In Christ, we have a super-nature.
Heb. 11:3, “Through faith we understand and perceive with the mind…”
Col. 1:6 (KJV), “Which is come unto you, as [it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:”
Col. 1:6 (NIV), “that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.”
The Greek word for “knew” & “understood” is ἐπιγινώσκω or epiginōskō. It means “to become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly.”
It seems that when Christ reveals Himself this quickened word and knowledge creates faith which is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. This faith is not blind. I did not accept Christ as my Lord and Savior blindly. I accepted Him in my heart and life knowingly with understanding.
This understanding of the word quickened by the Holy Spirit to my spirit commingles with my soul, mind and will. In this understanding of His will by faith, my image is renewed and changed continually to be like Him. In this regeneration1, Titus 3:5, I supernaturally bear His fruit and righteousness by faith through grace. I am not forced to bear His nature. I am not obligated to bear His nature because His nature is in me.
Isn’t this what Paul says? In Gal. 1:16, “To reveal his Son in me…”
If the same Son of God of Heb. 1:2-3 and Col. 1:14-22 truly dwells in me and you then for us to bear His nature is not far fetched, but reality.
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