We’ve come to the point where we no longer evaluate anyone based on the standards and values of this world (which are for the most part based on outward appearances). We met Christ during His earthly ministry, but we don’t put too much emphasis on that. A lot of the people who saw Him do His work, and this includes His even the twelve disciples, didn’t really understand a lot of what they were seeing or know what He was really trying to do. Our relationship with Christ is actually deeper and more personal now that He is ascended into heaven and the Holy Spirit has descended to help us to really understand Him and know Him on a heart to heart basis.
The gospel should change the way you know Christ, the way you think about others, and even the way you understand yourself. When you are spiritually reborn, from the first moment when that direct link opened between your inner man and the living, breathing Spirit of Christ, you became a brand new person. All of the things that were true about your old life are in the rearview mirror now. You’ve become fresh and new, like a brand new creation of God. What you have to do now is learn a new way of thinking, new motivations, and a whole new way of living out this new life within you.
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