The New Creature

Apostle Grace Lubega

Galatians 6:15(KJV); For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.

Why are some Christians so powerless? Why are some tossed about by every whim of the devil? Why do they struggle with the things that afflict the men of this world?

They don’t know who they are.

In our theme scripture, the Lord reveals to us that in Christ neither circumcision or uncircumcision avails anything but the new creature.

The most important thing, the central issue in the Christian life is not in what you do(circumcision) or do not do( uncircumcision) but in what Christ did( the new creature).

Circumcision and uncircumcision have built institutions. Circumcision and uncircumcision have strengthened affiliations. They have drawn boundaries of doctrinal correctness; they have written books, laid down dogmas, initiated sacraments and canonized saints.

But what is the new creature?!

Who are you in Christ? What kind of thing was begotten by His death and resurrection? What does it mean to be born of God and not of flesh and blood? What does it mean to be a partaker of the divine nature?

God begat. When he begat, He did not beget a mere man. When he begat, He did not beget weakness. When he begat, He did not beget limitation. He eliminated the constraints of flesh and blood from your story!

You will never do enough to build the kingdom, never preserve yourself from any form of corruption, never exercise enough willpower and restraint against temptation until you understand what Christ did in you.

His name be praised!

FURTHER STUDY: 2 Corinthians 5:17, John 1:13

GOLDEN NUGGET:

The most important thing, the central issue in the Christian life is not in what you do(circumcision) or do not do( uncircumcision) but in what Christ did( the new creature).

PRAYER: Loving Father, I know who I am in you. I know what your love and power have accomplished. I see and behold my identity in the spirit. I am not a mere man. I am born of God. Your life is in me, it is in my veins and in my bones. I refuse to think and live as an ordinary human being because your life is in me. I live in the consciousness of a partaker of the divine nature. In Jesus’ name. Amen.