How Old Are You?
How old are you?
Before you answer, you might want to consider this:
The trillions of cells in our bodies are constantly reproducing and replacing themselves.
The skin on our bodies is replaced every five days.
The skeletal system is new every three months.
Ninety-eight percent of the total number of atoms in our body are replaced at the end of a seven-year period.
So, in one sense, thanks to the amazing regenerative powers of our body, none of us are more than seven years old.
But the Bible offers us something even more amazing.
It’s a renewal that goes far deeper than skin and bones.
It occurs only once but lasts for all of eternity.
And we read about it in 2 Corinthians 5:17-19.
“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; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 2 Corinthians 5:17-19.
Where does this renewal take place?
As a “new creation” what is our relationship with God?
What is our new responsibility as a new creation?
When we receive Christ as our Saviour, the Holy Spirit baptizes (puts, places, immerses) us into the Body of Christ.1 Corinthians 12:13.
That’s what it means to be “in Christ.”
It is in Christ that we find safety from God’s wrath that is poured out on sin and those who engage in it. John 3:36.
As a new creation we are to put off the old habits we formed when we were apart from God and put on new habits that are consistent with our new life. Ephesians 4:20-24.
Have you become a “new creation”?
If you have become a new creation-
– what habits do you need to “put off” so that your life is more consistent with your status as a new creation?
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