Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him:"
Jesus said you must be born again if you want to enter the kingdom of heaven. Many have professed this new birth, but yet still carry the traits and characteristics of the old man. When a man is born again he is different from the first. Yes there may be times when the old man and his ways might show up, but it should be the exception and not the rule.
Here Paul reminds us that we are dead to the old man, and have taken on the knowledge of Him who created this new man. That means we have taken on the ways of Christ. We have put off lying, anger, wrath and the deeds of our old self. We are a new creature in Christ, and we have been wrapped in the fruit of the spirit. We display mercy, kindness, humility, patience, meekness, and above all things love. How can we profess to be Christ like, and born of His spirit, yet have no resemblance of His person or character. If you being born of your natural father you would share his characteristics, and so being born of the spirit of our heavenly Father, we should have and show His characteristics.
Let the life you live profess you to be a child of God. Show this dying world the characteristics of God.Let us lift up Jesus, so that all who see might come to know that He is the Christ, the son of the true and living God. Let us not just say we are new creatures in Christ, let's live like new creatures in Christ
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