If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new —2 Corinthians 5:17
Have you consider what “old things” should pass away when we become a new creation? One set of things we should leave behind are our prejudices. As the Spirit fills us, we should become aware that, in our old life, we operated with certain prejudices. We believe ourselves “better” than others; sometimes just in certain ways, and other times we felt ourselves superior in every way. Our Lord never tolerates our prejudices. It is part of our moral education to see our prejudices put to death by His providence, and to watch how He does it.
When we are born again, the Holy Spirit begins to work His new creation in us, and there will come a time when there is nothing remaining of the old life. Our old gloomy outlook disappears, as does our old attitude toward things, and “all things are of God” (2 Corinthians 5:18). How are we going to get a life that has no lust, no self-interest, and is not sensitive to the ridicule of others? How will we have the type of love that “is kind . . . is not provoked, [and] thinks no evil”? (1 Corinthians 13:4-5). The only way is by allowing nothing of the old life to remain, and by having only simple, perfect trust in God— such a trust that we no longer want God’s blessings, but only want God Himself. Have we come to the point where God can withdraw His blessings from us without our trust in Him being affected?
Nick Sigur
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