KEY SCRIPTURE: 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV” Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

We continue with our discussion on who a Christian is. Our key scripture says if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. We learnt from 1 Corinthians 12:13 that the Holy Spirit places everyone who submits to the Lordship of Jesus Christ into Christ. This, we said, was a spiritual baptism. The Christian now has a place of abode. It is in Christ. According to our key scripture, the moment you are placed in Him, you become a new creature. Every old nature, influence, or control ceases. You have become a son of God, just like Jesus (John 1:12,13). John 1:13 KJV” Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Thus, the new creature is called the new man. The old man was crucified with Jesus Rom 6:6. The new man or new creation is the very Spirit of Jesus according to Gal 2:20. The new man or new creation is Holy and righteous. Eph 4:24 KJV “And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.” The life of this new man is not the Adamic lie corrupted by sin, but rather it is eternal life called Zoe in Greek. This is a supernatural life or a higher life. It is superior to the forces of decay in this life. The forces of decay are sin, disease, demonic control, and lack of all good things.

This new Man does not function by himself. His medium of action is by the word of God. That is only executed by faith. God is the source of this new man. God is a faith God, Rom 4:17. He does everything by faith. Most Christians have difficulties in their life because they have not trained themselves to live by faith. 2 Corinthians 5:7 KJV” (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)”The life of the Christian is purely by faith. Faith is confidence in God and His word to the point that you do whatever the word says. The Christian is a new creature, like Jesus, and he lives by faith.

CONFESSION

I am a new creature in Christ Jesus. I have eternal life, a higher life, superior to Satan, sin, and sicknesses. Everything about me comes from Jesus, making me one with Him. I live by faith and a very victorious life, bringing glory to my master in every sphere of life. I act in the stead of my master, taking his healing power to my generation.

FURTHER STUDIES

John 3:16 KJV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 1:12 KJV” But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”