To live in the fullness of the new birth we have to get knowledge of the makeup of mankind before the fall, what happen to mankind after the fall and how did God redeem mankindlLOVE back to his original state thru the New Birth

Not only is this important for you it’s a message that you are able to share with others.

So let’s go back to the book of beginnings and that’s in Gen 1:26

Genesis 1:26-28
26   And God said, Let us make man in our image after our likeness : and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27   So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

That word image in the Hebrew means  (resemblance)
(in the likeness of God)

Then we see the very first words of wisdom to mankind about how to operate under the blessing. The blessing always invokes blessings.
God commanded it right after the blessing is given.

28   And God blessed them, and God said unto them, he said Be fruitful (always producing) , and he said multiply (which means always increasing)and he said replenish (which means fill and refill) the earth, and he said subdue it (which means control your environment or your environment will control you) and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

So Genesis reveals that the blessing is ours when we are in a state of obedience to God‘s commands-which means that we have to be a doer of the word by acting on the word by believing  and speaking, just as mankind  did before the fall.

So mankind was made to always be producing, increasing, filled and being refilled, and controlling their  environment which is the dominion mandate that he gave mankind.

Then in Gen 2:7

Genesis 2:7 KJV
“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (a living Being)

In the Jewish sages (is an interpreter of Jewish law) it reads that man became a living speaking spirit

The power of speech was not given to man for his own amusement

The first language of mankind was intended to be the language of the spirit.

Whatever our individual native languages are, they are secondary to the spiritual language of GOD.

And the language of God is made up of the WORD and SPIRIT.

The Breath of GOD was breathed into Adam. It was an impartation of the Spirit of GOD. By this means, Adam is created a speaking spirit, in the image and likeness of the Speaking Spirit of GOD.

Then in Gen 2:19 we see Adam speaking and creating names for the animals.

Genesis 2:19
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. 

In Adam’s naming and in the qualities that make that naming possible, Adam is the image of God.

Then in Gen 2:17 he gave Adam a commandment and said to him

Genesis 2:17 NKJV
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.””

Tree of Knowledge and the eating of its fruit represents the beginning of the mixture of good and evil together.

We all know the rest of the story mankind was disobedient they eat of it and died

God was not referring  to physical death but to spiritual death

If man had never died spiritually he would not have died physically.

But because he died spiritually it manifested itself in the physical body by destroying it.

Spiritual death means separation from God.

The moment Adam sinned he was separated from God. Mankind was cut off from God. The Glory came off of them.

It was God’s custom to walk and talk with man and God called out to him “Adam where are you”

Adam said I hid myself. He was experiencing  something that he never experience before and that is shame guilt and condemnation

Mankind was now separated from God.

Man is now united with the devil. He’s an outcast, driven from the garden with no legal ground of approaching God.

He no longer response to the call of God.

He now only responds to his new master and that is the devil.

Man is now spiritually a child of the devil and he partakes of his nature.

So now we have the knowledge of the make up of mankind before the fall and then what happened to mankind after the fall.

And now lets hear and see how God redeems mankind back to his original state and what mankind would have to do to receive the New Birth

The only way mankind could be saved is by someone paying the penalty of mankind sins and by someone giving him a new nature.

The man is a triune being. We’re spirit beings that have a soul which is our mind and emotions and live in a body.

Man Who is a Spirit living in a body can be reborn.

His nature can be changed.

He could become a new creation in Christ Jesus.

Mankind doesn’t have to experience eternal death or the second death as some call it.

Which is being cast into the lake which burnith with fire and brimstone. That’s Hell!

God did not make robots and gave us a wonderful gift of free will.

Do we choose the life from God or stay in the nature of the devil.

But in order for mankind to avoid eternal dealth He needs life from God because he is spiritual dead.

John 5:26 KJV
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;”

John 5:26 NLT
“The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.”     

The new man Jesus Christ had no death in Him. He was not born as we are born and he didn’t have the spiritual nature of death – the devil in him.

Yet the Bible says in Hebrews 2:9  he tasted death for every man.

Jesus took upon himself our sin nature.

Hebrews 9:26 KJV
“….he put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”

Colossians 1:21-22 NLT
“This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault.”

Reconciled means to bring back to former state completely.

He took upon himself our sin nature the nature of spiritual death, that we might have eternal life.

John 10:10 KJV
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

In order to have the life of God in you, you must be born again.

These were the words that Jesus spoke to one of the most religious man of the day.

John 3:1-8, 15 NKJV
“There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water (which is the cleansing of the spirit by the word of God) and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Jesus was saying
Don’t mentally reason it out or figure it out just believe.

Paul being inspired by the Holy Ghost writes  in Ephesians 5:26:

“That he might sanctify and cleanse it (the church) with the washing of water by the word….

Peter being inspired by the Holy Spirit writes in 1 Peter 1:23

I Peter 1:23 NKJV
“having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,”

Corruptible seed is decaying seed
Incorruptible seed is immortal seed
which is exempt from dealth because it comes from the life giver
God the Father.

The word is the seed that comes into your heart and causes faith to grow.

Not only must we have God’s word in order to be born again, but you must have God‘s spirit.

Paul HS writes in Titus 3:5 KJV
“not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”

Titus 3:5 NLT
“he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.”

Ingredients: For My Bran Muffins
1 C. skim or 1% milk
1½ C. Shiloh Farms Organic Oat Bran
1 C. PureLiving Organic Sprouted Spelt Flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. Shiloh Farms Himalayan Pink Salt
2 eggs
¼ cup Shiloh Farms Raw Alfalfa Honey 3 Tbsp.organic
½ C. Shiloh Farms Organic Walnuts, Pecans, or nut of choice, chopped
½ C. Shiloh Farms Organic Raisins, Cranberries, or Dates (chopped)

If I take out anyone of those ingredients I am not going have what I desired and that is a healthy tasting bran muffin.

Likewise in order for you to be saved the ingredients must be the word and the spirit mixed with repentance and faith in your heart.

And Romans 10:8-10 NKJV states:

“But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Your faith in God’s word is expressed with your heart believe and with your mouth confess.

The moment you believe in your heart and confess Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life, you are born again.

If you haven’t done that yet you’re not saved.

The word religion comes from the Latin and while there are a few different translations, the most prevalent roots take you back to the Latin word “Re-Ligare.” “Ligare” means “to bind.” 

To hold in bondage.

Most often people experience religion’s “bondage” to Laws, ritual, and rites. Religion then is a mis-representation of God’s desired relationship with Him.

There are many people that are part of a religious church and have never confessed that Jesus is Lord of their life. Ask them if they believe and confess, their eternity depends upon it.

We could never be saved except by the pure grace of God

Man is certainly undeserving according to his own merits.

It is God‘s power working through his word and spirit that brings about the new birth.

Yet without an attitude of repentance and faith God‘s power will not work in a man’s heart.

Man’s will must be obedient to God‘s will before he can receive God‘s blessings.

And in  Ephesians 2:8-9 the word states
8   For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9   Not of works, lest any man should boast

So there is a mixture of God‘s grace and power with your will and faith

It is not just all of God, and certainly it is not just all up to you.

It takes gods ability and your willingness to bring about the new birth.

In the New Birth, our spirits are re-created. Our bodies are not.

It is in our spirit where all things have become new.

II Corinthians 5:17 NKJV
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”

We still have the same bodies we always had.

There is a man who lives inside the body Paul calls him the inword man the real man and he calls the body the outward man.

2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

The new birth makes you a brand new creation.

You are created after the image of Jesus Christ

In your spirit you were made to be like Christ.

In order to live like Christ you must put on the new man
Colossians 3:10 NLT
“Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.”

And Renewal is a Daily process.

Proverbs 4:20-22 NKJV
“My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.”

So thru the word  and the spirit we received the knowledge of the makeup of mankind before the fall, what happen to mankind after the fall and how God redeem mankind back to his original state thru the New Birth in Christ.

If you haven’t yet received Jesus Christ into your heart or if your unsure, pray this pray accordingly to God’s word in Romans 10:9

Father God, in Jesus name, I repent from all my sins and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord of my life and I believe in my heart that God raised him from the dead.  Thank you Jesus for being my Lord and Savior . And thank you Jesus. I am now reborn. I am a Christian-a child of Almighty God I am saved.!