Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. – 2 Corinthians 5:17
It’s like a sci-fi movie, but it’s real. The people working with artificial intelligence (AI) become very attached to their work. One man recently said that he didn’t want the government interfering with his creation. Unfortunately, his view of the project is already skewed. There is only One who is capable of true creation. God’s creations were made perfect, and AI has already proven to have many flaws.
Sin has flawed the world and its pleasures as well. The fleshly man is “filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil covetousness, malice… envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless” (Romans 1:29-31).
However, the message of the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ can change that fleshly person. Belief in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection redeems humans from the punishment for their sins. As Jesus proclaimed to Nicodemus, you must be born again. “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6). All humankind is dead in sin, but those who believe become alive in the Spirit. This results in God’s transformation of the believer into His new creation. You have new purposes, a new heart changed to love God, new thoughts, new principles, new rules, and live in new company. That is cause for joy!
Pray for people in this nation to seek renewal and new birth in Christ Jesus, so they can be devoted to loving service to God and to their fellow man.
Today’s Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: 2 Corinthians 5:14-20
14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
