A New Creation

“Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.” II Cor 5:17

That is a precious truth. To be made new. To be endowed with the very nature of God.

“For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.” II Peter 1:4

This divine nature in you, provides the capacity to please God and to reflect the very person of Christ. Previously this was impossible. The Bible describes those who have not been born again as - slaves to sin.

But in Christ the bondage to sin is broken. Now you are free to choose obedience to God. The power to be obedient is available only to those who walk in the Spirit’s control.

“For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:3-4

Believers who do not yield control of their lives to the Holy Spirit are no more able to please God than non-believers.

This is why Paul says, “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16

Whether or not his is a new concept to you, be sure that today you give control of your life to the Spirit of God so that you can please the Father.