A REAL SPIRITUAL BIRTH BY PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Being born again is much more than changing your behaviour or turning over a new leaf. When you received Christ into your life, something actually happened; there was a real spiritual birth. You were born of the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Thatโs how come you have the life, nature and character of God in your spirit; itโs a completely new life.
Romans 6:6 says, โKnowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.โThe โold man,โ the life you had before you were born again, isnโt suspended; itโs dead. Youโre a new man. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.โ The Greek rendering of the expression โnew creatureโ refers to a new species of being; one that never existed beforeโone without a past.
In the presence of God, everything you were, and did before you were born again never existed; thereโs no record, because youโre a new creation, a new being. Christians who are ignorant of this are held in bondage to their past, which invariably makes them ineffective in the things of God.
Understand that your spirit has come alive to God, and seeks only to please Him and do His will now that youโre born again. You might ask, โHow come some people still do the wrong things even after theyโve been born again?โ The truth is, those things donโt come from their human spirit, but from the โunrenewedโ mind and the senses. This is the reason you must keep renewing your mind with the Word. Keep learning, meditating on, and living the Word. That way, youโll train your spirit to rule over your mind and the flesh.
Youโre the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Youโve been born into a newness of life; live accordingly.
CONFESSION.
I live in victory, and walk in righteousness. The Word of God renews my mind, strengthens my spirit, and purifies my soul. The glory of God is revealed in me today as I meditate on the Word, in Jesusโ Name. Amen.
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