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Devotional - 6th May 2020

'If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new' (2 Corinthians 5:17).

As human beings our tendency is to sin. We were born in sin and shaped in iniquity and as a result our heart is naturally deceitful and desperately wicked. It is only the blood of Christ that can cleanse us and save us from sin. When we accept Jesus we are justified by our faith in Him. You become a new person, and the process of sanctification takes place daily in your life, so that you can become more and more like Christ. The text above said, "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature." To be in Christ you need to give up your old habits, tendencies and practices and become partakers of the divine nature God with the aid of the Holy Spirit. This will give evidence of our relationship with Christ. All our dreams, ideas, agendas and purposes that we have prior to our acceptance of Christ, will cease to exist and are now replaced by Christ's ideas, agendas and purposes. In Christ, our love of self and sin must go; our love of the world must pass away; our former prejudices, opinions and habits must all pass away. In other words, all former things must pass away. And "all things are become new." We will become selfless, we will abhor sin, we will view the world through the eyes of Christ and our prejudices, opinions  and habits change to reflect Christ. Whatever we were before, will be of none effect; what we are now in Christ is what is important. To be a new person in Christ, means we have to enter into the heart of Christ. To have a real union with Him, and to love Him wholeheartedly. Our love for Him should elevate us and inspire us to live a pure life and be like Jesus. We must be converted from the inside out. You may spend your life talking about Jesus, his name is ever on your lips; yet you're not in a real union with Him. But when conversion takes place, you turn around from your former convictions and begin that new and transforming life in Christ. Having that new conviction, spiritual things become more real to you. You grow into new affections, what you did from a sense of duty, you now do with pleasure. In Christ, you are United to Him - He is the Vine and you're the branches. When you're in union with Christ you're a new person with a living hope in Him. Let Christ transform and renew your mind today, as you become a new person in Him.

Have a wonderful day 🌹🌹

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