New people are the important thing to God. We know
that a normal person is naturally born into all the old failures that have been
with people since Adam and Eve. But today God is interested in a new type of
person. This was explained at the “Last Supper” when Jesus told us about a
special agreement that God had made with fallen people. Luke recorded what was
said that night: After supper he took another cup of
wine and said, “This cup is the new
covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood,
which is poured out as a sacrifice for you. Luke 22:20 (NLT). God sacrificed his own Son so
that many new children could be born through the Divine blood of our Savior. In
other words that blood makes it possible for God’s Spirit to build repentant
people into the “new” family of God.
The new covenant from God allows the redeemed person to inherit a whole
list of new things into their life. Because we “die with Christ” ( meaning we
abandon our old life) and then our new life begins to fill-up with new things
to do. The new life begins: Put
on your new nature, and be renewed
as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. Colossians 3:10. When anyone receives
a new nature a thousand daily things will change. There is a problem created
by some when they try to believe but at the same time they will refuse to
take-off their old nature. It is our job to “put on” the new nature. God does
not force the new nature on us, but a true Christian desires to change their
nature with His help. The old world cannot understand how we enjoy our new
nature because their old nature is continually controlling them.
There is a wonderful theme to the “new nature” that
we are given. It is that we want to obey God and live a holy life to please
him. This is necessary because only holy things can enter into God’s world. Every
worldly thing will be destroyed on the Day of Judgment. The Bible says: Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts
and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4:23-24. All of
redemption is about creating a holy family to live with the great “I AM” in
eternity. Paul said: This means that anyone who belongs
to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17. The
ambition of a Christian is to live this life that is pleasing to God. Our new
righteous nature will automatically cause us to be hated by many people in this
world. We must learn to depend on the Holy Spirit to guide us.
This wonderful new godly nature is given to us by
Jesus through the Spirit. They are both authorized by God to build his new
family. The Scripture says: By his death,
Jesus opened a new and life-giving way
through the curtain into the Most Holy Place. Hebrews 10:20. How
amazing that the death of Christ gives new life to people who are spiritually
dead. There is certainly no fictitious story that can compare to the real story
of redemption. God gave life to people many years ago and we ruined it with our sin. Because of his love for us we have
a second chance through his wonderful Son. Always remember what the Savior has
done and honor him by living a life that he can be proud of. Wow! We can belong
to the family of God.
