Tuesday, March 30, 2010

New Creation; New Creature

Apologies for the delay!
Monday, March 29, 2010: Ephesians 3:9
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ
What is the mystery, hidden from the beginning in God? The mystery will be revealed to all and seen by all: there is a creation, created by Jesus Christ that will be seen clearly in the future. It is a fellowship, a knitting together.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010: Ephesians 4:23-24
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Who is this new man? It is the old man who has been renewed in the spirit of his mind. This mind is created in perfect rightness with God and in pure holiness.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010: Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Do our good works count before we were created anew in Christ? No, only the workmanship that Christ creates in the new man who walks in the will of God.
Thursday, April 1, 2010: Colossians 1:16
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him
What does invisible imply? There is, on earth, an invisible power in those who believe in Christ. This is Christ’s new creation, bought with His sacrifice for sins on the cross.

Friday, April 2, 2010: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
As we look back at the first verse, who is this new creature? Who is this new creation? It is the believer who will eternally have fellowship with God in Christ Jesus.

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