INTRO: Creation is ongoing! New Creation of New Life is accelerating! It is common to see Creation in awe, and not recognize that It is still being created!
God our Father is working out His Plan here below BY Jesus Christ. We are OF God BY Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit is sent OF God now to be IN us in order that we may be OF God BY Christ creating NEW Life OF God our Father.
BENEFIT STATEMENT: This is done OF God BY Christ through the Advocate/Helper/Holy Spirit. The Spirit from God the Father proceeds through His Son to us so we are ALL OF God the Father, as They both dwell with us as we submit and cooperate and enthusiastically participate BECAUSE of Christ’s Leadership as He does it directed OF God the Father. Christ said He would build His Church, yet it is called the Church of God. WE are BEING created as NEW Life. How?
SPS: How do God the Father, Jesus Christ, God’s Holy Spirit and all of us interact? In short, Our Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are Creating NOW!
BODY:
- Jesus Christ is the Executor of the Will of the Father through the Holy Spirit
As far as we could have known Christ IS God, and in all authority over our Lives. Yet He revealed the Father and how this all is transpiring, so we can see how WE too must interact with the Father as He does.
John 1:1-3 (NKJV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
Hebrews 1:1-2 (KJV) 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by [through NKJV] whom also he made the worlds;
Dan 7:10,14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom [the Father is giving the kingdom to the Christ since that is his eternal WILL and the Christ is the Executor of that Will] Mt 24.36 ONLY the Father knows) , That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.
We move down to the time of the return of Christ, and we see the earthly time of the coming of Christ when He has been given His Kingdom. Does this represent Christ as opposed to the Father? That is not the representation we have seen in this chapter and that is how we should understand that since the hermeneutics would not do it that way since it is already explained as the same Being identified as the Father in verse 10 presiding over all that takes place forward. Christ comes from the Father and Speaks His Words (Jn 17). This speaks to the purpose and Will of the Father in place from the foundation of the world. The One identified as the Word was the one selected to do that and then ascend to the heaven and there is no change in responsibility since it was in the hands of the Father. The Father convenes the court and in His timing works with the judgment of Christ.
The Father and Christ work to Create New Life …
Colossians 1:15-19 (NKJV) 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
It is the Father who determines WHEN Christ returns and it is in His hands to DO that; and when Christ returns He is executing the judgement of the saints. Mt 25 shows this setting of judgment is still on behalf of the Father. Christ is then acting as the Executor of the eternal Will of God in place for eternity.
The Will of the Father is shown …the theme here is the WORK of the Father …
Ephesians 1:3-4 (NKJV) 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
Ephesians 1:5-1011-14 (NKJV) 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth--in Him.
Our Father Works to Create New Life THROUGH Christ
So, Who IS Jesus Christ in all this? How to understand HIM compared to the Father?
John 14:9 (NKJV) 9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
John 8:58 (NKJV) 58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
((((Exodus 3:14 (NKJV) 14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.' "
(((John 14:6 (NKJV) 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Philippians 2:5-11 (NKJV) 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father..
- The Holy Spirit is given as Our Father’s Essence in His Family Creation Plan
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father Sent from Father in Christ’s Name –
John 14:26 (NKJV) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
John 14:16-18 (NKJV) 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
Hope begins, Life Starts, Sin Forgiven, NEW REAL Life , Love, Joy, Peace, patience, Gentleness, Goodness, Kindness, Faithfulness, and Long-Suffering OF God
NEW Life OF God: (OF God, BY human father and mother pictures the Spiritual Creation)
Job 32:8 (NKJV) 8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding.
Job 33:4 (NKJV) 4 The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 34:14 (NKJV) 14 If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,
All sin is against God – God is Spirit – Word of God equates with Spirit
((((John 6:63 (NKJV) 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
Mark 3:28-29 (NKJV) 28 "Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter; 29 but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is subject to eternal condemnation"--
Luke 15:10 (NKJV) 10 7 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
God Raises Believers from the dead through the Spirit which dwells in you –
Romans 8:10-11 (NKJV) 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
- HOW And WHY are WE included in Creation NOW? (Of God, BY Christ THRU Holy Spirit)
WHAT IS GOD DOING WITH US TODAY? WHAT IS HE CREATING NOW IN US?
Ephesians 4:24 (NKJV) and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
((Colossians 3:10 (NKJV) and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,
Christlikeness is the goal of the Christian walk.
Colossians 1:26-28 (NKJV) the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GOD FULLY DWELLING IN US COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY AS NEW GOD-LIFE IS BEING CREATED!
Ephesians 1:22-23 (NKJV) 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Christ – being all in all – is Executor of the Father’s Will in Creating New Life …
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (NKJV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Revelation 21:5 (NKJV) 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new." And He said to me, "Write, for these words are true and faithful."
CONCLUSION:
- Jesus Christ is the Executor of the Will of the Father (through the Holy Spirit)
- The Holy Spirit is given as Our Father’s Essence in His Family Creation Plan
- WE are included in Creation NOW! (Of God, BY Christ THROUGH God’s Holy Spirit)
CLOSE: God is Creating NOW. New God Family Life is being created in you OF God, BY Jesus Christ, THROUGH the Holy Spirit.
Ephesians 3:8-21 (NKJV) 8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; 10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him. 13 Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-- 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
