of God, the believer is enabled to put off the old man and put on the new man, whereby he is walking in the light as the Father and the Son are walking in the light. Having walked the repentant believer to the bloodgate for cleansing, the Spirit walks him right on through the bloodgate into the kingdom of God which is righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. It is here that walking in the Spirit or Holy Ghost the believer walks right on into the throne room in the presence of the Father and the Son. It is here that the believer enjoys fellowship with their Father and his Son. It is also here that the believer finds God's classroom where he can choose to study and meditate and be taught and fed the heavenly manna of the word of God, one on one, by the Spirit of God. This abundant life is available to every believer that makes himself available to his God and his Lord.

What is your choice?