Eph 4:22 That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;
23 And be made new in the spirit of your mind,
24 And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.
I am a Christian of 37 years.
From the onset of my relationship with Jesus, I discovered the most important truth.
The revelation of Christ Jesus through me is humanity’s most pressing concern.
Nothing in this world, and I mean nothing, is as important as what Jesus Christ hold for a person by His life, teachings, and His works on the cross.
And nothing in this world can cause as much impact as what the resurrected Christ Jesus, does through me.
The Christian possesses the most vital global treasure.
Its her ability to reveal Jesus Christ as the one who died for people’s sins as to their past, and Christ Jesus who equips them for the eternal life as to their future.
The new man whom she put on is Christ Jesus.
In my case, revealing this new man has been a thirty seven year labor.
Today, I am still not wholly successful.
The problem of identities between who I was, and who God says I am, has been a challenge.
It seems that the identity of who I was, clings to me like gooey black slime.
Ever so slowly, it backs away through great spiritual effort on my part.
Recently, I’ve questioned if it is spiritual black goo, or if it’s the slight of hand by the maniacal magician, the devil.
The black goo appears more as a dark shadow, or curtain, which overtakes and blinds me, and hits me with symptoms of who I used to be.
I’ve tried to shake it off.
The progress has been painfully slow.
My thinking now is that the goo was never real but it was the devil’s magical tricks.
As a vampire is energized by blood, the devil is energized by lies.
Herein are the maxims.
- When the devil knows that you know the truth as per God, he flees.
- When you think that you know the truth, but continue deceived, he sucks the life out of you.
This is why the Bible is vital.
Its the only insect repellent against the spiritual tick.
The devil’s great tactic is to keep you in your old identity, the one you had B.C.
That identity is broken and full of lying holes.
But when we function in the new identity, A.D., we beat him.
This is Christ Jesus’s identity.
So the devil does his best to keep us in the old identity.
This is his great ploy against humanity
The more I think, the more I am convinced that it was never black spiritual goo.
It is the slight of the hand of that maniacal magician, the devil.
I wonder if I’m the only one with the problem, or if you are afflicted too?
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