Walk In The Light Of Your New Life In Christ
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into
death: that like as Christ was raised up from the
dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4)
1 Corinthians 6:11 reveals an extraordinary
reality about the new creation. Actually, Paul
had to bring the communication to a level that the
Christians in Corinth, who at the time were still spiritual
babes, could easily understand.
To fully grasp the import of the message, let’s
include and read the preceding verses nine and ten:
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some
of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but
ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by
the Spirit of our God.”
Verse eleven says, “And such were some of
you….” However, in reality, the new creation couldn’t
actually be described as someone who used to be
any of those characters described in verses nine and
ten above for the simple reason that the new creation
has no past. He’s a brand new species. 2 Corinthians
5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a
new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.”
It wasn’t just a mere change that took place
in you when you were born again; it was an actual
replacement or supplanting of the life of which you
were born of your parents, with another life, the
indestructible life of God. Real Christianity isn’t the
inclusion or impartation of another nature, but an actual
recreation of the human spirit by God. You’ve come
alive to God through the new birth. You might then
want to ask, “How come people still find themselves
doing certain things they shouldn’t do, even after
they’re born again?”
The answer is simple: they’ve not fully yielded
themselves to the Word to live from their spirit. Really,
those wrong actions don’t come from their human
spirits, but from the “unrenewed” mind and the
senses—which is why we’re told to renew our minds
with the Word (Romans 12:2). You must develop
your human spirit by learning, meditating and acting
on the Word. That way, you’ll train your spirit to rule
over your senses, and keep walking in the light of
your righteousness, justification, and new life in Christ
Jesus.
Confession
I’m a new creation, a brand new species of being; old things
are passed away and all things have become new! My mind is
renewed and reprogrammed for the transcendent life of glory.
Blessed be God!
Further study:
Ephesians 4:22-24; Romans 6:4
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 18:24-19:1-7
Job 12-14
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 7:11-17
Joshua 1-2