All scriptures are taken from New King James Bible.

The Cross Establishes Our Position After Redemption

The Cross brought the Exaltation of Jesus Christ above all                         

All Authority in Heaven and on earth has been granted to Jesus Christ        

We are subject to the physical authority on earth, which have been appointed by God

Jesus has given us the Commission to: Go, make disciples, baptize, and teach of Him

God must first open our spiritual eyes to understand Him and His Authority

We must understand our position in Christ and His Love      

Our Walk with Jesus

We must always humbly come to Jesus and learn from Him  

Constantly, our individual walk must always begin from the position of His Cross:

• I have been crucified with Christ, no longer I, but Christ in me       
• Flesh has been crucified and overcome by me                                 
• World has been crucified to me, and I to the world                           

We consider Jesus, as our example, endured His Cross                

Our Walk by Faith                                                   

Our walk must be from a position of faith, without faith it is impossible to please Him

We must learn to walk by faith, and not sight, to be well pleasing to Him     

The Bible’s definition of Faith is shown in Hebrews 11:1, where faith is:

• The substance of things hoped for—belief in what God is speaking to us now
• The evidence of things not seen—proof of our acting on what God said  

His Works will follow our walking in faith, which God gives as our good testimony:   

• Abel’s righteous sacrifice pleased God, but God did not respect Cain’s offering
• Enoch’s testimony was that he pleased God               
• Noah heard God, acted on His Word, and God saved him and his household
• Abraham heard God, obeyed , went out, not knowing where he was going-
  • he waited for and sought after God’s heavenly homeland   

Faith without Works is dead, it cannot bring Life to us or others       

Faith Begins with The Word of God              

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God, we hear Him, believe & obey

The Word of God must be heard and mixed with faith to be beneficial for His Works   

The Word of God is spirit and must be spiritually understood to bring Life   

The Word of God is living, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword to divide:

• Soul/spirit (our emotions, will, and opinions (natural) separated from the spirit)
• Joints/marrow (our body movement separated from the life in the bones)
• Discerns the thoughts/intents of heart (separates the evil thoughts from mind of Christ)

God reveals Himself and speaks with us spiritually and not through the natural man

Cross of Christ brings His power for us to be renewed from the natural to the spiritual:

• Natural body (Adam’s dust body) to spiritual Body (glorified in Christ) 
• First man Adam (living being) to last Adam (Christ as Life-giving Spirit)
• We now have the image of the man of dust (Adam)--          
  • but we soon shall bear the image of the heavenly Man (Jesus Christ)

God Loves the Spirit, but Hates the Flesh                   

God loves Jacob (spiritual man-Spirit), but hates Esau (natural man-flesh)  

Old Testament example of Jacob and Esau as two peoples separated in & from womb

• Esau (flesh) born first separated from Jacob (Spirit), but grabbed Esau’s heel
• The older (Esau-flesh) shall serve the younger (Jacob-Spirit)     

God loves the Work of the Spirit, but hates the work of the flesh         

Mankind Inherited the Flesh from Fallen Adam

Adam’s judgment came to us all by our separation from God and the Tree of Life

Mankind has the fallen body, soul, and spirit of Adam, but Christ restored the Spirit

Our flesh body is made from the dust and will not inherit the kingdom of God

Nothing good dwells in our flesh, which opposes the things of God

There are three laws that are active within each of us:          

• Law of God—Spirit—spiritual man with renewed nature of Christ in our heart
• Law of the mind—Soul—mind with free will choice under war from law of sin
• Law of sin—Flesh—body of sin with fleshly members inherited from Adam

We must delivered from this body of death and cannot save ourselves    

Man Can Inherit the Spirit from the Risen Christ

Jesus came in the likeness of sinful flesh, as the Son of Man, because of sin  

Jesus Christ was also born by the Holy Spirit, as the Son of God, with the Spirit nature

Thank God for Jesus Christ, as our Deliverer, who enables our minds to choose Spirit

The fruit of the Spirit can be manifest in believers when our flesh is crucified  

The Cross allows the believers to live and walk in the newness of life in the Spirit

We can now be in Him, know Him, power of His resurrection, fellowship with His

            sufferings, being conformed to His death, IF we may attain the resurrection

We can be an example and a pattern of Christ for others to walk by the Spirit 

IF we can now live in the Spirit, we can also walk in the Spirit     

The Cross Brings Freedom of Choice to Believers

Before the Cross, we were blinded by Satan (the god of world) to the things of God

Believers can choose to be mindful of the things of man or the things of God  

The battle within believers—to continuously choose between the flesh and the Spirit

The Cross brings freedom of choice, so many believers may walk as enemies of Cross:

• An enemy of the Cross of Christ has destruction as their end (the broad way)
• Their god is their belly (the flesh)
• Their glory is their shame (not God’s glory being manifest, only their shame)
• They set their minds on earthly things (carnally minded)

Babes in Christ are carnally (fleshly) minded and can cause divisions in the church

Our every thought must be brought into the obedience of Jesus Christ    

Our struggle is also with Satan, we put on whole armor of God to stand and overcome

We must overcome Satan by the Blood of Jesus, the Word of our testimony, and 

            not love our lives (Strong’s Greek Dictionary 5590: psuche--soul) to the death             

Believers must choose to be mindful of the Spirit of God, not of Satan, world, or self 

We can be transformed by renewing our minds to find and prove God’s Will for us

Believers can choose the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty 

            and we are being transformed into the image of God from glory to glory