“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2).
When the sinner comes to Jesus, his sins are remitted – blotted out. But not only are his sins blotted out – all that he was, spiritually speaking, in the sight of God – is blotted out. His sins cease to exist. He becomes a new man in Christ Jesus.
God does not see anything in that person’s life before the moment he was born again!
In today’s text, Peter is writing to born-again Christians who have become new men in Christ. The Bible, you see, teaches a similarity between physical growth and spiritual growth.
No one is born as a full-grown human being; we are born as babies in the natural, and then we grow up. Likewise, no one is born as a full-grown Christian.
Christians are born as spiritual babies, and they grow up. Look at a newborn babe in the natural lying in its mother’s arms; its outstanding characteristic is innocence. People say to the baby, “You sweet little innocent thing.” No one thinks of that baby as having a past!
So do you see what God is saying here through Peter? God is saying to people who have been born again and are now babes in Christ, “As newborn babes….”
In other words, God is saying, “You have become a new creature – a newborn babe! Your past is gone! I’m not remembering anything against you!”
Confession: I am a brand-new creature. I’m a brand-new man [or woman]. All that I was before I was born into the family of God is blotted out. I’m God’s child – His babe – His very own child.
(Taken by permission from RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Tulsa , OK , USA. www.rhema.org )
