February 13, 2025 PUT ON THE NEW SELF
Ephesians 4:22-24 “that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lust of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”
This is indeed an amazing passage of scripture. In a miraculous way, God has made us new creations-made in the ‘likeness of God-and yet, we have the power of choice to lay aside the old us and the choice to put on this new creation that God has made. In our Christian walk, we tend to focus on improving ourselves and becoming better Christians. We think that if we pray more, attend church services, give more, and have morning devotions, we are on the right path of becoming better Christians. Do not get me wrong-all of those activities are good. The question is what is our motivation in doing those good things. At some point in our Christian journey, we have to come to grips with what is this new creation, and how does it impact my life. Are we in the refurbishing mode or being made new mode. When we discover and when we come to realize that God has made us brand new creations and we learn that we can live out of this new identity, everything changes. Now, we have those devotions, we give, we gather with other believers-or whatever-because it is our new nature to do so; we do those things because we want to. Remember, our new self is made in the likeness of God! Wow! It is actually true that we can reflect the Creator God; we can think like He thinks; we can respond like He responds; we can care like He cares; we can love like He loves; we can forgive like He forgives. No longer are we under the burden of ‘trying’ to be a ‘good’ Christian. Do not believe the lie that says we are just humans who sin; the power of sin has been broken. Believe the truth that we can lay aside the old self-who we use to be-and we can put on the new creation that God has created. Being renewed in the spirit of our mind is part of the process of putting on the new self; it is critical that our minds be renewed according to the truth of God’s word. We can choose to walk or live according to our flesh, OR we can choose to live according to the Spirit-to the new creation that we are. Let us today renew our minds and live in our new, God given identity.
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Blessings, Buddy
Ephesians 4:22-24 “that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lust of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”
This is indeed an amazing passage of scripture. In a miraculous way, God has made us new creations-made in the ‘likeness of God-and yet, we have the power of choice to lay aside the old us and the choice to put on this new creation that God has made. In our Christian walk, we tend to focus on improving ourselves and becoming better Christians. We think that if we pray more, attend church services, give more, and have morning devotions, we are on the right path of becoming better Christians. Do not get me wrong-all of those activities are good. The question is what is our motivation in doing those good things. At some point in our Christian journey, we have to come to grips with what is this new creation, and how does it impact my life. Are we in the refurbishing mode or being made new mode. When we discover and when we come to realize that God has made us brand new creations and we learn that we can live out of this new identity, everything changes. Now, we have those devotions, we give, we gather with other believers-or whatever-because it is our new nature to do so; we do those things because we want to. Remember, our new self is made in the likeness of God! Wow! It is actually true that we can reflect the Creator God; we can think like He thinks; we can respond like He responds; we can care like He cares; we can love like He loves; we can forgive like He forgives. No longer are we under the burden of ‘trying’ to be a ‘good’ Christian. Do not believe the lie that says we are just humans who sin; the power of sin has been broken. Believe the truth that we can lay aside the old self-who we use to be-and we can put on the new creation that God has created. Being renewed in the spirit of our mind is part of the process of putting on the new self; it is critical that our minds be renewed according to the truth of God’s word. We can choose to walk or live according to our flesh, OR we can choose to live according to the Spirit-to the new creation that we are. Let us today renew our minds and live in our new, God given identity.
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Blessings, Buddy
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