{"id":4367,"date":"2024-05-08T13:37:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/?p=4367"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:37:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:37:07","slug":"the-joy-of-our-identity-in-christ-part-1-the-new-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wow\/word_of_the_week_post\/the-joy-of-our-identity-in-christ-part-1-the-new-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Our Identity in Christ – Part 1: The New Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0<\/sup>\u201c<\/sup>Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.\u201d II Corinthians 5:17<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The redemptive work of Christ was not for the children of Abraham, or for the children of the Gentiles. It was for the children of Adam. The children of Abraham were involved in bringing Messiah into the world, but righteousness was never achieved by either Jew or Gentile. The Jew had the law of Moses, but he couldn\u2019t obey it. It was never given to be obeyed. It was given to bring man\u2019s sins out in the open where he could see them and the extent of his ruin became apparent, leading him to the need for a Savior. Man in Adam, whether Jew or Gentile was unfixable; his only remedy was Redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gospel of Christ was the solution that man could bow to. Incapable of obtaining righteousness through his own efforts or obedience to any law, it was freely given to him through Christ\u2019s redemptive work on the Cross. The only human condition of obtaining God\u2019s righteousness was found in placing faith in Christ. This was as easy for the Jew as it was the Gentile, with, or without the law; because it must trust in God\u2019s Grace. Jesus attained for us what was impossible for us to even approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We couldn\u2019t be fixed, so God recreated us! Our spirit man \u2013 our innermost being is completely new. Now, the New Creation is our amazing new identity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Tom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingdom Business<\/strong> is Eternal<\/strong>, as are the rewards that come from God. If this ministry has been a blessing to you, please consider partnering with us in prayer, as the Lord leads you, or in financial support. Please visit our website at www.testamentoflove.org<\/a> to learn more about this ministry! Luke 6:38 <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u201cTherefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.\u201d II Corinthians 5:17 The redemptive work of Christ was not for the children of Abraham, or for the children of the Gentiles. It was for the children of Adam. The children of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-word_of_the_week_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testamentoflove.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}