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Re-Creation
Yenny Kartika Official Writer
13152 Corinthians
5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Bible Reading
for a Year [bible]psalm104[/bible]; [bible]james1[/bible]; [bible]ezeki13-14[/bible]
Chris Simpson’s life used to be consumed by hate. After
he and his wife lost their first child, he was confused and angry. He directed
that anger toward various ethnic groups and covered his body with hate-filled
tattoos.
After listening to his son mimic his hatred, though,
Simpson knew he needed to change. He watched a Christian movie about courage
and began attending church. One month later he was baptized as a follower of
Jesus Christ. Simpson is now a new person and is leaving the hate behind him,
which includes the painful and expensive process of having his tattoos removed.
The apostle Paul knew something about this kind of deep
transformation. He hated Jesus and persecuted His followers (Acts 22:4-5; 1
Cor. 15:9). But a personal encounter and spiritual union with Christ (Acts
9:1-20) changed all of that, causing him to reevaluate his life in light of
what Jesus accomplished on the cross. This union with Christ made Paul a new person.
The old order of sin, death, and selfishness was gone and a new beginning, a
new covenant, a new perspective and way of living had come.
Following Jesus is not turning over a new leaf; it is
beginning a new life under a new Master.
Being in Christ
is not rehabilitation, it’s re-creation.
