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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come.

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The old is gone.

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The new is here.

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2 Corinthians 5.

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17.

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Ok, have you ever found yourself in a new social setting, you're meeting new people

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for the first time, and you're not really sure how to act.

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You're trying to navigate the different personalities and, you know, what kind of humor is appreciated

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and maybe the cultural nuances and you end up spending all your time reacting to everyone

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around you instead of just being yourself.

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I think about this a lot in the context of being a new creation living here on earth.

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We don't yet know how to fully be ourselves.

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We sometimes are still reacting to the external, right, the circumstances or the people around

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us or what's happening in the world.

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And we live that way instead of being activated by the word of God who lives inside of us.

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The good news is that your identity in Christ is not fluid.

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It doesn't come and go.

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It doesn't change based on your behaviors because it is fixed in Jesus.

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When he died, you died.

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When he was buried, you were buried.

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And when he rose to newness of life, you rose too.

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And that is not something that fluctuates or comes and goes based on your mood or the

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day you're having or what's happening in the world around you.

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You did not become a new creation by first changing all of your outward behavior.

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You became new when you put your faith in Christ.

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And the Bible is clear, his work is a finished one.

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So this isn't something that you're working towards or trying to make happen.

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It's something that's already been done.

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And now you get to discover the fullness of this new life.

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The verdict of your life has been settled in Christ.

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The old is gone for good and the new is here.