All Things New:
A new creature – old things passed
away:
2 Corinthians 5:17
17 Therefore
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed
away; behold, new things have come.
Since we are in Christ, we are new
creatures. Not just renovated … we’re completely brand spanking new creations.
The things we loved to do in the past (the old things) are passed away. Our old
man is dead. He can’t do the old things any more. We do the new things that
come with being a Christian. Of course, putting this into practice takes a
while. The old man may be dead, but our flesh still remembers the things we used
to like to do. It’s too easy to revert back to thinking and doing the things we
used to think and do. We have to develop our new man to think and do as it
should.
If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what
He would say:
"You
are not the same as when you came unto Me, so don’t keep behaving as if you
were. I have changed you from within. You are now more than a conqueror in My
Son. You are an over-comer. So, act like one! Your old man is dead. He can’t
rule you any longer unless you let him. You sometimes act as if he were still
in control, but he’s not. My Spirit is the One that who is in control. You are
completely made new. You are not just remodeled … you are a brand new creation
in Me. So, act like it! Don’t let your old thought life dominate you. You do
not have to give in to the temptations that come upon you. I have made
provision for you. Trust in Me to take care of the temptations as you allow Me
to.”
76. I am a new
creature in Christ - not just painted over to look new - brand spanking new.
The things I used to do before I became a Christian have passed away when I
died to sin through Him. The old me did them … the new me doesn’t have to do
them anymore. The things I now do are new and fresh. The new me desires to do
them.
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