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A New Creation

Here are the key Scriptures we discussed during our BS last Sunday, 2011.01.09. The title was: A New Creation.

2Co 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.

We explained that when we were baptized into Christ, we died with Him, and we were also raised with Him. And so our old person died and we are now new creations in Christ.

We stressed on that phrase, "behold, all things are become new" meaning we got to see it (as what the word behold means) with our faith because this change is not perceivable in the physical.

1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

1Pe 1:23 says that we are born again. When we received Christ, we got born again that is why the Bible calls us new creations. And that happened when we received the Gospel, when we believed what the word of God says concerning Christ. And so we were born again by the word of God.

We also went to discuss 1Co 15:47-48.

1Co 15:47-48 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. (48) As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

This verse talks about 2 men. The first man which is Adam and the second man which is the Lord. We explained that because we died already, our lineage from Adam was cut off. We now trace our lineage from Christ who is blessed forever and ever! We are no longer earthy as Adam was, we are already heavenly as Christ is. And remember that Adam was cursed because of sin. When he tills the ground, he will have a hard time. And so we were also cut-off from that curse and the Bible tells us that we are now blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ.

As I mentioned during the Bible study, it is now a whole new ball game! We are now free from whatever curse that may have come upon our lives because of sin. We are now free because of the redeeming power of Christ.

The Bible tells us to BEHOLD! And so we got to really see it by faith. And when we do, those spiritual blessings will start to manifest in the physical realm.
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