November 23, 2009

A New Creation


"When Jesus becomes our Passover, we are born again into a new world. To Israel it was a physical change; to us it is a spiritual change. The external conditions and surrounding may remain the same, but we do not. The externals appear different, but it is because our eyes are new! When one is born again, he begins to see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3). This is a far more glorious deliverance. Moses led Israel out of Egypt in one day, but "Egypt" (the way of the world)
still remained in Israel. Through Christ "the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Gal. 6:14). Jesus takes Egypt out of the heart and replaces it with a new country — the Kingdom of God. The seed of Cain, religious man, is forever seeking to make the world a better place in which to live. Christ changes men so that they might be able to live in the world. The carnal man seeks to change men by changing the world. The spiritual man seek to change the world by changing men."

Rick Joyner, There were Two Trees in the Garden