Title: NEW MAN
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NEW MAN
Word: Ephesians 1:1~14 (verse 3)
A Christian is a new person. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). In other words, he is a new creation in Jesus. A new person is a person who has received a spiritual blessing. What kind of spiritual blessings have we received? It is a noble blessing that comes from the work of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Then, what is the work of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, who made us a new person?
First, God the Father
You have made us sons by election and predestination
God the Father has chosen us. In other words, He made us sons by predestination. When to choose? This is before creation. Before all things were created, He chose us in Christ for eternity. What has been chosen in Christ? He saves everyone who accepts Christ. His purpose was to make him holy and blameless before God as a being separate from the world. Predestination means planning in advance. Therefore, according to the will of God, he made them his sons through Jesus Christ. Romans 8:17. “If children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, for we must suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.”
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Therefore, as separate beings from the world, we must strive to live holy and blameless before God.
Saint Jesus
He redeemed us through His blood
Jesus, the Son, has redeemed us with his own blood. It is by the grace of God that we have been forgiven of our sins. Romans 3:23-24, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.”
It is through the blood of Jesus, who became the eternal atonement lamb and shed (Hebrews 9:12-14,22). “Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” The blood of goats and bulls If the ashes of a heifer and the ashes of a heifer are sprinkled on the unclean to purify and sanctify the flesh, how much more can the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? “Can’t it?” “According to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission.”
All that is in heaven and on earth may be united in Christ, that we may become his inheritance, to the praise of his glory. We are redeemed by the blood of Christ. became heirs of the kingdom of heaven. That is why we must overcome the divisions on this earth. There must be unity in Christ. Now we must glorify God.
Holy Spirit
He applied the gospel to us.
The Holy Spirit applies the gospel to us. 1 Corinthians 12:3b “Therefore I make it known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.”
application of life
How can you live a confident life as a new person?
It is necessary to know and believe in the work of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We must know and believe that God the Father made us sons by election and predestination. We must know and believe that the Son Jesus redeemed us through His blood.
We must know and believe that God the Holy Spirit has applied the gospel to us.
Only then will we glorify God's grace and glory.
What should a new person share? - Let's share all spiritual blessings