Made Fresh & New!
I have often wondered what it means when the Bible speaks about being a new creation in Christ Jesus. If it is true that I was made new, then why do I feel just the same? I know a lot of Christians who ask these same questions where they feel they live the same mundane life void of power. When I learned the truth, it changed the way I started to think about myself. 2 Cor 5:17 AMPC - Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! This scripture says that I am now a new creation in Christ Jesus and that the old has become fresh and new. This sounds like a radical change. Surely if it was that radical, should’t I have sensed a difference? The thing is that the change was not in my body where I could see it, nor in my soul where I could sense it. The change was on the inside. It was a change of nature - I became a