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January 21, 2024

The Significance of Being a Christian

42 minutes

A new creation

A Christian is a “new creation”

Romans 6:4-5

II Corinthians 5:17

A new creation made possible by virtue of a new birth

James 1:18; I Peter 1:22-23

John 3:3-5; Titus 3:5-7

This new creation embarks on a life of renewal …

II Corinthians 4:16

Romans 12:2

A new life

Having passed from death to life

John 5:24-25

Ephesians 2:1-5; Colossians 2:12-13

I John 5:11-13

Having passed from darkness to light

Acts 26:18

I Peter 2:9-10

Ephesians 5:8; I Thessalonians 5:5

Ephesians 5:9

For which we should ever be thankful

Colossians 1:12-13

A new loyalty

A Christian is a “converted person” …

I Thessalonians 1:9

Romans 6:16-18; I Thessalonians 1:9

A Christian is converted to Jesus Christ

Acts 2:36; I Peter 3:15

Matthew 10:37-39

Galatians 2:20

Such loyalty to Christ results in a new life

Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:13

A significant thing about a Christian, then

Experiences a new creation

Enjoys a new life

Entertains a new loyalty

… Such an individual is truly “A person reborn”

But not all professing Christians show evidence of this rebirth … Why is that?

They may not have yet truly experienced the new creation.

Mark 16:16

Colossians 2:12-13

Though they may have been reborn and entered the new life, they may have gone back into sin.

Hebrews 3:12-13

II Peter 2:20

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By Mark Watson

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