A New Creature In Christ

2 Corinthians 5:17

"Therefore if any man is in Christ, {he is} a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come"

VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THE WHOLE WORLD IS IN A STATE OF CHANGE

THE STARS MOVES IN THERE COURSES

THE PLANETS TODAY ARE NOT WHERE THEY WERE YESTERDAY

THE SUN RISES AND SETS ,THE TIME VARYING FROM THE DAY BEFORE

EACH DAY THE MOON TRAVELS A DIFFERENT PATH AROUND THE WORLD

AND THE WORLD TAKES A DIFFERENT PATH AROUND THE SUN

SPRING GIVES WAY TO SUMMER

SUMMER TO FALL AND FALL TO WINTER

ONLY TO CHANGE BACK INTO SPRING

EVEN IN THE LIFE OF MAN CHANGES TAKE PLACES VERY RAPIDLY

AUTOMOBILES CHANGE IN STYLING EACH YEAR

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CHANGE WITH EACH NEW WAVE OF INTEREST

EVEN IN FASHION YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU BUY IF YOU PLAN TO WEAR IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND BE IN STYLE

MANY OF THE PRODUCTS WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR YEARS

HAVE BEEN REPLACE BY NEW AND IMPROVED MODELS OR FORMULAS

THIS SIN SICK WORLD WE LIVE IN IS GUIDED BY A FALSE UNDERSTANDING

THAT EVERYTHING CHANGES EXCEPT HUMAN NATURE

AH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

IN ONE ASPECT IT IS TRUE THAT HUMAN NATURE DOES NOT CHANGE

AND THE REASON WHY IS

BECAUSE MAN HAS HAD AN INCLINATION TOWARD DOING EVIL OR COMMITTING WRONG SINCE ADAM

AND IT`S IN THAT SENSE – THAT HUMAN NATURE HAS NOT CHANGED

BUT THE HOLY WRIT DECLARES THAT A CHANGE IN HUMAN NATURE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST

PAUL SAYS IT VERY CLEARLY IN THE TEXT BEFORE US

"Therefore if any man is in Christ, {he is} a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

AND THE REASON WHY IS

WHEN JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD

HE DID NOT COME TO PATCH UP AN OLD RELIGION

BUT HE CAME TO MAKE THINGS NEW

THATS WHY WHEN HE SAVES A SINNER

JESUS DOSE`NT JUST PATCH A FEW BAD SPOTS IN A SINNERS LIFE

HE MAKES THAT PERSON A NEW CREATION

THE GOOD NEWS BIBLE SAYS IT LIKE THIS

"When anyone is joined to Christ he is a new being: the old is gone, the new has come."

THE WORD NEW SPEAKS OF THAT WHICH IS NEW IN FORM OR QUALITY

THE WORD CREATURE SPEAKS OF A NEW ORDER ------A NEW INSTITUTION---- A NEW ORDINANCE

IN THE TEXT IT HAS A REFERENCE TO A SPIRITUAL CREATION

IN OTHER WORDS

JUST LIKE CHRIST WAS MADE TO WALK IN OUR SHOES BY THE HOLY SPIRIT

WE ARE MADE IN HIS LIKENESS BY THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT

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IN THIS TEXT BEFORE US

PAUL IS GIVING US A BRIEF DEFINITION OF A CHRISTIAN

HE LETS US KNOW THAT

A CHRISTIAN IS A BLOOD BOUGHT SON OR DAUGHTER OF GOD

WHO HAS A NEW AND SPIRITUAL NATURE THAT LIVES THROUGH THE BODY

BECAUSE THE NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST EXPERIENCE

IS A NEWNESS AND FRESHNESS THAT COULD NOT AND CANNOT BE EXPERIENCED IN ANY OTHER WAY

BECAUSE THROUGH CHRIST OUR PASTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN

AND OUR SINS ARE NO LONGER HELD AGAINST US

BECAUSE WHEN JESUS DIED ON CALVARY AND GOT UP THAT 3RD DAY MORNING WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HANDS

HE DROP ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST US

AND SINCE HE DROP THE CHARGES

THERE IS NO SENTENCING –NO PUNISHMENT

AND NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MAKING PAROLE

BECAUSE THE BLOOD OF JESUS GAVE US A FULL PARDON FROM OUR PAST

BECAUSE OUR PAST HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY GOD IN A NEW LIGHT

AND SINCE GOD HAS ACCEPTED OUR PAST IN A NEW LIGHT

AS A NEW CREATURE WITH A NEW PAST WE HAVE TO ACCEPT OUR OLD PAST AS A NEW PAST

BECAUSE JUST AS GOD SEES OUR PAST IN A NEW LIGHT

ONCE WE BECOME A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST

WE TOO MUST SEE OUR OLD PAST IN A NEW LIGHT

AND THERE IS NO NEED FOR GUILT TRIPS

BECAUSE GOD HAS REMOVED THE REASON FOR GUILT TRIPS

AND SINCE GOD ACCEPTS US

WE MUST BE ABLE TO ACCEPT OURSELVES

BECAUSE WHEN GOD IS IN CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE

I SAY WHEN GOD IS IN CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE

GUILT HAS RECIEVED A EVICTION NOTICE TO MOVE OUT

BECAUSE OUR PAST IS FORGIVEN

AND OUR FUTURE BECOMES HOPEFUL

OUR PRESENT BECOMES MEANINGFUL

AND AS A NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST

WE KNOW WHERE WE HAVE BEEN

AND NOW WE KNOW BY THE GRACE OF GOD WHERE WE ARE GOING

BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHERE WE STAND IN THIS OLD EVIL SIN SICK WORLD

EVEN THOUGH WE STILL LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE

IN THE SAME CITY WITH THE SAME PEOPLE WITH THE SAME OLD JOB