“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a new creation. The old you has passed away; behold, the new you has come,” 2 Corinthians 5:17.
When we start a new life in Christ, we move from the old place [old person] of life to a new place [new person] in Christ. We are changed completely, meaning that we undergo a significant transformation where nearly every aspect of life is altered to a different form or a new original state. We have become entirely new with little or no resemblance to the old or previous life. This is a substantial change, not just a superficial alteration. It’s Christ who is doing good work in us to change us—not just to alter us to become something different, without changing us into something different. We don’t need a second life; we need a new life, which is a changed life in Christ. Christ has come into our lives and moves away the old person [self], to the new person [life]. This is God building a new foundation within you. Now you’re at a place were you are standing firm in God.
Your old man wavered against God, but your new man became submissive onto God. When you really want this new life, you will let go of your past and you will surrender your total being to the Lord. You are know longer remembering the former things, nor are you considering the old things. This is when the Holy Spirit can come in and do a new thing in you where you have a ‘spiritual experience’ and a ‘definite experience’ where there is determination directed to your new life in Christ.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he or she is a new creation; the old person has passed away, behold, the new has become,” 2 Corinthians 5:17.
The new birth is the work of the Holy Spirit in you. The Holy Spirit convicts you of your sins and prepares you for good works. The Holy Spirit leads us to confession and repentance of our sins to where we are removed from the penalty of our sins.
“For the wages of sin are death, but the gift [new life] of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord,” Romans 6:23. Now you have come to a place where you want this new life, this new birth in Christ. No one has to tell you about your sins, because you know them already. When you have had enough of them, you will change.
When you are ready for this new life, this new lifestyle, this radical change, this transformation within your heart, you will make the necessary changes. Now you are ready to live and occupy this now life that you will live out each and every day of your life. You will live, with no need to die anymore to your old man/self.
“To put off the old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness,” Ephesians 4:22-24.
When you put off theses things, then you have discovered the new you.
