"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
A lot of kids, and people, have dreams about something they want to be, someday. For example, when kids are growing up, they will talk about becoming something they want to be when they are older. A child might say they want to be a doctor, or a singer, or something else. But it would be very strange for a child to say they want to be a doctor one day, and then when they become a doctor to keep wishing they were a doctor. Once a person becomes a doctor, they need to focus on being that and not just keep hoping to be a doctor one day.
When discussing Bible truths, we can see two things. First, there are things that God has already done for us, and second, that we need to take advantage of those things and live in the reality of what God has already done. Salvation is a good example of this. Through Jesus, God has provided a way for mankind to come into a right relationship with God, but a person still needs to act on that. God does not need to send Jesus back to die on the cross again, a person just needs to act on what has already happened through Jesus.
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, it says that if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation, the old is gone and everything has become new. We are a new creation in Christ, right now! We are the righteousness of God, our past mistakes are washed away in the blood of Jesus, and we have a bright future with God! This is not something that is going to happen one wonderful day. We need to find out everything the Bible says about who we are as a new creation and start living that way, not just wish we could be that one day. We are already a new creation in Christ, and we have to live in that reality.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)
A lot of kids, and people, have dreams about something they want to be, someday. For example, when kids are growing up, they will talk about becoming something they want to be when they are older. A child might say they want to be a doctor, or a singer, or something else. But it would be very strange for a child to say they want to be a doctor one day, and then when they become a doctor to keep wishing they were a doctor. Once a person becomes a doctor, they need to focus on being that and not just keep hoping to be a doctor one day.
When discussing Bible truths, we can see two things. First, there are things that God has already done for us, and second, that we need to take advantage of those things and live in the reality of what God has already done. Salvation is a good example of this. Through Jesus, God has provided a way for mankind to come into a right relationship with God, but a person still needs to act on that. God does not need to send Jesus back to die on the cross again, a person just needs to act on what has already happened through Jesus.
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, it says that if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation, the old is gone and everything has become new. We are a new creation in Christ, right now! We are the righteousness of God, our past mistakes are washed away in the blood of Jesus, and we have a bright future with God! This is not something that is going to happen one wonderful day. We need to find out everything the Bible says about who we are as a new creation and start living that way, not just wish we could be that one day. We are already a new creation in Christ, and we have to live in that reality.
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