The New Man

Our Old Man has contracted a deadly disease. That disease is called SIN:  

That old sin nature is incurable. It will never be restored!  End of Story!

There is no redemption planned now or in the future  for this Old Man

God has made His decision: He says it's dead and asks 
"Why seek the living among the dead?"

The old man is dead as regards ever achieving anything of value spiritually. It has lost the connection to Life. It really  is just a funeral service waiting to happen. Two hundred thousand such funerals take place each day: So much for Satan's promise to Eve: "You shall not surely die" God's however has a far better idea than embalming the dead. 
"What is it?" you may ask.

God is no longer in the business of making this old flesh better or holier or more moral. It's important to understand this as many believers are taught otherwise. Many still cling to the hope that the law will reclaim the old nature and make it clean and acceptable to God. This will never happen as "the flesh cannot please God" no matter how you perfume it or dress it up: This comes as a real shock to many who stubbornly resist the word that tells them: "The law was given that sin might increase"

Jeremiah (Chp 18) went down to the house of the potter and saw that "the vessel was marred in the hands of the potter" What happened next is critical: The potter, using the same clay, made a brand new vessel pleasing to Him. Yes God has given up on the old you but He has done something amazing: He has gone on and made a brand new creation you that is perfect. Now He has no need of two of you so the original or primitive is "passed away" (2 Cor 5:17) in His eyes and is considered dead though the funeral may be 30 years down the road.

In that same passage we are invited to observe or look at this new creation. "Lo" or "Behold" this new creation! And as we look (according to the law of the Spirit) we become more and more like what we observe. Since I started doing that I've got an amazing desire to just cross over and live in the new! Simple as that but this calls for personal revelation, not merely reading an article like this.

I have discovered that all is new over there!I t no longer matters if I have a car, or money or a house of my own or even friends: The answer to every problem. to every sickness and every heartache and longing is found not in the old nature, not in worry or strife or anxiety ...

 but in this new CREATION YOU:  Read this a few times until it is revealed to you:

Paul inspired by God said "We no longer look at anyone after the flesh"

You see The Flesh profits nothing! What? Not even 20%? Not 10 % or at least 3%?

This is so radical one can scarcely take it : It's radical and calls for thinking like Jesus: (Matt 6:20ff. &  Luke 12:20ff

The new you is never burdened by sickness ,or sadness , or loneliness: Never confused or fearful or unloved The new you is bursting with joy unspeakable  and is rich beyond belief in revelation and expectancy.

When digging new potatoes in the garden I noticed that the new potatoes are not the old ones cleaned up and rejuvenated: In fact I found the withered empty shell of the old empty potato still there in the soil.The new potatoes were different and fresh and tasty: Related to the old as in Jeremiah 18 but yet a brand new creation.

Similarly the new you is not the old you, though made of the same lump of clay. Not the old person cleaned up and washed and given a fresh shot of super religious zeal.: Forget it: God already has abandoned any such idea.! The new , we're told is of God, not of the old!

"The Flesh Profits nothing" You profit ZERO for every minute spent in the flesh: 

What is this flesh?  What does God  mean by living in the flesh?

Any action on my part that has not it's source in God's Logos or God's Rhema or 

God's light falls short and is called sin: Many of our activities sound good to us (charities)

look good to man and community, have been done by other so called believers but are worth zero. They are sourced in Flesh and not in a response to God's live directions.

In this present set up we are given legs and hands and a mouth and eyes etc.

These re all there to be of use and to be used: I'm not saying any of these are bad in themselves. The focus is on THE SOURCE: What is the actual source of my words or of my actions

Jesus said I never do anything except what the Father shows me.

"Anything that is not of faith is Sin" it says in another place.

Paul wrote of himself: "The life I now live in the flesh I live by the Faith of the son 
of God ".....

Law is not for us once we get this revelation as LAW is an effort to Fix the unfixable:

God's answer to all of my prayers, to all of my petitions and needs is the same:

Come up here to the NEW YOU: There is a new creation: Everything about this new creation is of God. Every thought the new you thinks is of God and more than fulfills the LAW:  "Lord I'm in such trouble: Can't sleep with fear and anxiety about death: Please take all this away and give me peace" God says: Just have a look at the new you: Beautiful:Serene: Peaceful: Full of joy and hope and destiny: Come and stay

God's Will & Man's Will

Does God have a will? Of course.

Do men have wills? Of course.

When God’s and man’s wills agree, it is a good day, but what happens when they don’t agree? Whose will takes precedence over the other’s? Most Christians believe that man’s will takes precedence over God’s. They won’t say it that way, but that is their belief. Most Christians will tell you “God gave men free-will and because of that, God won’t interfere with our wishes.” This, of course, only goes so far. The will of a being extends as far as his power. A dog may wish to go outside, but his will cannot be carried out until someone capable of opening the door lets him out. Even then, the dog requires help to carry out his will, for a being that is powerless to perform cannot expected to do so unless there is direct intervention from a superior being. It is foolish to assume a man’s will can carry him to any extent that surpasses his power, however, being that God is all-powerful; it is accurate to say that God can do whatever He wishes.

Clearly, God cannot be omnipotent if all it takes to stop Him is for man to say “No. Sit. Stay.” This is why the doctrine of free-will is a doctrine of creation over Creator. We can either believe that God’s plans will be carried out no matter what man says (Job 23:13; Isaiah 46:10; Ephesians 1:11) or we can believe that God must ask permission before carrying out His will. Either way, the belief that God would be foolish enough to leave the salvation of a creature that cannot save itself up to that creature is not true or even reasonable. If God wants all men to be saved, then it shall be; regardless of the size of the box that man believes he can put God in.

So, how far does man’s will extend? As far as God wills it to extend. Only a fool would entrust a helpless creature with its own salvation. God, being the Governor of the universe, knows that it is His responsibility and His place to choose who He will save, how He will save them, and how quickly man will return to Eden. Man has no choice in the matter and even if God asked for man’s opinion; man does not have the power to back his will with any meaningful action.

May we all trust in the Lord fully. May we trust in Him, as the all-powerful Governor of the universe, to do what we cannot, but more importantly; to do what He wishes whether or not He first consults with us.

Aaron Locker

Your New Identity

I am the Temple of the Holy Spirit 

God makes His home in me:  {I am the Home of God (1 Cor 6:19)}

When I meet with believers we together are the House Of God: (1 Cor 3:16)

God today makes His home in people like me and you and not in buildings! (Acts 17:24)

I am joined to the Lord in Spirit (1 Cor 6:19)

I am not this way by chance or by anything I ever said or done: 

You see despite what I feel, I did not choose God at all  .. He chose me! (John 15:16)

I am chosen for a particulat time, place  and  purpose: (Acts 17:26: |Eph 2:10)

Every step of my life was preplanned by God  (Psalm 139)

I was chosen long before the time recorded in Genesis (Eph 1:4)

God is 100% conciliated with me: He is no longer angry with me at any time!

I am now conciliated to God; There is consistent and continual peace between us:

There is full reconciliation between us: (2 cor 5:18) The relationship is restored!

God, as judge, has declared me Righteous for ever (Rom 5:1)

There is now a person called  (your name)  who is a new creation: (2 Cor 5:17)

There is also a (your name) who has utterly failed and is un-fixable!

God is no longer in the business of trying to make that old you better or holier or more moral!

However God has done a marvellous thing in actually creating a new you!

There is now a new creation person called (your name) and that person  is 100% perfect.

That new person is delightful to God, and God longs to fellowship with him/her 24/7

That new person called {your name)  is no longer subject to any curse: (Gal 3:13)

That new person  {called your name ) will never be abandoned or condemned! (Romans 8:34)

I am unconditionally loved by the Supreme God of all creation and for ever!

This LOVE is even now transforming me and my mind as I focus on it: (Rom 12:2)

Nothing in Heaven , on earth or under the earth can ever separate me from the Love of God. (Romans 8:38/39)

The world system, my old failed flesh nature and the devil try to stop me knowing who I really am:

They combine every day to focus me on my failed flesh experiences instead of on things above (Col 3:1-3)

They are afraid of the new me: And try and convince me I am a disgrace and an insult to God!

If I yield to those "fake news" thoughts ...

If I spend a day or a week or more in the pigsty thinking of the flesh ...

Then I fall short of the glory and that's called SIN:

Then it feels as if I'm cursed 

It feels as if I'm not loved,  and lost and lonely

It feels as if I'm condemned and joyless and without hope!

But God forbid I stay there as really for me and for you the flesh profits nothing;

Pack your bag and FLEE but not by works or by LAW

Only by the spirit ..into the loving arms of ABBA Father!

Hope this little letter will encourage and lift each soul

Like the butterfly rising from the cocoon 

You have in spirit risen from the tomb of that body of sin 

 Protect your freedom (Gal 5:1) in these closing days

No weapon ever devised against me will succeed: 
Not even the weapon of my own flesh nature!!

I am unbeatable in spirit! 
More than a conqueror in Christ

Jesus as Lamb of God has taken away all the sin of the world ....
and that includes every last sin of yours and of mine

God, looking at you today  says "I find no fault in this man!"

The Batterings Of This Life

• Written on the death of a dear friend, Seamus,  who went thro' years of pain and silent sufferings on his journey to certain heaven. The beautiful Eleanor Plunkett,was  played by his brother Michael at the funeral service in Aghamore:}

I remember how an old churn 

would be piously placed

on the forum in the kitchen

creamy milk poured into it's wooden belly:

The lid secured and as darkness fell

The weekly battering began!

A mighty battle ensued

man against an unknown foe 

as blow after blow 

rained down on innocent cream:

Battered bruised and pummeted

I could imagine it's cry

"Why? What have I done to deserve such?"

"Why me?"

Neighbours who chanced the way

were conscripted and gently coerced:

Lured by long tradition, to partake in the lynching!

Yes there were lapses in the Liturgy.

The lid removed:

Sunlight penetrating the battle ground

Observations made and taste buds sated!

and for a brief moment 

the cream dared breathe again

But all in vain as the slaughter resumed:

until at last the lovely liquid died

and all was still and breathless in the kitchen:

Awaiting the miracle ..I'm told

For lo and behold! 

A transformation!

The butter beamed inside.

And yes .. I must admit

even the buttermilk was sweet a while.

A Night Spent In Hostel In Strandhill

I want to be wrapped in the womb of your Word

Warm in the safest place on earth I know;..

The nearest point on the compass to God.:

His Logos whispering declarations to my spirit

thro His book his world His love

I know no truth exists outside of your daily declarations

cocoon the baby inside me in your loving embrace:

I long to see your face:

{When do you think I'll see your face?}

Deliver me from men who know everything

but feed death into my heart day after weary day

For a start Lord nourish this famished frame 

On the written and revealed manna of Thy Name

Wrap my frail existence in your Love and life

effulging from the heart of the only God and  father 

and as a hen gathers her chicks afresh

Oh lift me high from this foul pigsty of the flesh

I want to snuggle close beside you tonight 

as the wind and glorious waves 

strangle the rocks around Strandhill

being still and knowing I am secure in God

Oh to be finally free and forever united

oh to dissolve into your fragrance [but still be] ..

sheltered under the shadow of those mighty wings

safe for a million eons from everything, 

in a place where Jesus and Word 

are forever entwining and entwined.

Never felt so hungry for your closeness Jesus, my precious Word!

I have everything I ever need tonight, Here

where all arguments cease, 

under the brow of this hill of buried  kings

and the cares of tomorrow shall wait like a lost line from an old song

Knocknaree, hill of kings, I know that's is true

But I'm no longer lured by legend's lore

So let me set the record true ..

To every Caesar I cast all I owe

But as for  Kings

I recognise and serve none ...

But YOU.

Enjoy a listen to this beautiful song Radja ... It's for you!

The Best Is Yet To come

On Hearing of The Death Of Hugh Heffner

"Why is it one bad apple has more power than one good one?"

 In the year the song ended, that famed playboy died 

And I pondered your legacy, {Hugh}, ..........and I cried

Yes I know the Lord's high and is still lifted up

{But I was parked outside Lidl at Boher Na Sop}

The Shekinah still drenches His Temples of clay

But you trampled those temples and doomed to decay:

My God  spoke not of bunnies all running to seed

Nor compared darling-daughters to rabbits in fields

He spoke Temples and tapestry fearfully woven

Those vessels of honour that Jesus had chosen

Precious vases that cradle tomorrow in wombs

Alive! Yes Anointed! Escaped from sins' tombs

Not vaunting and brazen and slashed on page three

but hidden and humble and glorious and free!

Just consider believers, who clutch I-phones like glue

Your'e a son of the Highest!

You're  not a McHugh  (Gaelic for son of Hugh)