Spiritual Things - Part 3

Spiritual Things - Part 3

2 Corinthians 5:17 - "What this means is that those who become Christians
become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone.
A new life has begun!"

'Spiritual Things' - Part 3 - "The power of the Holy Ghost to make you a new creature"

Where you really made new when you accepted Christ into your heart? Well, this is an ongoing battle in many church circles because many believe that when you are made new you are made spiritually new and it's only manifested in the spirit realm. But I don't agree with that. I do not believe the scripture "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away and behold all things become new" is just talking about the spirit realm. I believe when you accept Christ, you should change.

There should be a new found desire to find out what God wants and expects of you. There should be a desire to find the will of God for you and not do the same old sinful things you did before Christ! Why would a person accept Christ and not want to live for him? You can't accept him and not want to live for him.

Yes, we do make mistakes and we do sin after our new birth. But to always desire to do the wrong thing more than the right thing suggests that there is something internally wrong with your new birth. Not to blame Christ, but to search into yourself and see if there are areas in your life that are unconfessed to God or unsurrendered to him.

You see, becoming a new creature was instantaneous, but practicing righteousness is a process. We know that when a person accepts Christ, there is a process to learn, live, and behave according to the word, but there must be a desire to read the word before a person will ever live according to the word!

Come on people, wake up! If you are not desiring the word, desiring to hear from God, desiring to live for God, then you do not want God!!!! God is not a flavor of cologne that you can spray on whenever you want to smell good. If you are of God, you are a new creature!

If you are still desiring sinful things and always looking for ways to do the fool, then you are not of him. Mistakes, we all make. But your utmost desire should be to live according to the word of God if you are his. If old things are passed away, then why are they all still there? If all things became new, then why are your old ways still ruling you! Are you a new creature?

Suggested Reading: 2Tim. 3:5, Rom. 8:1, Rom. 8:13, 2Pet. 2:10