Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
-2 CORINTHIANS5:17, NIV
2006-06-09 09:51:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Being in Christ is a spiritual walk in love and truth, which means that the carnal aspect of our natures has been, and is being, overcome.
This I believe; http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm
2006-06-09 09:53:22 · answer #1 · answered by Don S 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Don's answer is excellent. When you are born you have two natures, a carnal nature and a sin nature. When you decide to follow Jesus Christ, He puts a divine nature in you. You become new and start dying to the old carnal and sin natures. Check out www.jsm.org You can email and ask them anything.
2006-06-09 09:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by dj_edwards2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that if you accept Christ as your savior the old that represent what you were (in sin ) has been forgiven by God and you have a fresh start to live your life as a christian.
2006-06-09 09:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by poppy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has been cleansed from all of the sin he committed before. He now seeks to serve Christ. He is a new man in his purpose and the one he serves,
2006-06-09 09:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, obviously that the pesonality, character will be changed. Let's a person used to gamble, smoke all the time, after he accepts Christ, he may gradully kick the habit because he know that it is wrong!
2006-06-09 09:54:56 · answer #5 · answered by mystery t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the new Christian can sit on their hands and wait to die and go to heaven. They don't have to do a single thing to make the world better. They can even commit all kinds of crimes and get them forgiven later. It must be nice to believe in that fairytale!
2006-06-09 09:54:45 · answer #6 · answered by WWJB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have to shed our old personality and become new, meaning leaving old/bad habits behind. If we're in Christ we're abiding by his laws and living accordingly.
2006-06-09 09:55:57 · answer #7 · answered by Wiser now 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is what i believe it to be saying that... if you today have accepted Christ then all of your past wrongs are forgiven and you are given this day to be the person the Christ wants you to be
2006-06-09 09:54:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that you don't have to live the way you did before you became a Christian- it's like starting over in life- turning over a new leaf! Hooray! Hallelujah!
2006-06-09 09:54:51 · answer #9 · answered by harpgirl88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is a changed person. He is Born Again, as in John 3. He isn't in love with the world anymore, but loves God. It is a personal experience you are in with God.
2006-06-09 09:55:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋