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Brand-New Man
By
Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin
"As newborn babes,
desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby" (1 Peter
2:2).
When the sinner comes to Jesus, his sins are remitted - blotted out. But
not only are his sins blotted out - all that he was, spiritually speaking,
in the sight of God - is blotted out. His sins cease to exist. He becomes
a new man in Christ Jesus.
God does not see anything in that person's life before the moment he was
born again!
In today's text, Peter is writing to born-again Christians who have become
new men in Christ. The Bible, you see, teaches a similarity between
physical growth and spiritual growth.
No one is born as a full-grown human being; we are born as babies in the
natural, and then we grow up. Likewise, no one is born as a full-grown
Christian.
Christians are born as spiritual babies, and they grow up. Look at a
newborn babe in the natural lying in its mother's arms; its outstanding
characteristic is innocence. People say to the baby, "You sweet little
innocent thing." No one thinks of that baby as having a past!
So do you see what God is saying here through Peter? God is saying to
people who have been born again and are now babes in Christ, "As newborn
babes...."
In other words, God is saying, "You have become a new creature - a newborn
babe! Your past is gone! I'm not remembering anything against you!"
Confession: I am a brand-new
creature. I'm a brand-new man [or woman]. All that I was before I was born
into the family of God is blotted out. I'm God's child - His babe - His
very own child.
(Taken by permission from
RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Tulsa ,
OK , USA. www.rhema.org )
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