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THE TURNING POINT: HITHERTO HAVE I COME - Beyond The Common Series 004
II Corinthians 5:16, ESV
"From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer."
Paul says in I Corinthians 13:11, "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
May you grow in the revelational knowledge of Christ. When you do, you'll yield up some earthly and natural beliefs you've held of Christ. Where you've only esteemed Him as "a carpenter's son", you'll let go and esteem Him as Christ Jesus (Saviour). Even for a time, the apostles saw him in that light. Meanwhile, they reached a definitive moment - a turning point where their voice could culminate in Paul's and be voiced out saying, "from now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh..." even though they had once regarded Christ so. They rather swallowed and yielded it up. They let their old views give way to the new. Seeing people by worldly standards (wealth, appearance, race, gender - either male or female, intellect, heritage) isn't their true definition. That's your human judgement. By measuring through those, you will miss who they have become in Christ or in destiny.
For the born again man, old things have passed away. Rather, the new has come. As long as He is in Christ, any man or woman ought not to be regarded after the flesh any longer. Is there a brother or sister there that you once regarded and treated as a fornicator, thief, liar or whatsoever? The Bible is speaking to you concerning them. Their new reality is that they are none of those again because they are now born again. You shouldn't therefore reckon or regard them as such. Don't hold them down to their past lives or mistakes. The Bible is saying, "old things have passed away, behold, the new has come."
Look at their new spiritual side. Look at their new identity in Christ. Look at their new heritages and new creation realities. Those are their traits, their measures, inheritances and heritages.
Paul marked a turning point. After understanding the new creation in Christ (v.17), everything is now conceptualized and seen differently. The old indeed has passed away! Do you know the verse I just heard?
Romans 4:8, KJV
"Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin."
When any one tastes the experience this Psalm is describing, He's free of guilt, condemnation and any transgression that might have been afore credited into his account. He's rather clean and whole like a new born baby. If you trace his body, you'll therefore metaphorically not find any spot or mark once tainted by leprosy. Such had taken a bath in (River Jordan - a symbol of the rejected Christ that becomes the cornerstone for our salvation) and are now whole and healthy (II Kings 5:10-12).
No trace of sin or hold of sin on them any longer. They are free because God made them so. He released them. He forgave them. He bathed them with His own blood!
Now, nothing else reshapes how we see ourselves or other believers in Christ but faith. This includes how you see Christ Himself. If you don't have faith that your salvation is just as it has been described and testified of in the Bible, you cannot see it that way. Therefore, you'll experience what is called a reality distortion field. Instead of seeing people for who they are, you'll rather see them wrongly. Instead of hailing Christ in the lives of the brethren, you can still hold the prejudices of their former selves, backgrounds, mischiefs and humanness against them. This is short of the turning point you're called to in Christ. You must stop seeing men as trees! See them who God calls them in the completion of Chris's finished work.
PRAYER: Lord, whom you have forgiven is forgiven. May I see the new man you have created in any Christian around me. May I not tie them to their old lives.
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