Teachings On The New Creation In Christ Jesus
2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; Galatians 6:15
*"Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION, old things are passed away and all things are become new" 2 Corinthians 5:17
* This is the cardinal point.
*The Christian is a NEW CREATION.*
He is one who never existed or pre-existed, altogether a new man, with a new kind of life and this life comes directly from God.
*This birth is a rebirth in the real sense of the Word, because to God this man never had a past, nor existed.
He is a brand new person with a new life.
Talk about the encounter of Jesus and Nicodemus in *John 3:3-4.* The term Born Again was given by Jesus, and he said being born again is a MUST and not an option.
*IT IS ONLY BY BEING BORN AGAIN THAT YOU BECOME A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS.*
*The new creation is God's workmanship* created, made, brought to life by God, created in Christ to do good works - (Ephesians 2:10.)
The new creation is not remade or refurbished.
He is not just endowed with a new character.
He is created with the nature of God in his spirit.
He hails from God.
The Bible says: */For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth much but a new creation. Galatians 6:15./*
The new creation may look the same outside – no change in skin color, size and shape, but the truth is that he is completely new inside, in his spirit.
This is so because being born again is of the spirit.
*Therefore, the new creation now lives his life from the inside.
*He has the divine nature of God in his spirit.
*He is as holy and righteous as God is.
*What we receive when we get born again is a NEW NATURE.*
*1. What makes a Man a Man is the Human Nature.*
*2. What makes a Tree a tree is the Plant Nature.*
*3. What makes a Dog a Dog is the Animal Nature.*
*4. What makes a Man BORN AGAIN is the NATURE and LIFE of GOD he receives.*
*5. To be born again is a MIRACLE. God’s Miracle.*
**ANALOGY:**
A fairly used engine in a car with a New Body is a fairly used Car. This is because the ENGINE is the Car. When a Man is born again, he has received a NEW Engine. Even though the body may have a dent or a scratch, because the ENGINE (his Spirit is NEW). He is NEW.
Now that you are born again, you are born into the family of God. The family of God includes all who believed in Him in the past, those who believe in Him now, and those who will in future.
God is the father of every believer: this makes all Christians, brethren (brothers and sisters). You therefore are a part of God’s family. *Ephesians 3:15: “From whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named"*
Before we got born again, we were not in the kingdom of God's Son i.e. His family; we were alienated from it.
Now as children of God, we have been translated into the kingdom of His Son. By virtue of our salvation, we are born into God's family. * Colossians 1:13: “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son”.*
*Eph 2:19: ‘Now therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God’*
**Assurance of Salvation**
(How you can be sure of your salvation) Sometimes, the devil likes to deceive God’s children by making us feel that we are not saved.
Our assurance of salvation is that thing that lets us know of a certainty that without any doubt, we are born again. Our assurance of salvation is not through our feelings.
Two key ways we are *assured of our salvation are:*
*a. The Word: Romans 10:9-10;* 1 John 5:9-10 We know that we are saved by what the word of God says concerning our salvation.
*In Romans 10: 9-10 *we see that you believe with your heart and with your mouth confess what you believe, then you are saved.
No matter how doubtful we may feel sometimes, this scripture gives us assurance.
From the word of God, we know that ‘the witness of God is better’
– *1 John 5:9-10.* God Himself witnesses that our salvation is assured by the belief in our hearts and the confessions that our mouths made.
*b. The Witness of the Holy Spirit: Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Himself beareth witness that we are the sons of God”.
*We may not always feel as though we belong to God, but the Holy Spirit always bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s
children.
He does this through the inward witness. He lets us know by this witness who we are. The Holy Spirit witnesses with our spirit that is alive to God, that we are born and saved of God.
We hear him communicating with us (our spirit) that we are born again. By the above two means, we are continually assured of the fact that we are saved despite our feelings.
It does not matter what our senses tell us. The only important testimony is the one God gives concerning us! Hallelujah!
2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; Galatians 6:15
*"Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION, old things are passed away and all things are become new" 2 Corinthians 5:17
* This is the cardinal point.
*The Christian is a NEW CREATION.*
He is one who never existed or pre-existed, altogether a new man, with a new kind of life and this life comes directly from God.
*This birth is a rebirth in the real sense of the Word, because to God this man never had a past, nor existed.
He is a brand new person with a new life.
Talk about the encounter of Jesus and Nicodemus in *John 3:3-4.* The term Born Again was given by Jesus, and he said being born again is a MUST and not an option.
*IT IS ONLY BY BEING BORN AGAIN THAT YOU BECOME A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS.*
*The new creation is God's workmanship* created, made, brought to life by God, created in Christ to do good works - (Ephesians 2:10.)
The new creation is not remade or refurbished.
He is not just endowed with a new character.
He is created with the nature of God in his spirit.
He hails from God.
The Bible says: */For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth much but a new creation. Galatians 6:15./*
The new creation may look the same outside – no change in skin color, size and shape, but the truth is that he is completely new inside, in his spirit.
This is so because being born again is of the spirit.
*Therefore, the new creation now lives his life from the inside.
*He has the divine nature of God in his spirit.
*He is as holy and righteous as God is.
*What we receive when we get born again is a NEW NATURE.*
*1. What makes a Man a Man is the Human Nature.*
*2. What makes a Tree a tree is the Plant Nature.*
*3. What makes a Dog a Dog is the Animal Nature.*
*4. What makes a Man BORN AGAIN is the NATURE and LIFE of GOD he receives.*
*5. To be born again is a MIRACLE. God’s Miracle.*
**ANALOGY:**
A fairly used engine in a car with a New Body is a fairly used Car. This is because the ENGINE is the Car. When a Man is born again, he has received a NEW Engine. Even though the body may have a dent or a scratch, because the ENGINE (his Spirit is NEW). He is NEW.
Now that you are born again, you are born into the family of God. The family of God includes all who believed in Him in the past, those who believe in Him now, and those who will in future.
God is the father of every believer: this makes all Christians, brethren (brothers and sisters). You therefore are a part of God’s family. *Ephesians 3:15: “From whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named"*
Before we got born again, we were not in the kingdom of God's Son i.e. His family; we were alienated from it.
Now as children of God, we have been translated into the kingdom of His Son. By virtue of our salvation, we are born into God's family. * Colossians 1:13: “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son”.*
*Eph 2:19: ‘Now therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God’*
**Assurance of Salvation**
(How you can be sure of your salvation) Sometimes, the devil likes to deceive God’s children by making us feel that we are not saved.
Our assurance of salvation is that thing that lets us know of a certainty that without any doubt, we are born again. Our assurance of salvation is not through our feelings.
Two key ways we are *assured of our salvation are:*
*a. The Word: Romans 10:9-10;* 1 John 5:9-10 We know that we are saved by what the word of God says concerning our salvation.
*In Romans 10: 9-10 *we see that you believe with your heart and with your mouth confess what you believe, then you are saved.
No matter how doubtful we may feel sometimes, this scripture gives us assurance.
From the word of God, we know that ‘the witness of God is better’
– *1 John 5:9-10.* God Himself witnesses that our salvation is assured by the belief in our hearts and the confessions that our mouths made.
*b. The Witness of the Holy Spirit: Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Himself beareth witness that we are the sons of God”.
*We may not always feel as though we belong to God, but the Holy Spirit always bears witness with our spirit that we are God’s
children.
He does this through the inward witness. He lets us know by this witness who we are. The Holy Spirit witnesses with our spirit that is alive to God, that we are born and saved of God.
We hear him communicating with us (our spirit) that we are born again. By the above two means, we are continually assured of the fact that we are saved despite our feelings.
It does not matter what our senses tell us. The only important testimony is the one God gives concerning us! Hallelujah!