When we accept Christ as our Savior, we receive everything we need to live a godly life in Christ. “His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness….” (2 Peter 1:3, NASB). Note that we have received not some things but everything …
Becoming a new creation is one thing. But living as a new creation is another. It’s not hard for someone to become a new creation in Christ. All that’s necessary is for him to repent of his sins and genuinely place his faith in Christ’s redemptive …
What does it mean to be born again? To answer that question, consider these words from the book of Ezekiel: “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out …
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new,” Paul writes (2 Corinthians 5:17, KJV.) The fact that we have become a new creation in Christ does not mean we automatically live …
The Holy Spirit makes you live right. Being born of the Holy Spirit exempts you from having struggles in your flesh. Walking in the Spirit is incidental to being filled with the Holy Spirit. None of those statements are true. They are misconceptions about the Holy …
First, let’s define the carnal mind. The carnal mind is the mind of the flesh. And we know what the mind of the flesh does; it minds the things of the flesh. All of us can relate to the carnal mind because all of us were …
In Christ, we are a new creation, according to the Bible. Old things have passed away. All things have become new (see 2 Corinthians 5:17). Yet many Christians still struggle in the flesh during their daily walk with Christ. All Christians experience some degree of struggle …
