Put off the Old Man

Lets reflect on this verse, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has passed away, behold the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17). This verse is a power verse in times of temptation and when feeling down. It is a verse that finds itself filled with the reality of the human situation in Christ Jesus. One might ask, "How does one become "a new creation?"

Great question! We are all fallen and broken by what is called Original Sin. Original Sin is a state of being that the human race has lived in since the time of Adam of Eve. It is our falling from our original relationship with God and our original relation with each other. Original Sin made us a fallen and divided people, a broken family! We experience this brokenness in our own world, which is full of hate, the sword, despair, and death. But in Christ Jesus, our relationship with God was restored once for all on the Cross! It was here that our sins were forgiven and we were made sons in the Son!

So if we put on Christ, we die with Christ (See Romans 6 about baptism) and if we die with Christ we will raise with Christ. We are called into the new family of God the Church, where we are called to put off the old man and put on the new. Some key questions we need to ask ourselves are, What do I still need to cast off of the old man, so I can become a new creation? and How am I growing in becoming a "new creation" everyday?