TaylorDonBarret
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the new heart the we receive, the new creation that we are, the new man that i am... is one that desire to please God. where as formerly i was a slave to sin, and considered the things of Christ to be undesirable, now as a new creation i desire to please God and to draw near to Christ.
becoming a new creation does not make me perfect or sinless, but it makes me desire perfection and sinlessness. being a new creation does make me Christ, but it makes me desire to be like Christ. only then, by the power of The Holy Spirit, can i start to live for God.
but the life of the born-again believer is not one of sinless perfection. it is one of constant struggle. but the power of God is at work in us to “make us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image” (2 corinthians 3:18)
we are not instantly transformed into Christ's exact image, but through Christ living inside of us, we start to become more and more like Him.
our own hearts, we can not trust. our own minds deceive us. but The Holy Spirit of Christ, that we can rely on.
and He mainly speaks to us through His Word.
His entire Word, rightly divided, precept upon precept.
becoming a new creation does not make me perfect or sinless, but it makes me desire perfection and sinlessness. being a new creation does make me Christ, but it makes me desire to be like Christ. only then, by the power of The Holy Spirit, can i start to live for God.
but the life of the born-again believer is not one of sinless perfection. it is one of constant struggle. but the power of God is at work in us to “make us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image” (2 corinthians 3:18)
we are not instantly transformed into Christ's exact image, but through Christ living inside of us, we start to become more and more like Him.
our own hearts, we can not trust. our own minds deceive us. but The Holy Spirit of Christ, that we can rely on.
and He mainly speaks to us through His Word.
His entire Word, rightly divided, precept upon precept.