A New Creation

A NEW CREATION

2 Corinthians 5:17 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 Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new. CEV

The Scope of the Call If Anyone…

John 6:51: Anyone is called to eat of the living bread that Jesus gives.

John 7:17: Anyone can choose to do God’s will and discover the truth in Christ.

John 7:37: Anyone is called to drink of the water of life—the living water.

John 9:31: Anyone can be heard by God if he or she will do God’s will.

John 10:9: Anyone can enter the door to God’s presence through Jesus Christ. Anyone can be saved.

John 11:19: Anyone can see the light of the world and walk in that light.

The Source of New Life

Is in Christ…What does it mean to be “in Christ?”

The Change that He Makes

That person is new…

The Death that is Necessary

Old things are passed away… The past is forgotten.

The Effect of New Life in Christ

All things become new…

APPLICATION

Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.