{"id":121137,"date":"2021-06-14T05:36:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=121137"},"modified":"2021-06-14T05:01:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:01:10","slug":"25-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/14\/25-h\/","title":{"rendered":"25.h. “He is a new creation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Isaiah 45:24-25<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOnly in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>John 15:5<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Romans 8:1<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Psalms 51:10<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>John 3:3<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Jesus answered him, \u201cTruly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Ephesians 2:10<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The saved are not \u201cjust<\/i>\u00a0forgiven.\u201d They are changed into a\u00a0new creation<\/b>. \u00a0However, being a\u00a0new creation\u00a0<\/b>doesn\u2019t mean that we are perfect. It means that we\u00a0are<\/i>\u00a0changed and that we are\u00a0being<\/i>\u00a0changed. He is a new creation<\/b>: Who makes us\u00a0a new creation<\/b>? This is something God alone can do in us. This isn\u2019t just \u201cturning over a new leaf\u201d or \u201cgetting your act together.\u201d Yet the life of a\u00a0new creation<\/b>\u00a0is not something God does\u00a0for us<\/i>\u00a0but\u00a0in us<\/i>. So, we are told to\u00a0put off\u2026 the old man<\/i>\u00a0and to\u00a0put on the new man which was created according to God, in righteousness and true holiness<\/i>\u00a0(Ephesians 4:22-24<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0Being\u00a0a new creation\u00a0<\/b>is a gift from God received by faith. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The work of\u00a0a new creation<\/b>\u00a0is even greater than God\u2019s work of creating the world. \u201cMy brethren, it was more difficult, if such terms are ever applicable to Omnipotence, it was more difficult to create a Christian than to create a world. What was there to begin with when God made the world? There was nothing; but nothing could not stand in God\u2019s way \u2013 it was at least passive. But, my brethren, in our hearts, while there was nothing that could help God, there was much that could and did oppose him. Our stubborn wills, our deep prejudices, our ingrained love of iniquity, all these, great God, opposed thee, and aimed at thwarting thy designs\u2026 Yes, great God, it was great to make a world, but greater to create a new creature in Jesus Christ.\u201d (Spurgeon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  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. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation \u00a0Isaiah 45:24-25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cOnly in the LORD, it shall be said of me, … Continue reading “25.h. “He is a new creation””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4842,4583,1157,7754,4885,6295,3345,4931,3594,4930,15157,162,76,2518,165,384,796,5531,15155,13455,13361,15154,3152,2843,2673,121,15156,315,32,5121,4642,2073,7266,2072],"class_list":["post-121137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-abides","tag-against-him","tag-ashamed","tag-bears","tag-born-again","tag-branches","tag-christ","tag-christ-jesus","tag-clean-heart","tag-condemnation","tag-create","tag-fruit","tag-god","tag-good-works","tag-jesus","tag-kingdom-of-god","tag-lord","tag-ministry","tag-new","tag-new-creation","tag-nothing","tag-old-passed-away","tag-prepared","tag-reconciliation","tag-renew","tag-righteousness","tag-roconciled","tag-spirit","tag-strength","tag-truly","tag-vine","tag-walk-in-them","tag-within","tag-workmanship"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121137"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121140,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121137\/revisions\/121140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}