Introductory pages - New Creation Teaching Ministry

2. God makes man to be a spirit,
But a spirit Spirit-filled.
Man the lord of all creation
Must do what the Father wills.
He must love, the earth replenish
With the fruit of loins and mind,
And subdue its mighty powers
For the good of every-kind.
3. Man cast off this holy mandate:
Man refused this life in God.
Died to his essential being,
Abdicated from the Word.
He is dead and he is dying,
Caught in bondage to his gods
False amid his passionʼs idols,
Lost within unholy love.
4. History tells us of the Spirit
Planning with the Father, Son,
Manʼs release and liberation
In the holy eschaton.
Work in judgement, toil in Israel,
Through Messiah in His hour,
Godʼs fulfilment of His promise
Given in prophetic power.
5. See the Spirit work with Jesus
From the baptism to the throne,
Foiling Satanʼs tempting power,
Casting demons from their own
Tyranny of man encircled
By the guilt that binds the soul.
See the Spirit through Christ healing
Until man again is whole.
6. From the Cross cascades are pouring:
From the Grave fresh torrents surge,
Spates of life are ever flowing,
Floods so pure that cleanse and purge.
Man renewed in noble splendour:
Man stands tall in Godʼs new hour
With the Spiritʼs strong anointing
Feels the flush of holy power.
145 R. Whitbourn
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7. Praise the Father who creates us,
Praise the Son who, from the Tree,
Liberates the whole creation
Into gloryʼs unity.
Praise the Spirit of the Father,
Praise the Spirit of the Son:
Praises ring through endless ages
For the victʼry they have won!
© 1981 Geoffrey Bingham, 1919–2009.
Used by permission.
144 Charles Wesley, 1707–88
1. Granted is the Saviourʼs prayer,
Sent the gracious Comforter;
Promise of our parting Lord,
Jesus now to heaven restored.
2. Christ, who now gone up on high
Captive leads captivity;
While His foes from Him receive
Grace that God with man may live.
3. God, the everlasting God,
Makes with mortals His abode;
Whom the heavens cannot contain,
He vouchsafes to dwell in man.
4. Never will He thence depart,
Inmate of a humble heart;
Carrying on His work within,
Striving till He casts out sin.
5. There He helps our feeble moans,
Deepens our imperfect groans,
Intercedes in silence there,
Sighs the unutterable prayer.
6. Come, divine and peaceful Guest,
Enter our devoted breast;
Life divine in us renew,
Thou the Gift, and Giver too!
1. I have a Guide, whom I would gladly follow;
I have a Friend, a Comforter divine;
To Him I pray, when Satanʼs hosts surround me,
He gives the strength, and makes the victory mine: