2 Cor. 5:16-17
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. [17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
I have a very good friend who lives in an area of the country that even to this day struggles with the issue of race. It is not only a problem there but seems to get more noticed there. He would exhort his congregation that they needed to reach out to other people but it fell on deaf ears and cold hearts. When asked why, they would say that was just the way I was raised and it is too late to change that now.
2 Cor. 5:16-17
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. [17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
I know of several people who have been scared by abuse or molestation they say they are followers of Jesus but will not forgive their perpetrators.
2 Cor. 5:16-17
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. [17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
I have seen and talked to people who say that they wished for “the good ol’ days” and others who say that the past has nothing for them to learn from.
2 Cor. 5:16-17
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. [17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
I know people who look at others and the world around them and say that they are all a bunch of dirty sinners who need to burn in hell. So did you, until you came into Christ.
In Christ, we no longer act or more importantly, think like the world, we act and more importantly, think like Christ. We must think before we can act.
What did Christ think of these people? He stretched out His hands and died. Then He rose three days later. He is now seated at the right hand of the Father and for those who believe in Him, He gave the right to be called “children of God”. They to can become new!
2 Cor. 5:16-17
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. [17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Resurrection thinking!!!
