The Birthing

At the beginning of the book of Hebrews, it is stated that there are two totally different methods of knowing God. “In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.” (Heb. 1:1-2).
Prior to the birthing of Christians which began after the Cross, humans knew God in many different ways at different times. But Jesus told Nicodemus in John chapter 3 that the new way of knowing God is by a human having a new birth, a birthing – being “born- again”. To know God through any method other than the birthing is to revert to time past.
To many believers, time past seems to have been the most glorious time because this was the time of tremendous miracles, great leaders, great and notable characters, great prophets, great teachers, great preachers, tremendous works by God, etc.
As great and wonderful as this time was, it was void of the birthing, God’s ultimate purpose for mankind. In time past, someone other than Christ was the focal point, but in the birthing there is only one focal point for the believer, which is “Christ in you.”
The Mosaic Law is also included in time past and was the standard by which Israel lived. The difference between law and the birthing is that the law controlled its subjects in contrast to the birthing which motivates those within its realm.
Many believers still prefer the things and events of time past instead of the truths of the birthing. This means that they seek after rituals and signs and miracles and law-keeping rather than seeking a deep relationship with “Christ in you” which many Christians do not understand.
No prophet or prophecy, no miracle or miracle worker, no human high-priest or ritual can establish the birthing of Christ within. The birthing of a Christian was something that those in time past did not know could exist.
Without the birthing, the only relationship with God would be through methods of time past. Time past is what the believer loses when he is born-again because there is no need for those things in the birthing of Christ within. There is no go-between or intermediary agent needed in the birthing except “Christ in you” Who actually is the only life the born-again believer has throughout eternity.
Prior to Paul’s gospel the Jews thought the only means of having a relationship with God was through the law. Paul tells them that they are no longer under the law. If that is true, how are they going to maintain their relationship with God? The relationship through the law is still in the minds of most born-again believers today who work faithfully to maintain a relationship with God. But the birthing is not a faith or law relationship, but is a real, actual new birth in Christ’s life now and forever.
Those under the law could be free from sin if they perfectly obey the law in its fullness at all times. Can the birthing provide freedom from sin? Under the law, God looked for those who were without sin. And He couldn’t find any – not Moses and especially not David.
What does God look for under the birthing? God no longer looks for those without sin but for those who have Christ in them as their sinless life. Actually God is no longer pleased with a sinless life – “What” you say? Yes, God desires something much greater than that. What could be greater than a sinless life? It is being a birthed member of God’s Family and joined to the living Christ!
If you think the law had a uncompromising hold on you, just wait until you come to the proper understanding of the birthing. The law demanded perfection but could not give perfection to its subjects. The birthing does not demand perfection in human actions but it does give total perfection through “Christ in you” to those who believe and choose the birthing.
“If there had been a law given which could have given life, truly, righteousness should have been by the law” (Gal. 3:21). In this verse, the words “life” and “righteousness” are being used interchangeably. Righteousness simply means “possessing the right life” which is “Christ in you” life! For many years, I thought that righteousness was simply the act of doing things right. Actually, “doing things right” is the result of possessing the right life! The law did not give a life that could do that which is right. The birthing could, and did, give a life that produced righteousness in the born-again believer.
If you think Israel’s great High-Priest in all his glory was something to behold, just wait until you really understand the birthing of “Christ in you” (Gal. 4:19)! If you think walking on streets of gold in heaven will be glorious, just wait until you learn how to walk in the Spirit in Christ! Things pertaining to heaven are all in the future, but the things that are ours in the birthing are for us now and throughout eternity!
These two phrases – “Christ in you” and “in Christ” – make the same proclamation that is found in “I will be to him a Father and He shall be to me a Son” (Heb. 1:5) which is the greatest declaration of purpose found in the Bible. It will take an eternity for Christians to learn of the glorious sufficiency of birthing in Christ.
“Grace” is a word on the front of many churches. It is often defined as “the unmerited favor of God”. This definition is adequate for God’s relationship with people in the past before the Cross.
But I propose a better definition as grace is concerned in the birthing. GRACE IS THE UNMERITED RELATIONSHIP CHRISTIAN SONS AND DAUGHTERS HAVE WITH GOD THROUGH THE BIRTHING OF CHRIST WITHIN.

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