Manna for the New Man
        
         God's Presence in the Work Place
 
Eph. 5:5 Servants, BE OBEDIENT to them that are your MASTERS according to the flesh, with FEAR and TREMBLING, in singleness of your heart, AS UNTO CHRIST;  Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the SERVANTS of Christ, doing the WILL of God from the heart; With GOOD WILL doing SERVICE, AS TO THE LORD, and not to men:
 
Certainly this passage should reveal how closely our workplace and workday is monitored by our Lord. Going a little deeper, it also makes clear the fact that our Lord closely monitors our heart and mind, to include our spirit and attitude. Now we could simply excuse ourselves from the rigid responsibilities set forth in this passage by saying that it is referring to a servant-master relationship that existed at the time of the writing of the New Testament. Having no desire to contend the issue, let us agree that our Lord inspired the writing of these principles to be applied and obeyed by any believer that finds themselves in a subservient position in subjection to a superior authority.
 
As we would expect, the first requirement is for us to "be obedient".
 
Obedience is doing WHAT we are told to do, WHEN we are told to do it, WITH the RIGHT HEART ATTITUDE. A related truth, also found in verse 5, where we are instructed to be obedient "in singleness of YOUR HEART, AS UNTO CHRIST;".
 
The word "singleness" implies SINCERITY in GREAT DEGREE, thus "AS UNTO CHRIST".
We find this measure of great degree in the words "WITH FEAR and TREMBLING"!! Our Lord has made it very clear that this is the exact RIGHT HEART ATTITUDE of OBEDIENCE and SERVITUDE that he requires of each of us that he sacrificed his life for!
 
This degree of servitude is considered "REASONABLE" to the sincere servant of Christ, who with the right heart attitude of obedience, determines to present his body "A LIVING SACRIFICE", holy, ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD, "which is your REASONABLE SERVICE".
 
Whoa! Does this not in reality, in real time, seem undoable and unreasonable!? I mean, maybe after we get our new incorruptible bodies with supernatural powers!
 
GOOD NEWS! We already have available to us a supernatural divine nature called the "NEW CREATURE" or "NEW MAN". ONLY this New Man, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" can fulfill our by Lord's requirements for true obedience in Eph. 6:5-7. God calls the fulfillment of these requirements "DOING THE WILL OF GOD FROM THE HEART".
 
A beautiful truth about the New Man is that he has the MIND OF CHRIST and THE HEART OF GOD!
Lest it seem that we have wandered from the context of God's requirements for obedient servitude, into the shadows of some unattainable doctrine, consider that upon the next appointed time of entrance into your employers domain, you MUST BE EQUIPPED AND FURNISHED with the Doctrine of the New Man IF your servitude to your superior "is doing the will of God from the heart; WITH GOOD WILL doing service, AS TO THE LORD, and not to men:" (vs. 6-7)
 
God makes it clear in verse 6 that there is a form of servitude that is not sincere, and is not true obedience, but is done with eyeservice,as menpleasers. This form of service is standard operating procedure for the believer that has put off the New Man,and put on the Old Man.
End of Part One
 God's Presence in the Workplace
        Part II
 
Col. 3:22 says, "Servants, OBEY in ALL THINGS your Masters according to the flesh; not with EYESERVICE, as MENPLEASERS; but in SINGLENESS OF HEART, fearing God:"
We noticed in Part I that "masters" are God honored and recognized authorities that we are to indeed "obey in all things". Because of their supreme divinely vested authority, they are to be highly respected, yea, reverenced in the FEAR OF GOD.
 
God instructs the believer to fear God God's way, and that is "in singleness of heart". By definition, this is a genuinely sincere service that is in no way self seeking, but seeks only the welfare of one's master. One might call this being a company man. We sometimes call this giving 110 per cent. It is a God given desire to give of oneself generously.
 
Col. 3:23 says, "And WHATSOEVER YE DO, do it HEARTILY, as to THE LORD, and not unto men;"
This word "heartily" carries the idea of serving with all the heart, the mind, and the soul!!
By the way, this is not based on having an employer that merits this quality of service. Let us keep it fresh on our minds that we serve "HEARTILY, as unto THE LORD".
Col. 3:24 says, "KNOWING THAT of the Lord YE SHALL RECEIVE THE REWARD OF THINE INHERITANCE: for ye SERVE THE LORD CHRIST.
 
Isn't it amazing that though anything we do for our Lord is but our "reasonable service", yet anything done under the control of the Spirit of Christ will be rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Our Father's love for us is beyond comprehension. Let us not forget however that there are not only rewards of gold, silver and precious stones at the Judgement Seat, but rewards of wood, hay, and stubble. Are we serving the Lord Christ in truth and sincerity in the work place? What answer does the Word of God that we have just studied give? What answer does the Holy Spirit that indwells you give?
 
Are they giving an affirmative testimony to the quality of your workplace service?
 
Will we receive the reward of the inheritance ? Do we have a WORK ETHIC that is produced by the Lord himself?
 
Col. 3:24b says, " for ye serve the Lord Christ." It is TIME TO ACCEPT THE FACT that every believer was BOUGHT with the PRICE OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST!!
 
I Cor.6:19-20 says, WHAT! KNOW YE NOT that your BODY is the TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST which is in you, which ye have of God, AND YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN?
For you are BOUGHT WITH A PRICE: THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD in your body, and in your spirit, WHICH ARE GOD'S.
 
From this day forward, are you willing to serve Jesus in the workplace as a servant of the Lord Christ, as it is your reasonable service, not only based on his mercies, (Rm. 12:1) but based upon God's ownership rights of your body, soul, and spirit.
 
It is TIME TO UNDERSTAND that we have absolutely NO OWNERSHIP RIGHTS TO OUR BODIES which are solely meant to GLORIFY GOD as the TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST, a MAGNIFICENT EDIFICE indwelled by the very Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost. These bodies that GLORIFY God and are filled with the Spirit of the Lord Christ are given the name New Man.
 
This new creature in Christ was created after the image of God in RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS at the moment of the new birth. We put off the New Man at the moment we resurrect the Old Man and yield our bodily instruments to sin. Upon the wooing and working of Holy Ghost conviction, we have the golden opportunity to surrender our disobedient spirit unto contrition and godly sorrow, whereupon through God enabled confession and repentance, we acknowledge the truth unto restored faith and fellowship. At this moment of forgiveness, we put off the Old Man, the body of sin, and put on the New Man, and the same righteousness and true holiness that God has.
Much has been taught with the earnest desire for SPIRITUAL COMPREHENSION such that your service in the workplace will be transformed into a daily magnification of your TEMPLE OF GOD unto our Lord's glorification, and liberal ministration of the truth of salvation and sanctification.
 
  Discovering Hidden Treasures in the Word
         Part One

Pro. 2:1 My son, if thou wilt RECEIVE MY WORDS and HIDE my commandments with thee;
Let us begin our quest with the words "My son, if thou wilt receive my words". To be a qualified treasure hunter in this context, we must understand that in the context of Church Age Doctrine, only a son that chooses to seek and search in THE SPIRIT can be a certified candidate.
Why so? Because a son of God that is not in the Spirit stands in opposition to God's WORD. To not choose to walk in the Spirit under the control of the Spirit of Christ is to choose to walk in the flesh with a carnal mind. Rms. 8:7 says, "Because the carnal mind is ENMITY AGAINST GOD: for IT IS NOT SUBJECT to the law (word) of God, neither indeed can be."Thus we find that a son of God that walks in the flesh is disqualified as a certified or qualified treasure hunter in God's Word.
The next truth we find in Pro. 2:1 is that God's sons must be willing to "RECEIVE" God's Word.
This word " receive" implies accepting and infolding into one's heart and mind and soul. The Hebrew word is translated "married" four times. The words received into your confidence actually become one with the new man. The word "hide" carries the idea of reserving or hoarding up the word of God that is received. Our word "reservoir" paints a pretty clear picture of the intended meaning.
Here in the Knoxville area we have a lake called Norris Lake. It is a beautiful reservoir of amazingly clean life giving water. In similar fashion, when we receive the pure word of God into our hearts, we "hide" or create a spiritual reservoir of living waters that the Spirit of God and of Christ continually utilize to provide spiritual life and growth to God's children. Then in turn, we are equipped to minister these living waters to both unsaved and saved people. Perhaps we need a "Selah" moment to consider how dry our reservoirs would be if we had no thirst for God's Word, and no desire to "receive" his Word that he chose to magnify "above all his name". (Psa. 138:2)
      
       End of Part One
 
 
   Discovering Hidden Treasures in the Word
Part II
Pro. 2:2 says, "SO THAT thou incline thine ear unto WISDOM, and apply thine heart to understanding;"
 
It is worthy of notice that the word "receive" in verse one was also translated "married" four times. The word receive is a taking into one's possession or ownership. It is a making the word "receive" a part of one's life, for indeed it is not simply the word of truth, but the "word of life". (Phil. 2:16)
We find in verse one that when we "receive" our Father's words, it follows that we should be good stewards of them by hiding them, or hoarding them up in our spiritual reservoir as resources for the Holy Spirit.
We find in verse two that we MUST HAVE an understanding of the importance of receiving and hiding God's word "SO THAT" we learn to incline our ear "UNTO WISDOM", and apply our heart to "UNDERSTANDING".
 
Hopefully, we will also see in verse two the urgency, and moral and spiritual obligation, and necessity to "incline" our ear unto wisdom, and apply our heart unto understanding.
 
Why the urgency in our approach and attitude toward God's Word? Perhaps it would settle well with our spiritual welfare to seek the answer to this critical query in Heb. 2:1&3.
Heb. 2:1 says, "Therefore we OUGHT TO give the MORE EARNEST HEED to the things which we HAVE HEARD, (the Word of God) lest(in danger that) at ANY TIME we should let them SLIP. ( flow carelessly by)
The word "ought" carries the idea in God's mind that it is our spiritual and moral obligation, yea necessity to give the "MORE EARNEST HEED" to the hearing of the Word.
These three words in the Hebrew bears the meaning of SUPERABUNDANT ATTENTION TO.
God goes on to warn about the danger of having a careless attitude that casually allows God's Word to flow carelessly by.
 
God reveals in verse three the nature of the impending danger in these words, "How shall we ESCAPE, if we NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION,"?
 
As we read on in this awesome book, we find the careless, and casual attitude continued to worsen right on into chapter ten where God's judgment was being prepared to fall. (Vs. 10-31)
When God said in Pro. 2:2 "SO THAT THOU INCLINE THINE EAR", was he not speaking of our approach and attitude toward God's Word?
 
The word "incline" is closely related to the term "more earnest heed" in Heb. 2:1, which implied giving superabundant attention and consideration to. It is an inclination or leaning of the mind and will toward, as well as a love, affection, and high regard for. It is this spiritual ear that loves and reverences God's Word that enables the Holy Spirit to produce an insatiable appetite for WISDOM, and an application of the HEART TO UNDERSTANDING in the believer's speech and conduct.
The application of this divinely produced WISDOM, and spiritual UNDERSTANDING that establishes it is well described in James 3:17 in these words, "But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, FULL OF MERCY and good fruits, WITHOUT PARTIALITY, (no respecter of persons) and WITHOUT HYPOCRISY."
 
This wisdom is one of the hidden treasures in the treasure chest of God's Word! Only the light of the Word revealed by the Spirit of "The Light" can enlighten the eyes of our UNDERSTANDING to see and follow God's PATH TO WISDOM in Pro. 2:1-5.
  End of Part II
 
 
       Discovering Hidden Treasures in God's Word
        Part III
Pro. 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
After discovering from verse one that God's intention in receiving his Word is for us to take it into our hearts and make it our life, we found that this is a divinely binding necessity that enables our hearts to become the reservoir of the Holy Spirit. This reservoir of holy scriptures provides the necessary resources that prepares and equips our spiritual ear with an insatiable inclination unto wisdom, as well as a diligent desire to APPLY OUR HEARTS TO UNDERSTANDING.
 
An enlightening cross reference that mirrors these truths in Pro. 2 is Pro. 22:17-21.
Pro. 22:17 says, "Bow down thine ear, and hear the WORDS OF THE WISE, and APPLY THINE HEART unto my knowledge.
 
The words "Bow down" comes from the same Hebrew word as the word "INCLINE" in Pro. 2:2. Here again we are instructed regarding our attitude and approach to God's Word.
 
Let us note first in the words "Bow down" OUR HUMILITY when we approach God's Word. We should come before God's Word just as though we are coming before God himself.
 
This word "hear" means to hear intelligently with diligent consideration. In other words, TAKE IT TO HEART! Sound familiar?
God has a purpose or a plan for the words that we receive. THAT PLAN IS APPLICATION!!
Notice carefully the remaining words of verse 17, and verse 18 as well:
 
"APPLY THINE HEART unto my knowledge. For IT IS A PLEASANT THING IF THOU KEEP THEM WITHIN THEE; they shall withal BE FITTED IN THY LIPS.
 
Are we beginning to see our God's plan and purpose for his Word? A common truth to most believers is that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. Do we get the drift yet of where these truths are headed? Do we understand that our Father's purpose for EVERY believer is that we be prepared disciples to speak forth God's truth.
 
Our God makes it clear in verse 18 that it is a pleasant, or by definition, DELIGHTFUL thing or experience, to PRESERVE, RESERVE, and OBSERVE the words of God "within thee". (These three words describe the concept of "keep") Upon "bowing down our ear, and taking the words of the wise to heart, we are prepared to apply our hearts unto the knowledge of God, which he has fitted in our lips, to be ministered out of the abundance of the heart.
 
God reveals to us in 22:20-21 that he has written to us EXCELLENT things in COUNSELS and KNOWLEDGE that we might make known the CERTAINTY OF THE WORDS OF TRUTH unto those that have an ear to hear the TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
 
This is God's PURPOSE and PLAN for every child of God.
 
God said in II Tim. 2:15 to every believer, "STUDY to shew thyself APPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMAN that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the TRUTH."
 
This we MUST DO with the right attitude and approach to God's Word! God obligates himself through his faithfulness to his worker and his Word to fulfill his promise given in Pro. 22:18, "they (his words) SHALL withal be FITTED in THY LIPS."
 
The word "fitted" carries the idea of God preparing and providing his appropriate words for his anointed application, that we "might make known the CERTAINTY of the WORDS OF TRUTH."
This brings us back to Pro. 2:3 where God says, "Yea, if thou CRIEST AFTER KNOWLEDGE, and LIFTEST UP THY VOICE FOR UNDERSTANDING;"
 
Let us take notice that our Father adds an element of intensity and urgency in these words!
God said to his people in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I WILL REJECT THEE,".
 
As we sense the power of these truths through the witness of the Spirit of Truth, let us yield our spirit in Spirit produced humility, crying out as instructed and admonished, after knowledge, while lifting up our voices for thee ensuing spiritual understanding that follows.
 
   End of Part III
 
          Discovering Hidden Treasures in God's Word
        Part IV
 
Pro. 2:4 IF thou seekest her AS SILVER, and searchest for her as for HID TREASURES;
What better way to DISCOVER HIDDEN TREASURES in God's Word than to seek and search for "HID TREASURES" with the same fervency as we would if we were seeking and searching for EARTHLY SILVER, and a SECRET STOREHOUSE OF PRECIOUS AND VALUABLE RICHES, as is implied in the word "treasures".
 
God knows all about man's old nature and the uncontrollable passion of gold fever, and seeking to discover hidden treasures. Is this not why he chose to relate such adventurous quests to our search for spiritual treasures in his Word?
 
It seems that God turned the intensity and fervency up to HIGH, because he is preparing to reveal the true GRAND PRIZES of our search in verses 5-6.
 
It is difficult to rate or rank these rare and precious jewels, but the first one that our LORD chooses to mention in verse 5 is the acquiring of the UNDERSTANDING OF THE FEAR OF GOD.
 
Secondly, we see also in verse 5 that there is a finding, or discovering of THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
Last but certainly not least is the Royal Crown Jewel of the book of Proverbs, and that being WISDOM.
Pro. 4:7-9 says, "WISDOM is the principal thing; therefore get WISDOM: and with all thy getting get UNDERSTANDING.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
She shall give thine head an ornament of grace: A CROWN OF GLORY shall she deliver to thee.
Notice in the very next verse (4:10) that God brings us full circle back to Pro. 2:1, where he said "My son, if thou wilt RECEIVE MY WORDS...." with the words "Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;".
The REWARD OF OBEDIENCE found in verse 10 is found in the words, "and the years of thy life SHALL BE MANY".
Perhaps God is enlightening the eyes of our understanding to see in our soul that this REWARD OF OBEDIENCE, as well as UNDERSTANDING THE FEAR OF THE LORD, FINDING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, and RECEIVING THE GIFT OF WISDOM from the LORD, ALL START WITH a Spirit humbled, reachable, teachable spirit, that is willing to receive God's Word as though RECEIVING GOD HIMSELF. We become ONE WITH THE WORD such that it becomes our LIFE and EXISTENCE , or ESSENCE OF BEING.
Few believers would question that faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, (Rom. 10:17) BUT how many sons of God understand that when their ATTITUDE and APPROACH toward God's Word is RIGHT, they can say WITH ALL CONFIDENCE, "the life which I now live in the flesh I live BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD"? (Gal. 2:20)
When our ATTITUDE and APPROACH towards God's Word is RIGHT, we are in complete subjection to God and his Word, having put off the Old Man and having put on the New Man which is created after the image of God, in RIGHTEOUS and TRUE HOLINESS. (Eph. 4:22-24) The New Man is Christ in us, the HOPE OF GLORY! (Col. 1:27)
This is where Jesus Christ truly is our Lord, living his LORDSHIP IN US, through his resurrection life!! This is where we live his life, full of his Spirit, through the New Man, having offered our bodies (Old Man) a living sacrifice, HOLY, ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD, which is OUR REASONABLE SERVICE. (Rom. 12:1) It is here, and only here, that we have NO DESIRE to be "CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD", having CRUCIFIED THE OLD MAN.
When we PUT ON THE NEW MAN, the ESSENCE OF OUR EXISTENCE is found in these words from Gal. 2:20, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; YET NOT I, (Old Man) but Christ liveth in me: (New Man) and the life that I NOW LIVE in the flesh I live by the FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
This is where we experience the Rom. 12:2 transformation " by the renewing of your mind" from the carnal mind of the Old Man, to the mind of Christ or the spiritual mind. This is also where, by God's design, "that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God".
Whoa! What an abundance of life that God makes available to every son WHO WILL receive his WORDS and hide them in the RESERVOIR of the Spirit of Christ, "SO THAT thou INCLINE THINE EAR unto WISDOM and APPLY THINE HEART TO UNDERSTANDING".
Pro. 4:10 reveals that if this is our ATTITUDE and APPROACH to God's Word, the years of our life shall be many.
Pro. 3:13 reveals that the man that discovers God's GIFT OF WISDOM is the same man that will find HAPPINESS.
May it be AUTHORITATIVELY STATED that God offers an ABUNDANT and BOUNTIFUL LIFE to those believers that CHOOSE TO BE HUMBLED UNTO THE OBEDIENCE OF GOD'S INSTRUCTION THROUGH HIS SPIRIT.
Pro. 4:14 says, "Take FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION; let her not go: KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE."
Will you vocalize to the God that loves your soul, if the Spirit of Christ has dealt with your heart, to change your attitude and approach to the Word of Life, in subjection to God's instruction and Spirit led power and direction? Would you express to your Father, through his Son, through personal confession if need be, your desire to put off the old man and put on the New Man at the I Jn. 1:9 Bloodgate, allowing him to usher you into God's Kingdom of righteousness, and peace, and JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST?
Finally, would you determine to let God anchor your soul in his kingdom and throneroom of fellowship , by creating within the inner New Man a NEW ATTITUDE AND APPROACH TO HIS WORD?
End of Part IV
 
 
RESCUE THE PERISHING
    God said in Rev. 3:1 to the church of Sardis, "I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou LIVEST, and ART DEAD."
    Notice that this was a working church! God did not criticize their doings or their doctrine but their deadness. It is amazing that this "deadness" was not perceived by most people, but indeed it had a reputation for being a lively church as the word "livest" is translated elsewhere.
     How could this be? May it be interjected that Rom. 8:6 says, "For to be CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH; but to be SPIRITUALLY MINDED is LIFE and peace.
    From God's point of view, the only way that the church of Sardis could be a lively church was for its members to be "spiritually minded", and the only way this could occur was if they were living under the control of the Spirit of Christ. Only here can our works be appointed and anointed by the Spirit of God! Only here will our churches have a name that God lives in the lives of those people.
    So what can we do about this? God said in Rev. 3:2, Be watchful, (Be alert to discover and avoid spiritual danger) and STRENGTHEN the things which remain, that are ready to die:. The term "ready to die" implies a spiritual state of being at the point of death.
    The word "watchful" could be expressed in the proclamation, WAKE UP!! There are those all around us, and sometimes we ourselves that are walking and working in a spiritual state of carnal deadness.
    Can we hear the call of God to "strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die"? Their only hope is to come to a sanctifying knowledge of how to walk and LIVE IN THE SPIRIT! Who will tell them? Are we really simply one dimensional when it comes to rescuing the perishing. Is this responsibility reserved only for the lost?
    The word "perishing" depicts those that are wasting away in decay, or losing their life in any manner. Would it be too much of a stretch to say that God is not willing that any of his children should perish, but that all should come unto repentance, putting off the old man with his carnal mind of death, and putting on the life of the New Man where we have the fulness of the Spirit of Christ.
    God tells us in II Cor. 3:6 that he "hath made us ABLE MINISTERS of the new testament". He makes it clear that his ABLE MINISTERS are "ABLE" not because they minister the letter of God's Word, but the Spirit of God that is the source of LIFE in our ministering of his Word.
    If our ministering is to rescue those believers in our midst that are ready to die, we must make much of teaching them how to walk in the Spirit of their God, where they are under the control of the Spirit of his Son!!!
 
 
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?