WHAT YOU WEAR MAKES THE DIFFERENCE!

2 Cor 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Eph 4:24
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

The Greek word found in the Strong’s Concordance for the word ‘put’ is en-doo, which means to wear.

To wear something implies that we become a part of a garment, or suit, by simply getting into it, i.e. the knight got into his suit of armor. Furthermore, it applies to our wearing this new man in every aspect; completely, spiritually, emotionally and physically. It’s what we’re commanded to do as children of God.

Note: You must remember that scripture is not for the unbeliever; but only those who are in Christ through the born-again experience.

It is this ‘new man’ who was created after God in righteousness and true holiness. This wonderful truth should bless you beyond measure. The churches of today seldom convey this truth to their members, largely because they don’t understand it themselves. As they say, “you can never teach a truth adequately, if you don’t understand it yourself”. This is true about anything.

Now, about the method God used to forgive sin(s) in the Old Testament, which is found in this scripture…

Hebrews 9:12
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Here’s what the context of this verse means. In the book of Hebrews we see the method by which all sins were previously dealt with in the Old Testament. Forgiveness of sin(s) for the Jewish people was only accomplished through an animal sacrifice. This was done in accordance with the laws God established for the nation of Israel during that time in history. But it was not a permanent fix for their sinful condition. It was only temporary. Every time sin was committed by an individual, a specific blood sacrifice was required to atone for that sin.

Here is a partial list of the animals God required for that purpose.
1) Goats
2) Calves
3) Bullocks
4) Lambs
5) Pigeons

Whenever an infraction of the law [sin] was committed, up to the temple they went, to present the appropriate offering to the priests. So it was, till the time of Christ’s crucifixion.

Once every year, on the Day of Atonement, the high priest would enter into the Holy of Holies to offer up a special blood sacrifice for the entire nation of Israel for any sins that were not covered during the year.

Do you know what this means? From the time the laws of God were instituted, until the sacrifice of Christ, the land was in a continual state of sin consciousness. They could not escape it, because the LAW was a constant reminder to them of their failure and humanity’s inability to live up to the standards God had set before them. The Ten Commandments that most of the Christian world still embrace today, was for the Jews a constant reminder of their failure to be holy apart from the law. They could never be made completely free while the law [Ten Commandments] existed. Every offering was at best a temporary fix for their sin. It took the death of Christ, at Calvary, to finally break the grip of the law that had held them captive so long.

The sacrificial blood of countless animals continually flowed throughout the whole land of Israel, for the sins of the Jews. In contrast, Hebrews 9-12 shows us the “too good to be true” Good News, when Jesus entered into the holy place after he died to present his blood sacrifice before the Father for the sins of all humanity. His sacrifice obtained for us eternal redemption by his shed blood. No longer would the blood of lambs and bullocks be necessary every time someone sinned. The law had been replaced by grace.

I rejoice in this truth constantly; thanking God for his great grace and tender mercy. Because of this singular sacrificial event, we are now privileged to put on this new man, which was created in righteousness and true holiness. It should be a highly esteemed honor for all saints to “put on” this new man.

In the book of Romans I showed you the love of God and the revelation of his grace poured out upon all mankind. I have shown you the futility of trying to approach Almighty God through your own merits and self-effort. Friends, this great truth has the potential to make you free, if you will simply believe it by faith.

Scripture says that Jesus entered into the holy place once and obtained eternal redemption for us through his blood sacrifice. You will find nothing in scripture that says Christ enters the Holy of Holies [the presence of God], with another blood sacrifice, every time you sin. If that were true, he would need to be crucified over, and over, and over again, to provide that blood offering. Putting it another way; it’s like saying his one-time sacrifice [atonement] at Calvary was never sufficient, or adequate enough to get the job done the first time. Just think about that for a moment. If this were the case, then you would never be truly born-again. Every time you sinned you would feel you needed to be born-again, and again, and again. That my friend is utter nonsense! Christ completed the work the first time, and by his own words, proclaimed, “It is finished” – John 19:13 KJV. He won’t do it twice. It’s yours alone to receive this truth by faith, or to reject it, and him. Another compelling scripture tells us the greatest truth concerning this one-time only event - Hebrews 10:18 KJV - Now, where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

Question…
If Christ claimed the work at the cross to be finished, then why isn’t it finished for you?

The answer is quite simple. You honestly don’t believe that the work of the cross is finished, or in fact sufficient, for every sin and need you have. Religion has taught you the error which says you need to repent and get your sin “under the blood” one more time. Hogwash! It’s true that you need to sincerely repent of any sin you commit, but not by offering another blood sacrifice for it. That is no longer necessary – thanks to Calvary.

By grace, God made a way for us to be restored unto him through Christ’s blood atonement, permanently. Sin was the barrier that separated us from God and certainly needed to be dealt with. However, the blood sacrifice of Christ broke the strength of all sin, thus reuniting us with our tender, merciful, and loving God. Scripture tells us we will sin, as long as we’re in our flesh and our minds remain un-renewed. When we do sin, we’re to go quickly to the throne of grace to receive mercy in time of need [to repent]. God quickly forgives us of any repented sin because he loves you and doesn’t want anything hindering you from intimacy with him.

Remember, there is always a cost for sin in your lives, if you continue in it, but it does not restrict your access to the Father. Scripture admonishes us to forsake sin and cling to Christ, the author and finisher of our faith. Since sin brings death to our flesh, then let us rather chose life that we might live unto God. As scripture admonishes us in John 8:11 …”go, and sin no more”.

Understanding un-repented sin…
1) What happens if you commit a particular sin and you fail to repent of it? Would it mean that atonement could not be made, or provided for it? Absolutely not!
2) Does it mean that your sins are not eligible to be under the covering of God’s forgiveness through Christ’s sacrifice? Absolutely not!
3) Does it mean that you no longer can enter into the presence of God, or have access to him when there is un-confessed sin in your life? Absolutely not!

Many believe there can be absolutely no fellowship with God once they’ve sinned; that their sin causes alienation from Almighty God?

Response…
If this is how you view your salvation, then the blood of Christ has no greater value to you than the blood of goats and bulls did for the Children of Israel.

For every sin committed in the Old Testament a new sacrifice had to be made on an altar – a lamb – goat – bullock, etc. Many believe the same applies today. Every time you sin in the New Testament, you still feel that your sin(s) must be put “under the blood” one more time [Old Testament Law].

You’ll also seek…
1) A place of repentance – again
2) To rededicate your life – again.
3) Seek to be born again – again.

Salvation, as viewed from eyes of religion, is an event that is ongoing, simply because you can never seem to get your life in order or straightened out. Because of this, the church believes you’ll never be in a favorable enough place with God to have the kind of intimacy and closeness I’m teaching is possible; all because of sin.

This also implies that…
1) You’ll never have assurance your sins are actually forgiven.
2) You’re never going to feel secure in your fragile faith.
3) You’ll never have genuine peace which comes from knowing the truths of scripture.
4) You’ll never feel you have sufficient boldness to enter into the Throne of Grace.
5) You’ll never have confidence enough to approach God because you are always in a state of repentance and feel completely unworthy.
6) You’ll feel that blood must be continually applied every time you trip, stumble, and fall.

You see unworthiness written everywhere, but God says you have been made worthy in Christ. Shame and rejection comes because the child of God does not understand what Christ has done through the atonement. Scripture clearly tells us that Christ entered in once and thereby obtained eternal redemption for us.

The results of stinking thinking…
1) You always feel unworthy and condemned because of your sin.
2) You feel rejected by God and man because of your sin.
3) You don’t enjoy being in the presence of God because of un-repented sin.
4) There is no joy, singing, or dancing in your life because of sin consciousness and resulting condemnation.
5) You have no awareness of being saved to the uttermost.

The word of God proclaims that Christ entered once into the holy place and obtained eternal redemption for us.

What is eternal redemption? It occurs when we become born-again by faith, inviting Christ to be our Savior and Lord; committing our lives to him alone, for the rest of our human existence and then into eternity. At this momentous event, our sins, which were many, were completely washed away by God and cast away from us, as far as the east is from the west, to be remembered no more, forever. At that instant, we were completely sin free. Our sinful nature was removed and a new life in Christ instituted. This new man was then sealed by the Holy Spirit.

What happens after that?
Generally, since our minds have not been renewed [taught] to understand all that Christ has done for us, we’ll ultimately revert back to our old familiar ways. We’ll sin. It may not happen right away, and we certainly don’t want to sin, now that we’re born-again. But at some point sin will occur. Scripture tells us so - 1 John 2:1 KJV - My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

In the Old Testament the nation of Israel was given the original Ten Commandments and a host of additional laws to obey, without exception.

The Old Testament “law(s)” commanded the children of Israel to be in control of their actions as the law dictated, while the New Testament commands us to be in control of our thoughts.

Here’s a well-known example…
If a man commits adultery in his mind, then scripture says he is just as guilty as if he actually performed the act.

This scripture lends credence to the example given. Proverbs 23:7 KJV - For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:

Who of us can stand up to a standard like the law? It is impossible. We must realize our need for “eternal redemption” which can only come through Christ. It is absolutely necessary for each of us today and available in the future for times when we’ll surely fail again. Eternal redemption is, as it states, eternal [without end]. What was sufficient for the early church is just as sufficient now and will to be till the end of the age.

The book of Hebrews shows us the transition made from animal sacrifices in the Old Testament to the final and permanent solution for sin, the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary, and all it implies.

Heb 9:13
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

This verse tells us that the sacrifices made during Old Testament times were only temporary.

Verse 14
…much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Verse 14 identifies the need we have to purge our conscience from unbelief, to that of faith and trust in the finished work of Christ.

Verse 15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Notice, there are two fundamental truths concerning Christ’s sacrifice. He obtained for us eternal redemption, and eternal inheritance.

Few of God’s children understand this radical truth. When you come to a place of surrender, salvation, and personal commitment to Christ, you are atoned of your past, present and future sins. Hearing this truth, most people generally ask what they feel is a logical question. “Can we then do whatever we want [continue sinning], since our sins have already been forgiven”? NO!

That is not what I am saying and it isn’t what scripture teaches. The thought of sinning again, once you’ve received Christ as your Lord and Savior, should be appalling to you, as the mere thought of it was to Paul in this next scripture reference.

Rom 6:1-2 KJV - 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

This is what the good news of the gospel proclaims. We can be free and remain free from all sin, when our minds are renewed. Understanding this good-news separates you from your former sinful desires and causes you to be drawn closer in love to your new master and Lord.

In Christ, sin no longer abounds, but grace does, and unto every good work. This transformation is about you decreasing [becoming less of what you were] and Christ increasing [becoming more of what Christ is like] in your life.


The scriptures I’ve referenced confront the teachings of most denominations. The truths are clear…
1) He obtained eternal redemption.
2) He obtained eternal inheritance.
3) He entered in once into the holy place and offered up his blood sacrifice to the Father.

In closing…
Religion tells you that God is totally unapproachable on your own. Don’t you dare believe it! He loved us enough to send his most precious gift – Jesus, so that you can have more in this life and the next, than you ever thought possible. God is completely approachable!

If you have difficulty with this teaching, ask the Holy Spirit to minister to you and help bring understanding, so that you will abound to every good work in Christ. If you’re anything like me, you’ll do exactly that, since you’ll long to have absolutely everything Christ has given us through his atonement.

Putting on the new man is a mandate from Almighty God.

A MONSTER IN THE CHURCH

John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

When the Holy Spirit directed me to begin sharing what He has placed in my heart I understood that there was going to be reality and truth that was certainly going to offend many, especially those in the Pentecostal realm who believe that their lives are being directed by the Holy Spirit simply because they speak in tongues.

But here is reality and truth, we speak in tongues but we are not drawing on the power of the Holy Spirit, we are not allowing Him to lead us into all truth and we are not allowing him to guide us to the fullness of walking through Him in completeness

With all that he is, with all that he possesses, with all that is available to us through Him, we still do not draw on his power.

The truth is that we have access to God through God the Holy Spirit and the prophets of old longed and desired to see what we are seeing; they longed and desired to hear the things that we are hearing from the word of God

Matt 13:17
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
And here we are living in this blessed day where it is more beneficial for us to have the Holy Spirit than it is to have Jesus Christ
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John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

And we walk around depressed, discouraged, wanting a fresh touch from God, constantly looking for some thing new that can be felt, chasing God here and chasing God there and the whole time the Holy Spirit (Almighty God) lives on the inside of us.

If you have been born again and baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues then He lives and dwells on the inside of you,
He lives on the inside of you where you can be refreshed and if you are weary can find rest

Isa 28:11-13
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing : yet they would not hear.

He lives on the inside of you where you can build up your most holy faith,

Jude 20
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith , praying in the Holy Ghost,

But what does the child of God do, they chase God from one event to another, they chase God from one church to another and God is not running.
They are looking for a well to drink from, they are looking for a place to get a fresh drink of water and they never come to the revelation that the well that they are looking to drink from is on the inside of them.
A well of living water springing up, leaping up into everlasting life,
The Holy Ghost.

John 4:10---Jesus is speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

VERSE 13
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life .

Notice the words,
But whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give shall never thirst and it will be a well of water springing up into everlasting life

John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life : he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Hear the words,
You shall never hunger, you will never thirst if you drink of the water that he gives and it shall be to you a well of living water that is constantly bubbling up, that is springing up like an artesian well, it never has to be primed, it never has to be pumped---it is a well of springing water.
And one of the biggest monsters in the church today is
Lord I hunger for you
Lord I thirst for you
Fill us up Lord we are so desperate for you.

It’s like sitting down to a six course meal and then telling every one how hungry you are,
If you are hungry --- then why don’t you just eat, if you are thirsty then why don’t you just drink, it has been given to you so that you will never hunger, so that you will never thirst.

But the language of the church is I feel so empty, so dry, so drained, instead of telling every one how hungry you are—why don’t you eat.

The reason you’re so empty, so dry, so confused and so drained is because you are not drawing on the power of the Holy Spirit to refresh you and bring you rest
When did you stop realizing who it is that lives on the inside of you?
When did you stop seeing the potential that lives on the inside of you?
When did you stop the flow of the resurrection power that dwells on the inside of you?
When did you stop promoting spiritual growth and strength.

Speaking in tongues edifies and builds you up, when did you stop allowing it to do that.

1 Cor 14:4
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.

The word edifieth in the Greek is oykodomehoo and it means to build a house,
Building a house promotes growth and strength.

Jesus said come to me and you will never hunger and you will never thirst again and yet in the body of Christ there are multitudes that are doing just that, hungering and thirsting, desperate for him and the whole time the well is on the inside of them.

The Holy Spirit has been sent to be your encourager, your comforter, to build you up, to strengthen you, to refresh you, to bring you rest when you are weary, to lead you into all truth and we walk around depressed discouraged and confused.

There is something terribly wrong with this picture.

It is not about what we do not have; it’s about not appreciating what we do have and not walking in the revelation of power that has been given to us.

John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

He will guide you into all truth
Those words he will guide in the Greek are hodaygeho and it means to show you the way and the meaning is literal
To show you the way means to start revealing to you the things of God

John 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

The Holy Spirit reveals Jesus
The Holy Spirit takes the things of Jesus and reveals them
The Holy Spirit is sent to exalt Jesus, to glorify Jesus, to lift up Jesus, to magnify Jesus and many of God’s people do not know the Holy Spirit intimately.
Are they born again---Yes?
Are they baptized in the Holy Spirit—yes--but they do not know Him apart from speaking in tongues.

The way that you think reveals whether or not that you know Him, The things that you speak reveals whether or not you have intimacy with him.

What is intimacy---knowing Him?
Paul said it in
Phil 3:10
That I may know him , and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

It is the Holy Spirit that reveals Jesus to you, you can come to the place in your life where you know Jesus and it will keep you from being depressed and discouraged, it will keep you from being confused.
I am not speaking about superhuman strength in which to persevere through
I am revealing to you intimacy and love through the Holy Spirit..

John 16:13
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

If you only take the last part of this verse it would transform your life if you would grasp what is being said.

and he will shew you things to come.

If you were open to see just what he would reveal unto you about next week it would transform you, and if you would take advantage of what he would show you it would radically change your life, it could prevent you from having a car wreak and being killed, it could prevent you from having an accident at home.
There have been times when the Holy Spirit has told me to move and if I would not have moved I would have been seriously hurt.
The Holy Spirit shows you things to come and because he knows about those things he can save your life.

Rom 8:26
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

The word helpeth our in the Greek is soonanteelombanomahee and it means to take hold together.

The Holy Spirit does not intercede for you by himself, He does not help our infirmities by himself, He does not help our infirmities on his own and you can not intercede on your own
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It is beyond human ability.

But when you begun to pray and to intercede then the Holy Spirit takes hold with you and He then joins with you making intercession with groanings which can not be uttered making the prayer of a righteous man effectual and fervent that avails much.