The New & Living Way

Welcome! He is Risen!

The resurrection was Mankind 2.0. It was the re-boot of humanity. Christ is called the second Adam in scriptures; in fact, Adam is referred as a symbol or representation of Christ who was yet to come. In order for God make man in His image, man must be a free moral agent; that is, he must have the right to choose his destiny.

If you can’t say “no”, then “yes” means nothing.

Romans 5:12–21 NLT

12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. 13 Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break. 14 Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come. 15 But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. 16 And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins. 17 For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ. 18 Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. 19 Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous. 20 God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant. 21 So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

HUMANITY 2.0

2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV 1900

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Not simply a chance to try again, but an new beginning.

1 Corinthians 15:45–49 NLT

45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. 46 What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. 47 Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. 48 Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man. 49 Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.

Philippians 2:13 NLT

13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

Not WILLPOWER, but rather GOD’S POWER!

Philippians 2:13 The Message

13 That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure.

Ezekiel 36:26 NLT

26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.

Colossians 3:10 LEB

10 and have put on the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created him,

Consider the Father’s dilemma; we are damaged by sin, but He still loves us deeply.

Sin is like cancer; it is not a loving thing to ignore cancer, or even worse, celebrate someone’s cancer. Cancer is a death-force that must be engaged and defeated if there is to be life.

Romans 5:8 NLT

8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

Consider the heart of the Father; He comes down into our sin and confusion, takes on humanity in all it’s chaos and suffering, and makes a way whereby that humanity can be redeemed and restored.

You can’t escape a judgement you won’t acknowledge.

Galatians 3:24–25 KJV 1900

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

Romans 7:8 NLT

8 But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.

Romans 4:15 NLT

15 For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)

John 3:16 AMP

16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.