I beseech you my brethren now, as a servant of the “Most High God” to consider the words of this letter and allow them the ability to reveal who you are and what you have been created to be. Man I always wanted to do that (LOL). Moreover on a more important note; something has been happening to me in this process called “Christianity.” Lately God has revealed through His word and various resources this thing with our Lower Nature vs. our Super-Natural nature and I’m enjoying the excursion.
I was appalled by how many times the word “Nature and Super –Natural” were mentioned after this tour began. We all know that man is in a fallen state/ nature but do we understand how “fallen” our nature is? Take a gander at a few words chosen to set the atmosphere:
1. Nature (Wild): the elements of the natural world, as mountains, trees, animals, or rivers.
2. Nature (Human): the instincts or inherent tendencies directing conduct: a man of good nature.
3. Natural: having a real or physical existence, as opposed to one that is spiritual, intellectual, fictitious, etc.
4. Supernatural: of, pertaining to, or being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law or phenomena; abnormal.
To simply put it, our nature (Natural and Super-Natural) could be summed up in one word, “Behavior.” For all intensive purposes man was initially created pure and flawless for fellowship with the “Almighty” but after the great deception became flawed, tainted and now dead to God spiritually and also subject to death physically (Rom 5:12, 1Cor 15:21, Gen 3:19). The behavior of the first creations after disobeying God immediately revealed the lower fallen nature of mankind and cause them to try an hide themselves, place blame on the other and cover up their sin (WOW, Doesn’t this sound like our people today!). Adam and Eve’s sin separated them from God and they were no longer acceptable in His sight, so much so till the two were evicted from their dwelling place and punished.
Somebody help me say “Thank You Jesus” for redeeming us from this fallen state of hopelessness (Eph 2:12-13).
With this being said it thus reveals that our 1st nature is not natural but spiritual and our 2nd nature is natural and dead to spiritual things (This stands to confirm when people say “ you did that so good till it looked like second nature to you” well it is in most cases). This also confirms why super-natural things cannot be comprehended nor received by the average lower natured person (Rom 8: 5-11). In other words before being born again and baptized, the norm for everyone is flesh oriented and limited to the natural laws of this world (i.e. gravity, sickness, poverty, etc.)
After confessing Jesus as Lord and being redeemed from the law of sin and death the norm from that point forward is super-natural and not the fictional stuff in movies which make us all numb to the fullness of our 1st nature. If we all can grasp the next few sentences in its entirety I honestly know that the dominion that belongs to us will be utilized. All it takes is to slowly visualize God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit creating you and then living on the inside of you; so now your words are to be used like God uses them (creating, blessing, directing the enemy and never returning void) and your actions are as God’s.
Think on These:
• Created in His Image (Gen 1: 26)
• Image: Physical Identity/ Representation
• According: Agreeing with
• Likeness: Spiritual Identity
(Our Physical Identity Agrees with the Godheads Spiritual Identity) WOW
Your Spirit cannot sin But what you do in the natural can affect your Spiritual destination! (1 John 3: 9). This is why, when you do something out of your spiritual nature or what you have been created, God is displeased; (i.e. homosexuality, lying, murder, bestiality, gossip/ idle dead words etc.) We are supposed to be reflections of God in Heaven on earth and the behaviors of the lower nature just don’t cut it.
We need to value what we have been created to be, naturally go after it, and Spiritually Possess it!
Always in Love,
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