17Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].
17Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].
--2 Corinthians 5:17
A New Creature” -- is just that. We receive the Lord Jesus Christ’s own DNA. However, as with all scripture, we must BELIEVE, and be full of FAITH...
“1Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality--faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. 2For by this [kind of] faith the [a]men of old gained [divine] approval.
17Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life].
--2 Corinthians 5:17
A New Creature” -- is just that. We receive the Lord Jesus Christ’s own DNA. However, as with all scripture, we must BELIEVE, and be full of FAITH...
“1Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality--faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. 2For by this [kind of] faith the [a]men of old gained [divine] approval.
- Hebrews 11:1-2