If anyone is in Christ, He is a NEW CREATION!!

THEFT PROTECTION TIP:

A thief cannot steal something that is not there.

Shortly before his crucifixion, while telling His disciples about events to soon take place Jesus said, ( in John 14:30-31 )

But [Satan is coming and] I do as the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know (be convinced) that I love the Father and that I do only what the Father has instructed Me to do. [I act in full agreement with His orders.]    Amplified Bible

There was NOTHING of the Evil one in Jesus – this a fairly easy concept to grasp, it is easy to agree that God can be all holy and such, but how does that help you or me?”

Consider this scripture

2 Cor 5:17  

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. KJV

Adam was born a living being (1 Corinthians 15:45 ) - he became polluted and infected with sin which produced death, and as a result produces death in all of his offspring (you and I)

Christ (the second Adam) was born a life giving Spirit (also 1 Corinthians 15:45 ) A new creation was born at the nativity of Christ – one that did not appear until He appeared through childbirth from Mary. Sooo…There was none of the pollution of Adam in Christ, nothing of the evil one in him. There isn’t anything or anywhere for the Liar to speak or operate. We are not talking about cleaning up the Adamic line; we are talking about RE-Creating Humanity.

1 Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.  New International Version

Take a few moments to see and hear the incredible claims that are here. Consider that they are true right now as you read them and that you do not have to jump through 17 hoops of fire to earn the "righteousness of God" (mentioned at the end of the passage), but that God has indeed set up EVERYTHING we need to become as "righteous" - as pure and strong and confident and rich in mercy, as loving, as full of hope, as creative, as patient and holy and healthy as God is.

This is and has been His pleasure!, God WANTS us to have this. - He calls it "reconciliation". He calls it restoration.

Consider that this "perfection" is not some outlandish nearly unattainable exception to the nature of humanity, but it is in reality our "normal" condition of living that was stolen, and God (who loves justice) simply wants to restore us to "normal" (Which to us often seems quite alien)

This restoration is not like restoring an antique car from the frame up using original parts that have been individually cleaned and restored. This restoration is more like replacing a car that ran on gasoline with a car that runs on sunlight during the day and stores enough reserve energy to run all night if it must. It is a NEW CREATION altogether. God created the heavens and the earth and He is re-creating Man-kind one person at a time. He does not do this arbitrarily. This is done only with our consent.

Perhaps you did not realize this till now, but praise God you can realize it right now in this moment and be re-createdby his marvelous provision. Find out How to do this here...

Again - Read This SLOWLY
The Truth of this scripture will Help Prevent Your Identity Theft

2 Cor 5:16-21

16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.

21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. New International Version

 Read a related Article - The Surrendered Life  from "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers"