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Reader,
The "New man" that you are to put on.... is not your New Creation IN Christ. As the New Creation, is the Born Again Spirit, and you dont "put that on". You have it already as your SON/Daughter of God...eternal status.. if you are born again and not just water baptized pretending you are a Christian.
This "NEW Creation"..... is what it means to be "in Christ"
However.....The New Man that you put on, is partly Ephesians 6, where you are told to put on the Helmet of Salvation, the Breastplate of Righteousness., etc.
You put THAT ON by making sure you are in the REAL FAITH.
But most of all, you are to "renew your mind", as that is how you "work out your Salvation".
This is to understand God's perspective of you as a Spiritual Son of God, and to exist in that right mind.
The un-renewed mind, is to see yourself not exactly as a Son of God, become a New Creation, as "the righteousness of God in Christ".
But rather, its to SEE YOURSELF<, to think of yourself as a SAVED SINNER, who will sin and confess.
That is the CARNAL mind, "the mind of the flesh" which opposes the "renewed mind",..... and a believer has to work out >in your FAITH< your understanding that you are not your body and you are not your mind.......as the "body is dead because of sin", and the mind is not born again, and has to be RENEWED.
So, what is left?
Its only the BORN AGAIN Spirit that is "In Christ"..."One With God".........a "new Creation".
That, is the Son/Daughter of God, and you have to SEE YOURSELF as only THIS, at all times.... so that your understanding of "new Creation in Christ", is the same perspective that God always has regarding all the born again.
Reader,
The "New man" that you are to put on.... is not your New Creation IN Christ. As the New Creation, is the Born Again Spirit, and you dont "put that on". You have it already as your SON/Daughter of God...eternal status.. if you are born again and not just water baptized pretending you are a Christian.
This "NEW Creation"..... is what it means to be "in Christ"
However.....The New Man that you put on, is partly Ephesians 6, where you are told to put on the Helmet of Salvation, the Breastplate of Righteousness., etc.
You put THAT ON by making sure you are in the REAL FAITH.
But most of all, you are to "renew your mind", as that is how you "work out your Salvation".
This is to understand God's perspective of you as a Spiritual Son of God, and to exist in that right mind.
The un-renewed mind, is to see yourself not exactly as a Son of God, become a New Creation, as "the righteousness of God in Christ".
But rather, its to SEE YOURSELF<, to think of yourself as a SAVED SINNER, who will sin and confess.
That is the CARNAL mind, "the mind of the flesh" which opposes the "renewed mind",..... and a believer has to work out >in your FAITH< your understanding that you are not your body and you are not your mind.......as the "body is dead because of sin", and the mind is not born again, and has to be RENEWED.
So, what is left?
Its only the BORN AGAIN Spirit that is "In Christ"..."One With God".........a "new Creation".
That, is the Son/Daughter of God, and you have to SEE YOURSELF as only THIS, at all times.... so that your understanding of "new Creation in Christ", is the same perspective that God always has regarding all the born again.
