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We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. (Romans 6:4—NIV)

To pass into punishment is to be confined in the spiritual prison with Satan and his angels.

To pass into re-creation and resurrection unto life is to receive of the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is Christ and those who are part of Himself. When one receives of the Tree of Life the Life of Christ begins to be formed in him. We enter the Kingdom of God by having the Kingdom of God formed in us. The Kingdom of God is Christ in us, the hope of glory.

The Apostle Paul taught that we can pass through these four steps while we yet are alive on the earth. We cannot receive a new, living body in the present hour but we indeed can attain the resurrection unto life.

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection (Greek, out-resurrection) of the dead. (Phil 3:11)

Let us look once again at the sequence: Adam dies; Adam is raised from the dead; Adam is judged according to his works; Adam passes into re-creation and resurrection unto life (if he is saved).

It is God’s will that each of us attain the earlier resurrection from the dead, that we attain the new man now.

In order to attain the first resurrection we must pass through each of the four steps now—today.

First, we must assign ourselves to death, reckon ourselves dead. God has given us water baptism as a way of demonstrating our willingness to die to the old personality and become part of the new Life that is in Christ. God is ready now to consider our adamic personality as dead and to begin the work of judgment and removal from us of the sinful personality.

The death and resurrection emphasized in the sixth chapter of the Book of Romans are not merely figures of speech. They refer to the death of the old creation and the beginning of the new.

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:11)

God is willing to count us as having died and ready to become part of Christ. The first step has been taken: Adam has died in water baptism. God has called us, His first fruits, to enter now into the transition from the old creation to the new.

After having assigned Adam to the cross, God begins to raise up Adam and to judge him. We discover, as we abide in Jesus, that each day brings us to a new realization of the depth of sin and rebellion in our personality.

Part by part the Lord is bringing up the old Adam and judging him. Have you found this to be true? Just when we think Adam has been destroyed we find he is attempting to live in us. The Holy Spirit is giving us the wisdom and power to destroy the lusts and rebellions of the adamic nature.

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-''You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honour and put everything under his feet. In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.'' (Hebrews 2:7-8—NIV)
+''We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. ''(Romans 6:4—NIV)
-The soul fights to the end to preserve its existence, its individuality.
+To pass into punishment is to be confined in the spiritual prison with Satan and his angels.
-The tenacity of the human soul is remarkable, revealing the strength God has placed in the first creation.
+To pass into re-creation and resurrection unto life is to receive of the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life is Christ and those who are part of Himself. When one receives of the Tree of Life the Life of Christ begins to be formed in him. We enter the Kingdom of God by having the Kingdom of God formed in us. The Kingdom of God is Christ in us, the hope of glory.
-The soul is inclined to worship idols.
+The Apostle Paul taught that we can pass through these four steps while we yet are alive on the earth. We cannot receive a new, living body in the present hour but we indeed can attain the resurrection unto life.
-The process of removing the idols from us is painful.
+''If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection (Greek, out-resurrection) of the dead.'' (Phil 3:11)
-Every one of them must be put beneath our feet.
+Let us look once again at the sequence: Adam dies; Adam is raised from the dead; Adam is judged according to his works; Adam passes into re-creation and resurrection unto life (if he is saved).
-Only Christ and the Father are to govern man.
+It is God’s will that each of us attain the earlier resurrection from the dead, that we attain the new man now.
-Man has been created to rule all the works of God’s hands, not to be ruled by lesser creatures, or by human relationships, or by things or circumstances.
+In order to attain the first resurrection we must pass through each of the four steps now—today.
-We have been commanded to worship and serve the Lord our God.
+First, we must assign ourselves to death, reckon ourselves dead. God has given us water baptism as a way of demonstrating our willingness to die to the old personality and become part of the new Life that is in Christ. God is ready now to consider our adamic personality as dead and to begin the work of judgment and removal from us of the sinful personality.
-Every idol in us must be brought to the fire of God so it may be consumed, destroyed, driven from our personality.
+The death and resurrection emphasized in the sixth chapter of the Book of Romans are not merely figures of speech. They refer to the death of the old creation and the beginning of the new.
-One of the most painful of all experiences is the purifying of human relationships. All of us understand that human relationships are temporary at best. We know the day will come when we shall die and the human ties will be broken. God is seeking those who, while they yet are alive on earth, will give to God all their relationships.
+''Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.'' (Romans 6:11)
-God then will re-create in Christ each relationship such that the believer is able to move forward to the fullness of the transformation the Lord desires.
+God is willing to count us as having died and ready to become part of Christ. The first step has been taken: Adam has died in water baptism. God has called us, His first fruits, to enter now into the transition from the old creation to the new.
-Only the strongest of the saints are able to follow the Lord Jesus through the re-creation of relationships. It is while we are experiencing the transformation of our relationships that we become most acutely aware that we indeed are dying and becoming an eternal part of Christ.
+After having assigned Adam to the cross, God begins to raise up Adam and to judge him. We discover, as we abide in Jesus, that each day brings us to a new realization of the depth of sin and rebellion in our personality.
-It is not possible for us to suddenly complete the process of transformation by removing all the experiences of our soul and embracing all the experiences of the new man of the heart. Rather, we must follow the Holy Spirit through the program of re-creation.
+Part by part the Lord is bringing up the old Adam and judging him. Have you found this to be true? Just when we think Adam has been destroyed we find he is attempting to live in us. The Holy Spirit is giving us the wisdom and power to destroy the lusts and rebellions of the adamic nature.
-Our task is to present our body a living sacrifice. The task of the Spirit is to take the offering and then lead us to Christ.
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-By the expression “lead us to Christ” we do not mean in any external sense, such as going to Heaven where Christ is in the present hour. Rather we mean that the Holy Spirit brings us into union with Christ, into marriage with Him.
-Christ never marries the adamic soul. Christ enters union only with that which has been born of Himself, with the new man who has been born in us.
-It is not enough that we come to Christ as to an external person.
-Not at all.
-Rather it is true that we are being created an eternal part of Him. We are being created in Christ as part of that one new Man, that one new Creation who is Christ.
-It is appointed to each man, each son of Adam, to die; and after death comes judgment.
-First, Adam dies.
-Second, Adam is raised from the dead.
-Third, Adam is judged according to his works.
-Fourth, Adam passes either into punishment or into re-creation and resurrection unto life.
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