But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. Romans 13 : 14
As we ‘put on the Lord Jesus Christ,’ and truly learn to give no room to the fleshly way of man particularly in regard to worldly lusts, we are Learning to Live by the Spirit of God.
The Lord Jesus became the Righteousness, Truth and Peace of the Living LORD God. He expressed the Life of the Holy One. In other words, Jesus made the Holy God, the Maker of all people, Known on earth.
He demonstrated Living in Unity with God and Doing the Works of God so that all people could see humanity’s Potential.
He was who we can Be In Christ.
To put on the Lord Jesus Christ, is to take on for oneself, Belief and Acceptance of the Work God accomplished through Jesus and all the Life, Truth, and Righteousness He represented. Jesus, as the Truth of God, was the Sum total of the Word and the Law.
Truth that was made Known from the beginning of time, the Law and Commandments of God were fulfilled in Jesus. He fulfilled Covenant. He Heard God, Listened to Him and Did everything He heard that was in alignment with the Commandments.
This was even to the point of His Radical Forgiveness of the one’s who persecuted Him and His subsequent death on the cross.
It was the blood from His physical death that enacted the New Covenant’s terms of Forgiveness, and Mercy alongside of God’s Grace or Divine Influence in our Lives.
Today, as we ‘put on Christ’ we can understand ourselves redeemed from the flesh realm to Know God with us and comprehend the Truth of the Divine Law of the LORD written on our hearts and minds. His Power is at work within us to cause us to Know the Fullness of His Love for each one of us.
Paul’s prayer in Scripture says:
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, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
And continues with this heartfelt prayer on behalf of the Believer:
May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.
These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
From Ephesians 1
We are ‘awakening’ from darkness to the Day of Light and Hope! As God pours out His Holy Spirit and we Hear Him, we are ‘Awakening’ to Live as Covenant Participants.
The verse we began with might read — Put on the New Covenant Reality enacted by the Holy God through Jesus and prepare to do the Greater Works God has for you to do! Jesus in you, grown to Completion, will cause you to Live as God’s Truth and Love!
We are Created to be Holy Houses of the Presence of both, the Father God’s Spirit and the Son’s Spirit. As you Love the Father and Son, and Keep the Word, they will ‘Come to you and Make their Home in you!
We are Created to be the House and now the Temple of the Spirit of the Holy God!
The LORD God with you, and the Spirit of the Son making you Holy, bring you safely to Completion in Christ. It is this that causes you to Accomplish what the Holy God has for you to do on behalf of the larger Body of Believers. Christ Followers are Followers of the Lord Jesus who followed the Rock that was and is Christ, and then became the Christ, the Fullness of the Spirit, Truth, Word and Power of the Holy God.
Jesus was the Image of the invisible God on earth, the firstborn over all creation.
As we Believe in the Holy God and understand His Work through the Ages, we Know today He is Waking us up to the Greater Reality of our Life Lived hidden with Christ in Him. Our job is to Glorify God and the Son He sent, and to Honor our Forefathers in Faith all the way back to the Father Abraham.
As Abraham knew, we are Created to Be Friends of God, Following Him with a Joyful Heart. He Leads us into a Greater Destiny than we will ever know on our own. We are meant to be God’s Glory Bearing Children Living as Light, Love and Hope on this earth.
Together, as the Bride of Christ we make Truth Known, Manifesting the Character of God so that all the world is ordered under the Father God’s Guidance and Leadership.