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II Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come."
We are new - the old has gone; the new has come!
What is the old that has gone?
What is the new that has come?
We have a new legal standing before God
Justified = the divine pronouncement by God that we are, "not guilty!"
before Him!
We are no longer condemned (Rom 8:1).
We are legally at peace with God (Rom 5:1).
We are righteous before God (Rom 4:5; Isa 61:10).
We are holy before God (Col 1:21,22) (God imputes Christ's righteousness
to us - white robes! Revelation 19:14)
We have a new relationship with God
We are reconciled with God (Col 1:21-22).
We have a new position of great privilege with God:
We are blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing
(Eph 1:3).
We have been chosen to one day be blameless (Eph 1:4).
We have been adopted as his sons (Eph 1:5).
We have become aware of God's mystery (Eph 1:9-10).
We are raised and seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph 2:6).
We have immediate access to God's throne (Heb 4:16).
We are able to call God, "Papa" (Rom 8:15).
We are co-heirs with Christ (Rom 8:15-17).
We are a completely new person:
Romans 6:1-14
"Old self?" (6:6) Who we were before the new birth.
"Body of sin?" (6:6) The body of the old self that was enslaved to sin.
"New self?" (6:4) It is created to be like God (Eph. 4:22-24;
Col 3:9,10).
We are able to live a new life (6:4).
We are no longer a slave to sin (6:6,7,14).
We are able to live with Jesus (6:8).
We are alive to God (6:11).
Romans 8:1-13
We are enabled by God's Spirit to obey God's law (8:4).
We able to desire what God's Spirit desires (8:5).
We are a temple of the Holy Spirit ( Cor 6:19)
God's Law is now written in on our hearts (II Cor 3:3). God has given us the desire to obey Him.
We have God's transcendent power (II Cor 4:7).
We have all the power necessary to live a godly life (II Pet 1:3,4).
We are no longer sinners by nature (I Jn 3:1,2,9,10).
We are to live like the new people we now are (Romans 6:10-14;
Phil 2;12,13; Gal. 2:20; Col 1:27; Eph 2:10, 4:1,2; Col 3:9,10,12-14).
RESOURCES: BIRTHRIGHT by Needham; ROMANS Chapter 6 by Lloyd-Jones;
THE NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIFE by Nee; RICHES IN CHRIST by Stedman
ASSIGNMENT:
1. List 5 ways that you have changed since you became a Christian.
2. What are some indications from your life that you are a new creation in
Christ?