Evicting Adam
Marsha Deveaux Johnson,
Living Joy Ministries, Inc. http://hepzibah40.blogspot.com
Who
is Man?
Man is God’s creation
(Genesis 1:26).
How
does man exist?
Man exists as spirit,
soul, and body (1st Thessalonians 5:23).
Spirit: The inner man
that houses the Spirit of God. It
becomes alive to the things of God when you receive Jesus as Savior (Ephesians
2:1-3). Your spirit is the only part of
you that changes when you receive Jesus as Savior. Your spirit is God-conscious
Soul: The soul of
man consists of his mind (intellect), his will (decision making power), and his
emotions (feelings). Your soul is
Self-Conscious
Body:
The body of man consists of flesh, blood,
and bones. Your body is World-conscious.
Who
Is Adam?
Adam is the first man
created by God and placed in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:4-25)
How
does Adam relate to me?
Adam
was given instructions by God for life and he willfully disobeyed these
instructions. By doing so, he brought a curse (sin) on himself and on all
future generations to come (Genesis 3:1-24).
Disobedience was the first sin committed. Every man born after Adam inherited this
curse of disobedience to the God of creation (Elohim).
Why must Adam be evicted?
Adam sinned and passed his
sin on to every human being. God was cut
off from His creation in the manner that He had first ordained. But He had a plan. His plan was to “become a man”
and restore (or bring) His creation to a place where this separation could
never ever be permanent. He would give
man a way to connect with Him so that separation would only take place if man
made that choice.
This
plan required God to take the inherited sin of Adam and the committed sins of
man (past, present, and future) and abolish them forever. This happened when Jesus came and died for
all sins: inherited, past, present, and future.
What
a blessing to know that God’s plan was taken care of from before the foundation
of the world by God Himself. He always
had a plan for man to exist with Him in fellowship throughout eternity.
Eviction Plan Execution
Man’s New Existence
(Human Spirit Changed): Step 1
Evicting
Adam starts with making a decision to accept and follow Christ and His word
(Bible). This is the first and necessary step for the redemption plan to work
for man. Christ then comes to live in
your reborn human spirit. Your soul does
not change at this time. You still have
the full range of emotions, decision making power (will), and your intellectual
memory and capacity. Your body also does
not change at this time. You are as
fully physical capable now as you were before you accepted Christ. However, your “reborn spirit” changes your
consciousness toward God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. You now desire to serve and fellowship with
them!
Renewing of the
Soul: Step 2
Evicting
Adam continues with bringing the soul under the authority of your spirit (which
is sealed by the Holy Spirit), Ephesians 4:30).
Adam and his disobedience must be
now evicted from the soul of man. Your soul must now seek to be subject to your
spirit. Your body then follows your
soul.
Step
2 is a process of the renewal of the mind of the Believer. This renewal takes place by being a hearer
and a doer of the word of God (James 1:22-25).
The word of God must first be known (studied) and then be applied
(lived) in the Believers life.
The
transformation of the mind of the Believer is called “Conforming to the image
of Christ” (Romans 12:2, Romans 8:29).
This process is self-denial and daily dying to the residual disobedience of
Adam in the soul. This disobedience has remained in the soul of
man even after accepting Jesus as Savior.
“Disobedient
Adam” lives for “self”. Self love, self
interest, self promotion, all things “self” are demanded to be on the throne of
the soul. However in your newly regenerated spirit, you have become a new
creature in Christ Jesus (2nd Corinthians 5:17). Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit occupy the
throne in your human spirit. And thus
begins the struggle. There is no doubt
about it. Adam screams death (1st
Corinthians 15:22) scripturally and
spiritually. But Jesus is “Life Himself”
as we “die daily“ (1st Corinthians 15:31) to “Disobedient
Adam”. We become more alive to Christ as
we cast down imaginations (2nd Corinthians 10:5) and all things that
try to exalt itself above the knowledge of Christ. We are transformed by God’s word (Romans
12:2).
Disobedient Adam diminishes as we conform to the image
of Christ! Amen (So let it be)! The
blessings that God has prepared for us are limitless and timeless. He desires us to walk in sweet communion and
fellowship with Him. This can and does
happen as we continually yield our soul to His word. All of Adam dies and all of Christ lives (1st
Corinthians 15:22)!
Generational Blessings
and Curses: Step 3
Proverbs
26:2, “As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come”.
Exodus
20:5, “Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord
thy God is a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And showing
mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep My commandments.”
This
part of evicting Adam addresses the blessings and curses (sin) in the bloodline of man. It is also known as ancestor traits and
lineage sins. These are things that are
passed on through the generations that either bless or curse (Galatians
3:13-14). When previous generations
served and obeyed God, spiritual doors were opened for future generational
blessings. When previous generations
sinned, spiritual doors for sin were opened for future generational curses of
sickness, murder, hatred, etc. (Galatians 5: 19-21).
Blessings
and curses try to visit future generations, (What spiritual heritage are you
passing to your offspring?) However,
curses must be denounced and broken by Believers. This process takes place by what I call, “Casting
out” and “Closing doors”.
In
addition to the bloodline open doors, doors were also opened when man sinned
himself. The Bible says that the “wages
of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). We must first denounce the curses (sins) that
entered our lineage when our ancestors sinned. Then we cast out every spiritual
force (in the soul only) that entered and remained through them.
Then
we denounce the curses (sins) (in the soul only) that entered when we committed
sins. Then we cast out every spiritual
force that entered and remained through our committed sins. After that, we close every spiritual door
that was opened and remained open with bloodline curses and sins committed
curses.
Your spirit is reborn,
new creation. Your soul must be
transformed by God’s word.
Self Reflection with
Father God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
What generation curses do you recognize in your
life?
What are the sins you committed that opened
doors for curses in your own life?
Are you willing to denounce both generational
and committed sins?
Are you willing to cast out and stop committing
generational and committed sins?
Do you want doors closed for sin in your life?
By your words, denounce generation and committed
sins and cast them out of you.
By your words close all open doors for sin.
Commit to daily conforming to the image of
Christ by hearing and doing His word.
Evicting Adam
Marsha Deveaux Johnson,
Living Joy Ministries, Inc. http://hepzibah40.blogspot.com
Self Reflection with
Father God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit
What generation curses do you recognize in your
life?
What are the sins you committed that opened
doors for curses in your own life?
Are you willing to denounce both generational
and committed sins?
Are you willing to cast out and stop committing
generational and committed sins?
Do you want doors closed for sin in your life?
By your words, denounce generation and committed
sins and cast them out of you.
By your words close all open doors for sin.
Commit to daily conforming to the image of
Christ by hearing and doing His word.
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