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The New Man is designed by the Lord to be a person of spiritual strength and stamina. It is the Lord’s intent that His people walk in His strength and might. His impartation of the necessary spiritual elements which enable us to live for Christ are equal to His own riches of glory. He imparts power and strength to His own in full measure, according to that Which is His in glory. Eph. 3:16.
The revealed, open secret, of the source of the ability to live the life of the New Man is in making certain that we have Christ in our hearts. It is an operation of the Holy Spirit who is able to show us the realities which are found in Jesus. Through faith we are able to receive the promise of the Lord which is our enabling factor. Love, our love for Him creates that strong desire to constantly know Him better. Roots of love, that go deep in the soil of spiritual growth, supply the proper nourishment which create an enduring love. A sure foundation of love is vital for the manifestation of that new life in the believer. Eph. 3:17.
The New Man is created by the Lord with the intent and purpose of filling him with His very own presence. The Lord is complete, He is absolute, He is the ultimate, the finality of all things. It is His divine intention to produce a people precisely like Himself. A people filled with all the fullness of God. John, quoting Jesus, made it very plain that the redeemed man may receive of the fullness of the Lord. John 1:16 It was the good pleasure of the Father that, by the Spirit, the fullness which made Him God, should also dwell in the Lord Jesus. Col. 1:19 The intentions of the Lord are utterly amazing. He has called sinners unto Himself, that He might make them new creatures. So drastically does He cleanse and sanctify them that He, who is holiness, can take up an abiding place in those whom He has cleansed. His ultimate goal being that of filling every vessel, which is His, with the totality of His very own presence. Eph. 3:19 This vision given in the Word of the Lord is not a new revelation but is the heart felt desire of all, even the old testament saints knew that the day would come when they would be like Him. Ps. 17:15 In the beginning, the Lord created a physical being after His likeness. That beautiful handiwork was destroyed by sin. Now He is creating a spiritual people who forsake the old life to find new life in Him. Eternally, what He is will be shared and revealed in the citizens of that blessed new heavens and new earth.