EQIPPING THE CHURCH AS AN ARMY TO POSSESS THE NATIONS (HEBREWS
13:20-21, EPHESIANS 4:11-12, EPHESIANS 6:10-11)
1. THEME/TOPIC: THE NEW CREATION AND THE POSSESSING THE
NATIONS AGENDA.
Song: Onyame Honkronkron
We thank God for the opportunity given us to meet as a church and to share His word.
2. ANCHOR TEXT:
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 NIV
17. “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the NEW CREATION has come: the old has
gone, the NEW is here”2
INTRODUCTION (5 MINS):
3. THE CONCEPT OF SIN:
Sin is a mystery.
Sin was introduced into the heavens when Lucifer rebelled against God out of pride.
Lucifer became the author of sin and was cast out of heaven.
Sin was in the spirit but needed an agent to enter into the world.
He used the form of a snake to deceive Eve into disobeying the command of God by eating
of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
By this sin was generally imputed to all men when Adam also ate of the fruit against the will
of God.
ROMANS5:12 NIV “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death
through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned-”
The introduction of sin into mankind brought spiritual death which resulted in a broken
communication and fellowship between God and mankind.
When Adam ate the fruit, his spirit man died to God and an unregenerate spirit was left.
Therefore God had to be reconciled to mankind through Jesus Christ.
2 CORINTHIANS5:18 “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ
and gave us a ministry of reconciliation:”
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4. COMPONENTS OF MAN
Man is a SPIRIT, he has a SOUL and he lives in a BODY.
1THESSALONIANS5:23 “May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and
through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.”
Animals have only soul and body.
The spirit of the natural man is dead and a habitat for the devil.
Our spirits is the actual person who will live forever.(LUKE16:22-LAZARUS/ RICHMAN)
Through our bodies our spirit has access to the world therefore Jesus was born in the flesh.
Our spirit is the HIDDEN MAN(1PETER3:4KJV), the INWARD
MAN(2CORIN.4:16KJV) and the INNER MAN(EPHESIANS3:16KJV)
The soul is the component of man through which his will, emotions, conscience and
decisions are perceived.
The un-renewed soul of man is dead, desperately wicked and deceitful.(ROMANS1:18-29)
When one is not born again, his spirit and soul are of the devil and destined for hell.4
THE BODY (20 MINS):
5. THE CONCEPT OF THE NEW CREATION:
Now all that man has to do is to acknowledge his sinful state and accept Jesus Christ into his
heart by confessing Jesus as his Savior and Lord.
ROMANS10:10 “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with
your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved”
One who does so is born again through regeneration or new birth.
He has become a NEW CREATION.
1 CORINTHIANS 5:17 NIV
17. “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the NEW CREATION has come: the old has gone,
the NEW is here”
All men enter the world through birth by a woman and hence bear Adam’s sins by
imputation. Hence the need for a new creation.
A new creation is one whom after being born of the flesh is further born of the Spirit of God.
JOHN3:6 “Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit”
It is to be recreated and transformed by God through His Word and the power of the Holy
Spirit.
A new creation is born again, not of corruptible seed (man’s seed), but of incorruptible, by the
Word of God, which lives and abides forever.(1 PETER1:23)
A new creation is a child of God, born not of natural descent, nor human decision or a
husband’s will, but BORN OF GOD.(JOHN1:13)
A new creation is of God.(1 JOHN4:4)5
A new creation is a kind of first fruit of all God created, giving birth through the word of truth.
(JAMES1:18)
