August 3, 2025 
A new creation!
Charles Spurgeon, et al.
2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”
Whenever anyone is saved by the sovereign grace of God, and regenerated by the Holy Spirit–he becomes a new creation in Christ. This is not a mere moral improvement, nor a religious reformation, nor the adoption of a more wholesome lifestyle–but a supernatural work of the Spirit, producing a new nature.
Having experienced this miracle of salvation, the new man now has new views, new ambitions, new convictions, new desires, new notions, new hopes, new dreads, new pleasures, new aims, new principles, new affections, new joys, and new pursuits. Everything about him is changed. He does, as it were, live in a new world!
He was once spiritually dead, enslaved to sin, governed by the flesh, blind to truth, and hostile to God!
Now, his affections are changed–he loves what he once hated, and hates what he once loved!
Now, his mind is renewed–he no longer sees life through the lens of popular culture, but through the lens of Scripture.
Now, his will is liberated–he longs to do the will of God, though not without struggle. Though sin still remains in his flesh, it no longer reigns in his life.
The believer is brought into a new realm: from darkness, to light; from death, to life; from the kingdom of Satan, to the kingdom of God. He is adopted as God’s child, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and sealed for the day of redemption. In Christ, every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms is now his! (Ephesians 1:3-8).
His past is forgiven,
his present is transformed,
and his future is secured.
But the glory of this new creation lies not in the man himself, but in the One who made him new. Just as the original creation displayed the majesty of God–so this new creation displays the greatness of His sovereignty, mercy, and grace.
Christian, never forget who you are–you are not what you once were. And though you are not yet what you will be–you are already made new in Christ. Let this truth humble you, encourage you, and move you to walk in newness of life, to the glory of God who “has rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins!” Colossians 1:13–14
iChristian 
What an inspiration, my friend! We’re not what we once were but are made new in Christ. The old has indeed passed away–being new means a full re-programming, a new attitude, new likes, new hopes. Thanks for the needed reminder of who I really am in Jesus. Not just renewed but reborn.
Hey Dayle sister in Christ! I can’t even begin to explain how I can even address you as a sister in Christ. I meant I can’t believe just how far He came to save me and adopt me as a child of God. It blows my mind every time I think about it…But it’s so good to find time and reflect on just how far we’ve come, how we’ve changed with what we like and what we worship etc. 😲
I get it–to be loved so fully, accepted unconditionally, forgiven so completely, never gets old!
Amen! Yes I can never get bored of hearing (and knowing) that Truth! Wow what an Awesome Saviour we have! 😲
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