The New Life

 Ruth 1-2; Psalms 53, 61; 2 Corinthians 5 

“We live by faith, not by sight…And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view…Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

2 Corinthians 5:7, 15-17

To be born again of the Spirit of God, is to enter a new life that is in Christ. If we reduce this new life to a solution to our sin problem, we have not yet experienced what Paul is describing. This new life is by faith. By definition, faith requires us to trust God for things we cannot see and have not yet experienced. We live by faith as if that were normal. As those who are born again by the Spirit, we no longer live for ourselves. We ask Jesus what would please him each day, all day. We now view others as deeply loved, eternal beings and are willing to give our lives for their salvation, just as Christ gave himself for us. We are a new creation that God is transforming by his Spirit, for his glory.

Does this describe us, or must we yet be born again?

“Lord Jesus, thank you for the new life I have found in you. Live through me today, for your glory.”