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Whole
in CHRIST?
creature’s state of brokenness!” No! As new creatures in Christ, our life has been transformed to newness because of His forgiveness and cleansing of all of our sin! He has given us a new life because we are now whole and complete in Him.
John 5:1-6 (KJV)
“After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?” The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.”
What does it mean to be
Elect Lady Deondra Felton
When I think of the word
“whole,” I think of
something that doesn’t
have any room left in it
because it’s full. When a
recipe calls for one cup of
water, you fill the cup to
the top to where it’s almost
spilling over as you pour it into the bowl. The word “whole” is also used to describe the completeness of something. However, in order for us to have a better understanding of wholeness, we must define its opposite which is “brokenness.”
I have a drawer full of broken watches, and none of them work anymore. Because they’re so pretty, I haven’t gotten rid of them and I wear them as a bracelet even though they no longer function as a watch. When something is broken, it
WHOLE
all of; entire; totality; lacking no part
BROKENNESS
fractured or damaged; no longer in one piece or in working order
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)
means it's no longer in working order. When it was whole, it worked perfectly and you could rely on it to do what it was designed to do.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
If you are in Christ, this Scripture says that you are a new creature; meaning your mind is new, your attitude is new, and your heart is new! If you bring your broken heart from ten years ago into your new creature, you’re starting out at a deficit and your new life in Christ is not going to work the way it was intended to! Your past should no longer have the power to re-enact things in your life to cause you to return to a state of brokenness.
This same Scripture in 2 Corinthians 5:17 does not say, “You do understand that the enemy is going to come and kick up his ugly head, right?” It also does not say, “The devil is going to bring up your past and bring you back to your old
Jesus had come and stood right in front of the lame man and asked, “Will you be made whole?” Instead of him answering, “My Messiah!” or “My God!”, he explained to Jesus why he couldn’t get into the pool! He had been in a broken state for thirty-eight years and had made every attempt possible to get into the pool to get his healing. His mind was so programmed
12 THE STANDARD | June 2022