Sunday Re cap (22nd July 2007)

Breaking The Power of the Past-Part III
by Ps Samuel Hari

The New Birth into a Spiritual Family

Jesus described becoming a Christian as a new birth (John 3:3-5). 2 Cor 5:17

We become a new creation when we receive the nature of God which recreates a new spirit in us causing us to be a new species among men.

The NT describes becoming a Christian as a spiritual rebirth through which we are adopted into a new family. Rom 8:14-19; Gal 4:1-9; Mark 3:33-35.

In fact, family is the most significant metaphor used to describe the church.

Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. Adoption results in the severing of the parental responsibilities and rights of the biological parents and the placing of those responsibilities and rights onto the adoptive parents.

The critical factor that most significantly determines my new identity as a Christian and character is not the blood of my biological family but the blood of Jesus. Mat 10:37

The NT world is unable to imagine a healthy family life apart from a healthy church life!
The question then is, why isn’t this happening? We are different from the world yet, on another level, we are pretty much the same?

The Importance Of Process.
The Word of God is a seed. All truth comes in seed form. What we do with the seed after it is planted will determine whether it will bear fruit for us.

We also need to realize (revelation) that we are no longer under the old genealogy.

We are not recipients of our old family nature, character; we are recipients of our new family.

Our reparenting process includes coming to church every week to learn and practice this new set of values and culture. It’s like migrating to another country.

• Our covenant with our heavenly father is directly related to our covenant with one another. 1 Jn 4:20-21; 1 Jn 1:7
• Our mission in this world is directly related to our covenant with one another. Jn 17:20-23
• Our life, health, prosperity, growth is directly related to our covenant with one another. 3 Jn 2, Eph 4:16
  
  

The Passion Of Christ. Why was The LORD in anguish in the garden of Gethsemane? Christ passion in fellowship with the Father! The pain of separation from the Father was the hardest thing for our LORD. He expects us to have such passion for one another! Heb 10:24-24

When we don’t forgive, we are going back to the old genealogy. When we are offended, we are going back to the old genealogy. The idolatrous genealogy!

Whenever we come together i.e. Cell Group, Prayer Meeting, and hold hands and pray, we are re-affirming our new genealogy. We are being reparented; we are walking through the process. We are declaring that we are no longer under the old family, we are under the new. The most powerful statement is coming to the LORD’S Table together.

We are one family. The family of God, where God is now our Father. We have a new genealogy. We are blessed for a thousand generations! We are healthy, spiritually, emotionally, financially.