Sin entered the world when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.  Their act of disobedience separated mankind from the presence of God.

Every person born since has inherited an inborn nature to rebel against God and to place oneself above God.  Romans 3:23 sums it up – “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”

In fact, this sinful nature cannot obey.  It cannot be reformed.  It must be crucified in Christ and replaced by a new nature.  “And I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you.” Ezekiel 36:26

Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins through His blood on the Cross.   “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9

A gift is not a gift until it is received; yet once received, you are a new creation.   2 Corinthians 5 :17 declares: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”  This covenant promise was prophesied in Ezekiel 36:26-27: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees.”

This new creation is the result of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  Romans 7:6 confirms the same: “But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.”  As a new creation, your citizenship is now in heaven, with a different set of values, a different King and a different future.  You have a new status: “You are a chosen people … God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9

Are you a new creation in Christ?

Someone’s eternity depends on it!

Awaken the sleeper!