2 Corinthians 5:17
Amplified….
Therefore if anyone is in Christ (that is, grafted in, joined to him by faith in him as Savior), he is a new creature (reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit);
The old things (the previous moral and spiritual condition) have passed away. Behold, new things have come (because
spiritual awakening brings a new life).
*** “”IN CHRIST” MAKES ALL THINGS NEW IN YOUR LIFE. YOU ARE A “NEW CREATURE”.
*** YOUR OLD WAY OF LIFE HAS PASSED AWAY. ***
*** YOUR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING “IN CHRIST” BRINGS YOUR NEW LIFE. ***
*** JESUS CHRIST IS FORMING, TAKING SHAPE WHEN YOU ARE SAVED, BORN FROM ABOVE, BORN OF GOD! ***
*** WHEN YOU FIRST GET SAVED YOU ARE A “BABY” IN CHRIST. YOU GROW THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES OF SPIRITUAL LIFE—-BABY, TODDLER, CHILD, TEENAGER,
YOUNG ADULT, MATURE ADULT. ***
*** THESE ARE ALL SPIRITUAL APPLICATIONS OF OUR NATURAL HUMAN GROWTH TO GIVE UNDERSTANDING OF SPIRITUAL TRUTH. ***
*** THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT IS OR WAS THE CRAZIEST TIME IN YOUR LIFE? IF YOU ARE LIKE ME IT WAS “TEENAGER”. ***
*** THERE ARE MANY SPIRITUAL TEENAGERS RIGHT NOW WANTING TO RUN THE SHOW, HORMONES OUT OF CONTROL,
THINKING THEY KNOW EVERYTHING! ***
*** THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS GROWING UP IS TO BECOME MATURE. BECOMING LIKE JESUS! ***
2 Corinthians 3:18
Amplified….
And we all, with unveiled face, continually seeing as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are progressively being transformed into his image from (one degree of) glory to (even more) glory, which comes from the Lord, (who is) the Spirit.
*** WE SEE HERE THAT THIS DOES NOT STOP AT BABY, OR TEENAGER, BUT THE GOAL OF IT IS TO BE LIKE JESUS. ***
*** GOD SEES THE END OF YOUR LIFE FROM THE BEGINNING. ***
*** HE KNOWS ALL THINGS. ***
*** NO ONE ELSE ON EARTH KNOWS YOU LIKE JESUS CHRIST. ***
*** QUIT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SLOW YOUR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT. ***
*** HE DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU, AND IT IS HIM BEING FORMED IN YOU. ***