In Christ

In Christ, we have much more than just mere religion. We received the life and nature of God when we received Christ into our heart. We were literally born a new; we were born of God. John 1:12-13 declares that “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

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You are a new creature in Christ Jesus. You have the resurrection life, because you were raised together with Christ to a new life altogether. Ephesians 2:4-6 says, “But God…hath quickened us together with Christ…And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus.”

When Jesus died, we died with Him. When He was buried, we were buried with Him. When God raised Him from the dead, we were raised together with Him. We received a new life when He was raised from the dead. When He was raised from the dead, He was born again (Acts 13:33).

Jesus came up with a new life, the resurrection life. So, when the Bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17), this means that there has been a supplanting of the old life by the resurrection life.

We are not the old man and former nature that sinned. That former self is dead; he died in Christ. our new nature is identified with Christ: “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).

Your past with those failures, weaknesses, and defeat were buried with Him. Now, you have a new life in Christ Jesus.