Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come.
The old is gone.
The new is here.
2 Corinthians 5.
17.
Ok, have you ever found yourself in a new social setting, you're meeting new people
for the first time, and you're not really sure how to act.
You're trying to navigate the different personalities and, you know, what kind of humor is appreciated
and maybe the cultural nuances and you end up spending all your time reacting to everyone
around you instead of just being yourself.
I think about this a lot in the context of being a new creation living here on earth.
We don't yet know how to fully be ourselves.
We sometimes are still reacting to the external, right, the circumstances or the people around
us or what's happening in the world.
And we live that way instead of being activated by the word of God who lives inside of us.
The good news is that your identity in Christ is not fluid.
It doesn't come and go.
It doesn't change based on your behaviors because it is fixed in Jesus.
When he died, you died.
When he was buried, you were buried.
And when he rose to newness of life, you rose too.
And that is not something that fluctuates or comes and goes based on your mood or the
day you're having or what's happening in the world around you.
You did not become a new creation by first changing all of your outward behavior.
You became new when you put your faith in Christ.
And the Bible is clear, his work is a finished one.
So this isn't something that you're working towards or trying to make happen.
It's something that's already been done.
And now you get to discover the fullness of this new life.
The verdict of your life has been settled in Christ.
The old is gone for good and the new is here.