Pillar 1 - Foundational Truths
A New Creation
According to Scripture, you are to put on the new man.
The most dramatic transformation in human experience is not behavioral — it is the moment a sinful nature is put to death and a new creation rises in its place.
Do You Not Know ?
Your Past Need Not Define You
Your Sins Can Be Forgiven
Have Your Not Heard ?
You Can Be A New Creation
Born Again Of Spirit!
HELL - ENDLESS AGONY WITH SATAN IN THE LAKE OF FIRE
OR
HEAVEN - ETERNAL LIFE OF JOY, PEACE AND LOVE WITH CHRIST JESUS
The Choice is Yours !!
”If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come; The old had gone, the new is here.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
Where Will You Spend Eternity ?
This is the truth in its simplest form — the same words printed inside every New Creation Truth Card:
Do not move past this too quickly.
If this is true, which it is, it changes everything about your life.
What Scripture Says About Becoming A New Creation
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
What Others Ask
Q. What does it mean to be a new creation in Christ?
A. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says: 'If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.' This means salvation is not a moral improvement of the old self — it is a spiritual rebirth. The believer receives a new nature, new desires, a new relationship with God, and a new eternal destiny.
Q. What does 2 Corinthians 5:17 mean — "the old has gone, the new has come"?
A. Paul's declaration describes the radical discontinuity between life before and after Christ. The 'old' refers to the old identity — defined by sin, self, and separation from God. The 'new' is not the same person with better habits, but a fundamentally different spiritual reality: alive in Christ, indwelt by the Spirit, and adopted into God's family.
Q. What is the difference between being born again and being a new creation?
A. These describe the same spiritual reality from different angles. 'Born again' (John 3:3-7) emphasizes the new beginning — spiritual life where there was only death. 'New creation' (2 Corinthians 5:17) emphasizes the transformation of identity — belonging to a new order inaugurated by Christ's resurrection. Both point to the same miracle: God making dead souls alive.
Q. Why do I still struggle with sin if I am a new creation?
A. Paul addresses this directly in Romans 7. The new creation refers to your identity and standing before God — it is complete and settled. But the process of becoming what you already are in Christ (sanctification) continues throughout life. You still live in a body prone to sin and in a fallen world. The struggle is real, but it is not the whole story.
Q. How does the new creation identity change the way I see myself and others?
A. When your identity is rooted in Christ rather than performance, past failure, or others' opinions, it becomes stable. 2 Corinthians 5:16 adds that we now see others differently too — not by worldly standards, but as potential new creations. This is the foundation of evangelism: every person you meet is someone for whom Christ died and in whom He can create something entirely new.
Digging Deeper Introduction
Becoming a new creation in Christ Jesus is one of the most transformative truths in Scripture. 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 is not language that speaks of being improved or being cleaned up and reformed. It speaks of an old life crucified with Christ and a new life resurrected in Him.
Romans 6:6-7 speaks to this death language: “For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin – because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.” This same truth is echoed in Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
The link between being crucified with Christ into a new life in Christ is confirmed by Christ in John 5:24: “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.” Notice that the wording “has crossed over” implies this new life is already accomplished. 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 and be careful to keep my laws.”
Are you a new creation in Christ?
Are you inviting others to join you?
Time is running out!
Someone’s eternity depends on it!
Awaken the sleeper!
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