In the Bible in Romans 1:20, we read that the whole creation is created in Jesus Christ; the Word. All things in heaven and on earth, the visible and invisible, are created by Him and for Him. There’s not one creation that is created without Him. Everything has its existence in Jesus Christ; the Word. That’s why the whole creation testifies about Him.
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse (Romans 1:20)
The reason why Jesus had to come to earth
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10)
Because of the fact, that the whole creation is created in Jesus Christ, the Word, Jesus had to come to earth, so that the new creation; the new man, would also be created in Him.
The new creation; the new man, is created in Jesus Christ
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist (Colossians 1:15-18)
The sons of man
The sons of man are born of the seed of Adam; the seed of fallen man and are therefore his offspring. Because of the fact that Adam sinned through his disobedience to God, death entered, his spirit died and his flesh (soul and body) remained alive.
Sin had affected the seed of humanity. Because of sin, death entered and would reign in the whole human race. Man could become ill and sick, because sickness and disease are a fruit of death.
Adam had become unclean; a sinner. Therefore the offspring of Adam; all the sons of man would be born as a sinner. Death would reign and still reigns in every person, who is born on this earth.
The coming of Jesus Christ
For we have not an high Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin (Hebrew 4:15)
Jesus came in the flesh on this earth, but Jesus was born of the holy Seed of God. Because Jesus was born of the holy Seed of God, Jesus wasn’t affected by evil and death didn’t reign in Jesus. During Jesus’ life on this earth, Jesus had the ability to become disobedient to God and sin, just like Adam.
Jesus had the ability to exchange His holy status through sin for death. But Jesus walked in righteousness and holiness and stayed obedient to God until His death.
When the time had come to fulfill God’s redemptive plan for fallen man, Jesus was taken captive, whipped, and crucified. Jesus yielded and humbled Himself and at the cross, God laid all the sins and iniquities of humanity upon Him.
And so, Jesus took all sins and iniquities of the human race upon Himself, when Jesus died on the cross.
His blood was shed for the whole human race, which was affected by sin and death.
Because of the fact that Jesus took all sins and iniquities upon Himself, Jesus entered Hades, where Jesus conquered death and rose from the dead.
Jesus did all this, so that everyone, who would believe in Him and accept Him as Saviour and Lord, and would walk in His commandments, would not see death, but receive eternal life.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:14-15)
Jesus reconciled man back to God. Jesus was the Firstborn of the new creation; the sons of God, who walk in righteousness and holiness, in the will of God by keeping His commandments.
The sons of God created in Jesus Christ
The sons of God are created in Jesus Christ. By faith in Jesus, and by water (baptism) and Spirit (baptism with the Holy Spirit) they have become a new creation; a son of God. He has given to everyone, who would receive Him, power to become a son of God.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:12-13)
The life reigns in Jesus Christ, and death has been conquered. If the life reigns in Jesus Christ, and if we are seated in Him, then life also reigns in the sons of God; the new creation, instead of death.
The sons of God are holy and righteous
Jesus was holy and righteous. Therefore the offspring of Jesus; the sons of God, who would be born by the seed of God, would be holy and righteous. The sons of God will walk in the will of God and will keep His commandments.
They will walk in the commandments of God, because they are written upon their hearts, by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They have the nature and character of God inside of them, instead of the nature and character of the devil.
The only thing that stands in the way, and prevents them from walking after the Spirit and therefore walking like Jesus, is their carnal mind; the way they think (like the world; the carnal man).
The new spiritual man has been made perfect, but the old carnal man has not been put off yet.
Therefore it’s time to lay down the old carnal man (thinking, habits, way of living, emotions, feelings etc), and to put on the new man, by renewing your mind with the Word of God.
When you renew your mind with the Word of God, your thoughts and way of thinking will line up with the Word of God; Jesus.
Your mind determines your actions, therefore if your mind lines up with the Word of God, your actions and your works will also line up with the Word of God and God’s will.
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:23-24)
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created Him (Colossians 3:10)
The whole creation is created in Jesus Christ
The more time you spend in the Bible; the Word of God and renew your mind with His words, the quicker your mind will line up with the Word and you shall walk after the Spirit.
The purpose of the sons of God; the new creation, is to do God’s will upon this earth, so that He will be exalted. In everything you do, you could ask yourself the following question: “Do I exalt Jesus by doing this?”
The last creation that God had in mind, from the moment that Adam sinned, was the new man. Therefore Jesus had to come to this earth, so that the new man could be created in Jesus Christ; the Word. Because the whole creation is created in Jesus Christ
‘Be the salt of the earth’
