PREACHER’S POINT (cont.)

and with his stripes we are healed.“ A Christian is not a broken vessel held together with spiritual glue and duct tape. We are new creatures in Christ. A new creation; 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.“ When salvation comes, God does not fix the old parts. He creates new ones.

Ezekiel 36:26, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.“ Sin has wreaked havoc on this universe we live in, and one day Christ will replace it with “a new heaven and a new earth” (Revelation 21:1). This future new creation is a picture of the new birth every Christian goes through at the point of salvation.

a fixing of the old self.

John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.“ This new creation is much more than a change in lifestyle or the frequency of our participation in religious ceremonies. It is a change in who we are – God has made us a new creature. Galatians 6:15, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.“ Only the potter, only God, can create a new pot. The vessel cannot do it on its own. This new creation of a person comes at salvation through the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:15, “Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;” As a side note – notice that Ephesians verse above shows, this new creation in Christ, through His blood sacrifice on the cross, is the only way a person can have peace with God.

Christian, stop selling God short – you are not a broken vase, beautiful, serviceable, yet with cracks – you are a new creation in Jesus Christ.

Tim “ Preacher” Johnson is Pastor of Countryside Baptist Church in Parke

County Indiana. Website: www. preachers- point. com; Email: preacherspoint@ gmail. com ; Mail: 410 S. Jefferson St.

Rockville IN 47872.

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All Scripture KJV.