The Wednesday Word: 16 October, 2024 A.D.
The Gospel and the New Creature in Christ , Part 1 by D.G. Miles McKee “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." -II Corinthians 5:17 [KJV] “ A holy man is so far acquainted with the corruption of his own heart that instead of condemning others, he is apt to account them better than himself. The imperfections of a believer's sanctification make him continually depend on Christ for his justification." - John Mason; 1646-1694 A.D. For years, one of the most puzzling verses in the entire New Testament was II Corinthians 5: 17, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold all things are become new .” At the beginning of my Christian life, however, far from being puzzled by this verse, I thought it was one of the easiest Bible verses to understand. There was nothing complicated about it for it explained the great change which had taken ...