Why? Because we're all guilty of at least half of what's on that list. We're sinners. It's our my nature. If we're Christ ans then Jesus paid our debt to sin by his death, but that does not make us sinless! Thankfully, the point of this verse is not that if you did any of the above God is done with you, the point is that you cannot be saved and make a lifestyle of these sins. We are all guilty of these sins, and many others, and we will not see heaven, unless with the help we turn from them.
And this is what the new creature is all about?
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature. The old has passed away; behold the new has come. - 2 Corinthians 5:17
If we are saved, we are and are becoming, new creatures in Christ. Our love for Christ in true salvation replaces our desire to commit sin. As we grow in grace, these habits and desires to sin fall away, God’s work in our lives produces new desires, out of one big desire to do what pleases Him. The focus of our life changes from doing what we want to please ourselves into doing what God wants to please Him who has done so much for us.
You can’t fake this or achieve it by trying hard. Either your heart has been changed by Jesus and you are empowered to fight the sin in your life by the Holy Spirit, or you are not. Either the old you has passed away, or it has not. So examine your life often. Are the desires you had being replaced with new ones? Is there evidence of the Lord’s work in your life? Write them down, pray over them, thank God for the work He has done in you. Pray for more.
We are assured that if we are in Christ, we are new creatures. Let the old creature pass away. Know who you are in Christ.
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