An Entirely New Life
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
The term born again isnt a religious cliche,
which connotes turning over a new leaf. When
you ask some Christians how they know they’re born
again, some would reply, “I know I’m born again,
because the bad things I used to do, I do them no more.
I’ve changed my ways, and now, I behave differently.”
Being born again is much more than that. What you
receive when you’re born again is an entirely new life.
There’s no such thing as “The bad things I used to do, I
do them no more,” because the person who did those
things is dead. He doesn’t exist anymore.
When you received Christ into your life, something
actually happened: your spirit was recreated. You were
born of the Word of God and of the Spirit of God.
You now have the life, nature and character of God.
And when a man has the life, nature and character of
God, he can only live like God. So, being born again
is actually receiving the God-nature; becoming an
associate of the God-kind.
Romans 6:6 says, “Knowing this, that our old
man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might
be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
sin.” Your old life or nature isn’t suspended; it’s dead;
you’ve come up a new man; a new species of being;
one that never existed before; one without a past. In
the presence of God, everything you were before you
were born again, and everything you did before you
were born again has no record. This isn’t a promise.
This is a statement of fact in the Word.
If you’re ignorant of this, you could be struggling
with your past or with the sins you committed before
you were born again. This, invariably, could make
you ineffective in the things of God. No; you’re not a
sinner. You’re the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus,
because you’re born again (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Walk in the consciousness of your righteousness,
and 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).
Prayer
Dear Father, I thank you for your Word and the power therein to
make me what it talks about. I live the transcendent life,
walking in your glory and in the dominion of the Spirit. I live in
victory, righteousness, peace and joy forever, in Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
Further Study
Colossians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 5:21
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Matthew 7:7-29
Genesis 23-24
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Acts 7:54-60
Nehemiah 13