NEW PERSON IN CHRIST

“But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness”. (Rom. 6:17-18).

Becoming a new person in Christ is part of a life-long journey that begins at conversion.

Before coming to Christ, we were living (in a metaphorical sense) in Egypt, in the land of bondage.

Just as the people of Israel toiled as slaves in Egypt, WE were slaves to sin and worldly ambition. (Addicted to Sin)

 

Before we came to Christ, we sweated and toiled to build our career and acquire material possessions.

*Work was our idol.
*Greed was our taskmaster.

 

We may have had all the trappings of power in the business world – We didn’t run our career; our career ran us!!!! (Been there).

Jesus once said, “No servant can serve two masters. You cannot serve both God and money” (Luke 16:13).

Jesus was saying that those who spend their lives seeking only worldly gain are idolaters.
*No one can serve two masters.
*No one can worship both the true God and a false god (anything taking 1st place in our hearts other then God Himself).

We cannot experience the grace that God gives to His children because we are too busy striving for riches and power.

The only way we can be free is to turn away from worldly stuff and allow the One true God to transform us into a different person that will bring Him Glory.

Romans 12:1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.  2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

 

Ask yourself today:
Who or What really is #1 in my heart and my time and actions?

2 Chronicles 7:14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

Thank You Jesus for hearing my prayer of repentance this day. Amen