Do You Know?
By Tammy Lacock
Warren Litzman continues to explain, through Paul’s epistles, our new birthing as Christians. When we are born again, the incorruptible seed of God’s Son, Christ Jesus, has been placed in us, joined to our Spirit, making us one spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). This birthing completes our creation; and we now have the right, for the first time, as God’s bona fide children, to fulfill who He created us to be. Christ in us completes our creation. Yet, is is only through Paul epistles by revelation where we can know this. Paul shares his revelation in his letter to the Colossians chapter 2, verse 10, “And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.”
Warren emphasizes how our new birth in Christ has been part of God’s plan since before the foundation of the world. In fact, there are two pillars established before the foundation of the world that hold up the gospel of Jesus Christ: the death and resurrection of Christ on the cross and consequently, the birthing of Christ in every believer (Ephesians 1:4). Christ couldn’t bring this message of living in us while he was here in the flesh. Man wasn’t ready. He did mention to Nicodemus that we “must be born again” (John 3:3, 7), but He knew this revelation must wait. He knew He must die for people to believe. God raised up Paul to bring us this message of our death in Christ’s death and His eternal life now living in every believer. By diving into Paul’s epistles, this great mystery can be revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.
We must know that Christ lives in us to live out our completion. Paul states clearly in Romans 16:25 that there is no other gospel than his gospel now, that Christ lives in every believer. And only by revelation can we know this. This great mystery was God’s plan from the beginning, before He laid the foundation of the world. And only those who now know this gospel have authority to preach it.
“Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began.” (Romans 16:25, KJV)
It took Peter some time for this revelation to take hold. He didn’t know. In fact, he and Paul preached
A Christian is born again. A Christian is one in whom Christ now lives, not figuratively, but actually. We are complete in our new birthing. Christ is our new life. Yet the only way we can live who God created us to be is to know this. Dive into Paul’s epistles and let the Holy Spirit reveal it to you.
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20, KJV)
