“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).

According to the scriptures, when Jesus died, we died with Him, when He was buried we were buried with Him; and when He resurrected we also arose with Him into a newness of life. We’ve been called into a newness of life. That’s why 2 Corinthians 5:17 talks about the fact that anyone who has received Christ is a new species of being that never existed before.

The old man has been crucified with Christ but there’s new man with a new life in his place now. No wonder the Bible says in Colosians 3:10, “…put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.” In his letter to the Roman church, the Apostle Paul admonished them not to serve God in their old ways but in the newness of spirit: “But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter” (Romans 7:6).

You’ve been delivered from the Law and from the darkness of hell by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary. Now, your life transcends this earthly realm; it’s the life of Christ, the Anointed One. You’ve also been delivered from every form of bondage “…into the glorious liberty of the children of God” (Romans 8:21).

You’ve been called into a new life of success, glory and excellence. You do not have a past, for your old nature was cruxified with Christ, and now, you’ve been raised to a newness of life. Walk in this consciousness today.

Confession

I Thank you Father for bringing me into a newness of life—the glorious life in Christ that transcends this earthly realm! I declare that the failures, defeats and misfortunes associated with the old nature have past away, and I’ve put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of almighty God.

Further Study

2 Corinthians 5:17-18 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God…”

(Taken by permission from Christ Embassy Church , aka Believer’s LoveWorld Ministries , Lagos, Nigeria. www.ChristEmbassy.org )