Welcome to the New You!

Welcome to the New You!

Forget what you once were. That has no bearing on who you are now. I can say this with complete confidence. How? you ask.

Ephesians 2:4-7 tells us that:
God is rich in mercy
God has great love for us
Even though we were spiritually dead His great love compelled Him to make us alive
His making us alive was a completely unmerited gift
He did more than simply making us alive
He raised us up with Jesus
He made us sit together in heavenly places
He put us into Jesus (see Romans 6:3)
Father took our spiritually dead selves and re-created us. (see 2 Corinthians 5:17)
He gave us new spirits
He put His Spirit in us (see Ezekiel 36:26-27)
He made us one spirit with Himself (see I Corinthians 6:17)

Once He had made us new in this way, He immersed us into Jesus Christ. (see Romans 6:3) He gave us the right to be called children of God. (see John 1:12) That means that we became able to be His children and His dwelling place (see 1 Corinthians 3:17 & 6:19) and part of Him, (see Ephesians 5:30) partaking in His nature. (see 2 Peter 1:4) We are able because He has made us righteous, holy, blameless. (see Philippians 2:15 & 1 Thessalonians 5:23)

You are completely new in your spirit. Who you are in the inner self that people cannot see, the core of your being, your spirit, is completely remade.

This is the reason you are increasingly driven to make good choices, to do good, to love unexpectedly, to be gentle and kind. These things are the natural expression of the new you. They are the natural expression, the manifestation, of the One who lives inside you, in your spirit, closer than your bones.

The passage in Ephesians goes on to say He did all this so that the riches of His grace, as evidenced by His kindness toward us through Jesus Christ, would become evident to the world.

Recognize who you have become and walk in that truth. Christ manifested through you is the way the world gets changed for the good.