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Behold, the New Has Come

2 Corinthians 5:17

Introduction: A wolf cannot be a lamb even if it wears the mask of a lamb. A pig cannot be a human being even though it wears a tie and the clothing of a human being. The root must be changed to make things different, but the change of formality is totally meaningless. To be changed by believing in Jesus is not external change; it is internal change.


1. The old, Adams descendents

혻혻 1) Spiritually dead (Ge 2:17, Ge 3:19, La 3:39)
혻혻 2) Morally corrupted (Isa 1:4, Eph 2:3)
혻혻 3) Psychologically self-centered (Ps 14:1, Ro 8:7)
혻혻 4) Physically suffering from a disease (Ps 107:10-11, Ecc 5:17, Dt 28:59)
혻혻 5) Environmentally a person who is under a curse (Ge 3:17-18, Ps 127:2)
혻혻 6) A person without hope of eternal life (Jn 3:36, Eph 2:12)


2. The new in Christ

혻혻 1) Spiritually born again (Eph 2:1, 6, Gal 4:6)
혻혻 2) Became holy by the grace of the Holy Spirit (1Co 6:11, Col 3:9-10)
혻혻 3) Heaven comes to a person?셲 heart and he/she lives in a God-centered way (Gal 2:20)
혻혻 4) A person who is healed and gained hope of resurrection (1Pe 2:24, 2Co 5:1)
혻혻 5) A person who received the blessing of Abraham (Gal 3:13-14, 9)
혻혻 6) A person who gained eternal heaven (Jn 10:28, 14:3)


3. By human effort or by faith?

혻혻 1) A person of effort
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) Changed little by little
혻혻혻혻혻 (2) Done in the future (Isa 64:6)
혻혻 2) A person who receives by faith
혻혻혻혻혻 ?? The grace God has given us by His sovereign will
We should:
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) Understand (Eph 2:8-9, Ro 3:23-24, 27-28)
?€?€(2) Accept into our heart (Gal 3:5-7)
?€?€(3) Believe (Ro 1:17, Gal 3:26-27)
?€?€(4) Confess through our lips (Pr 6:2, Mt 10:32-33, Ro 10:9-10, 1Jn 2:23)
?€?€(5) Give thanks (Col 2:6-7, Ro 6:4)

Conclusion: Two thousand years ago, Jesus cried out on the Cross, ?쏧t is finished.??To become a new creature means that Jesus already completed everything in the past. We became one with Jesus, died together, buried together, resurrected together, and the new has come. It won?셳 happen in the future and it isn?셳 happening now, either. Everything has been completed within Jesus already.