July 2, 2019
Today’s Promise
I Am a New Creation
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
You are a brand new person in Christ.
Amazing things happened when you came to Christ. Yes, your sins were forgiven, and yes your place in Heaven was secured, but that is just the beginning. Paul says that those who are “in Christ” (one of his favorite ways of describing the Christian) are new creatures.
You are not the same person you were before you came to Christ. It doesn’t matter what your past was like, what you did, thought or how you acted. That person is no longer around. That person is dead and gone.
God has made you new.
In Christ, the power of your old life with it’s desire to please itself and rebel against God has been replaced by the Spirit of Christ. Now you live the resurrected life with Christ.
So many Christians live with baggage from their past.
This promise says all that is gone and it no longer has power or influence over you. As a new person in Christ, you have Christ living in you and are no longer bound to your past life.
The word “new” here means something completely different and significantly better than what existed before. In Christ, you are new and significantly better than you were before you came to Christ. You are a new creature.
Today we celebrate that new life we have in Christ.
Listen to that promise again.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. – 2 Corinthians 5:17
Make this confession.
In Jesus Christ, I am a new person.
My past doesn’t matter, my sin is forgiven, and Jesus dwells within me.
My old life died when I gave my life to Jesus.
I live as a new person free from my past, my failure, and my shame.
In Jesus Christ, I am a new creature, empowered to the new life Christ has for me.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
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I SEE MYSELF AS A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST BECAUSE CHRIST IN ME THE HOPE OF GLORY
Amen, Daniel.