Let’s use today to focus on the new creature deception. Whenever the issue of foundations and ones bloodline comes up, it usually causes a divide amongst Christians. Christians are usually divided along two major opinions.

There are those who quote: 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV, which says:
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Those who quote the text believe that, A Christian cannot be under foundational, Ancestral or bloodlines curse and patterns.
With their major backing being the above text, I thought to myself, this people have the ‘New Creature Misunderstood”. This misunderstanding I termed the New Creature deception.

One of the rules of scripture interpretation is understanding context. Context implies deriving meaning using the environment of the text.
It is like using a general sentence to identify the meaning of a word.
For instance, If I say, “He is acting like a fool, it’s like His head has gone “KumKum””. you don’t know the meaning of the word “KumKum”, but from the general idea of the sentence; the environment of the word, you can make correct deductions on the meaning of the word. So context is very important in understanding scriptures.

To Understand context, Let’s see 2 Corinthians 5:16, then we get to seventeen.
‭‭2 Corinthians 5:16-17 KJV‬‬ says: Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Back in Verse 15, it concludes that since Christ died for all, then all were dead and should live unto Him who died and rose again for them. And then it goes forward to say, that we trust No Man’s flesh, and we do not even recognise Christ after the flesh.
Therefore in view of this, we do not know any man after the flesh, not even christ. It is vain for any man to profess relationship with Christ according to the flesh, while He is unchanged in heart and life and dead in trespasses and sin.

Notice How the emphasis is mainly on Lifestyle: It shows us that the “New Creature is New Man with a New Life. So on first emphasis, The “Old thing” is simply The Old life (Amplified calls it “previous Moral and Spiritual Conditions).
But let’s not stop there: Because going further, we find something unique. Romans 12:2 introduces something unique.
The text says: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

See How the text begins by saying, Don’t conform to this world? The CEB Bible version says: Don’t be like people of this world, But let God change the way you think.
What is key here is that we are able to see that: The Transformed mind of the believer is what releases him to enjoy the full treasures of God: and guess what: This transformation is gradual, it’s a process: Hence the word “Renewing Of The Mind”.

The Holy Spirit shows us Here that, Transformation is not as is perceived by some. The New creature is not born a giant, He is born a baby. And so He has to learn and Mature into all all things that pertains to spiritual life. So in reality, being born again changes who you are spiritually, but it doesn’t disconnect you from who you used to be automatically (this disconnection is a process). The disconnection has to happen through the renewing of the mind which is what initiates the transformation process.
It’s like this: A baby eagle is an eagle, But it cannot fly: It needs a renewed Mind, Maturity and process to learn the concept of flight.

What we are saying is this: Lifestyle (which ofcourse is a product of the Mind) is what God uses to Mature us to heights spiritually where we become powerful enough to destroy the works of the devil.
Please take note of this, it is very important. Lifestyle is extremely important. For instance, a Christian who doesn’t have a prayer lifestyle, though born again will suffer great demonic oppression.

Write this down: Deliverance from Ancestral powers is not automatic because One is Born Again, It is deliberate and intentional. Remember the Bible says, the violent takes it by force. When you become a new creature, you are endued with great power and capacity to release a dimension of spiritual violence that will take anything from Satan by force.
To take back your Life, you have to become stronger than the strong Man, enter his palace, and take everything that is yours that has come under the power of the strong Man.
The New creature is usually seen as a soldier of the Lord, A soldier is a fighter, not a title bearer: If you don’t fight, the devil will control you until He messes you up.

Let Us Pray.
Lord, Help me to rebuild what is broken, Help me to fix what is shattered, Help me to repent in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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