God’s word, the Bible says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Theologians says that two Greek words ‘neos’ and ‘kainos’ are translated
“new” in the Bible. ‘neos’ means ‘something that has just been made, though
many such things are already in existence’. Whereas, ‘kainos’ means
“something just made which is unlike anything else in existence.”
‘New’ in the above verse is ‘kainos’. This means, we
are made an entirely new creation in Christ. God created us out of nothing as
He has created the heavens and the earth out of nothing. He does not merely
clean up our old selves, but He makes an entirely new self.
When we received Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, God
forgive our sin and makes us ‘new creation’. We have new life, not in our
strength but given by God. I invited Jesus and He saved my health and life and changed me. Many persons praise
me, but I always say, “Jesus saved me”. I did nothing to change my life. I confined
at home for some weeks. But, I have to work and earn. So, I went out and found the
change in me. When I met old friends they say “you become so changed” and they
treated me in a changed manner, though I did not tell them any. I saw with my
eyes what I used to take much interest, my heart no more saw, my hands no
longer stretched out to reach. I found out the changes in me. Old friends left
and new friends come. Within a few months, I totally believed my Lord and
Saviour is working in me and fear vanish. Jesus changed my environment and is
changing me. I believe He will continue to change me and will one day totally
transformed me to be with Him eternally. To understand what I say, please read Ephesians
2:1-10:
“As for you, you
were dead in your transgressions and sins, in
which you used to live when
you followed the ways of this world and
of the ruler(Satan) of the kingdom of the air, the
spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All
of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying
the cravings of our flesh and
following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving
of wrath(of God). But
because of his great love for us, God,
who is rich in mercy, made
us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions —it
is by grace you have been saved. And
God raised us up with Christ and
seated us with him in
the heavenly realms in
Christ Jesus, in
order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his
grace, expressed in his
kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For
it is by grace you
have been saved, through
faith —and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God— not
by works, so
that no one can boast. For
we are God’s handiwork, created in
Christ Jesus to do good works, which
God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:1-10)
In old nature we could not understand the things of the
spirit as it was spiritually dead, “dead in our transgressions and
sins”. God gives us a completely new
nature when we received His Son Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour. Our
old nature was dead and raised with Jesus and gives us this new life. Then, God
gives us the Holy Spirit, who lives in us and helps us “to walk in newness of
life” with Christ(Romans 6:4).
Remember, our old nature still is working in us but could no
longer control us as Jesus always help us. (I will post about this later)
Hope you have become a truly ‘new creation’ in Christ, by
having invite Him into your life and received Him. Read the Bible daily and
always pray so that you may grow in faith. Also pray for those who are still in
old sinful life. Tell them about Jesus and His saving grace. Bring them to
Christ. But if you still have not yet received, please call on Jesus Christ
now. If you need guidance, send me message.
God bless you.
