“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
The last act of our free will was to allow God to crucify us with all of Christ, which allowed us to completely live, because all of Christ was now the One living within us. We can’t even brag about giving up our free will, because it was God Who gave us the strength and the ability to do so! And praise God, the burden of messing up is no longer solely our concern; it is God's as well. Don't believe me? "And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land I gave your fathers; and ye shall be My people, and I will be your God. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses:" Ezekiel 36:27-28 God is the Gardener, Jesus is our Shepherd, we are the branches of the Vine of Christ, and we are the sheep of God Himself. Branches do not bear the responsibility of producing quality fruit, it is the vine and the gardener that do. Sheep do not bear the burden of their own safety, the shepherd does. God is the One Who cast the burdens of our salvation on Himself. Jesus teaches us that to be the greatest in God’s Kingdom, we have to be the biggest servants. Jesus is by far the greatest, because He is by far the biggest servant, ever living to intercede for us so that we may be saved to the uttermost. Any remnants of our free will are pruned out of us by God and burned out of us by Jesus, Who is the refiner’s fire, so that we may be used fully by God to produce everlasting righteous fruit! We are never alone; God in all of His forms: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is always vitally united with us! We are always strong in all of the power of God’s might and no weapon, none, even our carnal free will, will ever prosper against the power of Christ that is now within us! We have been empowered with the very Will of God to make Jesus our Lord and we are now one with our Father just as Jesus is One with the Father. And just as Jesus’ will is the Fathers’, so now is our through Christ that strengthens us!
The last act of our free will was to allow God to crucify us with all of Christ, which allowed us to completely live, because all of Christ was now the One living within us. We can’t even brag about giving up our free will, because it was God Who gave us the strength and the ability to do so! And praise God, the burden of messing up is no longer solely our concern; it is God's as well. Don't believe me? "And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land I gave your fathers; and ye shall be My people, and I will be your God. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses:" Ezekiel 36:27-28 God is the Gardener, Jesus is our Shepherd, we are the branches of the Vine of Christ, and we are the sheep of God Himself. Branches do not bear the responsibility of producing quality fruit, it is the vine and the gardener that do. Sheep do not bear the burden of their own safety, the shepherd does. God is the One Who cast the burdens of our salvation on Himself. Jesus teaches us that to be the greatest in God’s Kingdom, we have to be the biggest servants. Jesus is by far the greatest, because He is by far the biggest servant, ever living to intercede for us so that we may be saved to the uttermost. Any remnants of our free will are pruned out of us by God and burned out of us by Jesus, Who is the refiner’s fire, so that we may be used fully by God to produce everlasting righteous fruit! We are never alone; God in all of His forms: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is always vitally united with us! We are always strong in all of the power of God’s might and no weapon, none, even our carnal free will, will ever prosper against the power of Christ that is now within us! We have been empowered with the very Will of God to make Jesus our Lord and we are now one with our Father just as Jesus is One with the Father. And just as Jesus’ will is the Fathers’, so now is our through Christ that strengthens us!
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