Recreated as Truly Righteous and Holy
“Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.” (Ephesians 4:21-24 NLT)
I read this somewhere, “I am an imperfect person who is loved by a perfect God”.
The right word should be “was” and not “am”. If you keep thinking that your identity is “imperfect”, then your self condemnation will cause you to be repeat sinful habits.
You are no longer the same person as before you got born again.
That “old man” was crucified with Christ and is now gone.
You (the reborn spirit) are truly righteous, blameless, and holy.
For the time being, God has designed that we should stay in our mortal bodies that is still tainted by sin, so that we must walk by faith, until we received our glorified bodies at the Rapture.
The flesh is where all the sinful passions and evil imaginations come from. It is just a temporary house that you are living in.
You do not manufacture sin in your spirit. God’s seed (spiritual DNA) remains in you and keeps producing righteous thoughts and desires.
Keep receiving the Gospel of Jesus Christ and find out who you truly are. Look at the glorified Christ. Everything He is, you also are in your spirit.
When you believe and confess it, God’s power is released, flowing out of your spirit, affecting your soul and body.
Declare: “I have been recreated as truly righteous and holy. I may be still sensing the sinful passions and evil imaginations of this body of flesh, but those are not from me. I am no longer that old man anymore. As Jesus is holy, blameless, and righteous, so am I in this world. I only manufacture righteous desires and thoughts, and my greatest joy is in doing what pleases God!”
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