Fresh Start in Christ

'Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new'2 Cor 5:17 (KJV)

'Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it' 2 Cor 5:17 (The Message Bible)

When one makes Jesus his Lord, he is a new creation. (New species, born again, newborn babe, never existed before...).

Jesus teaching Nicodemus says 'I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again' John 3:3 (KJV). Jesus continued teaching Nicodemus that one needs to be born of water (figuratively means the Word ref Eph 5:26) and the Spirit and that flesh gives birth to flesh and the spirit to spirit.

Settle it in your heart, you are a new man in Christ, born of the spirit, you are spiritual, born of God, your substance is the substance of God. Your spirit man has the genetic combination of God Himself, your material composition is made up of the same ingredients that make up God the Father. This is why we cannot look at you anymore as fleshly you are born of God. We do not even consider your past / background.

All Things are passed away - the past is gone, there is no more reference point for this life, you cannot understand who you are now based on what you did or what you knew before.

The life of God burgeons (comes alive, flourishes, multiplies...)in you. BEHOLD - take note, be aware, walk in the light of this truth, see the reality, perceive - I exhort you to realise that after salvation the life of God needs to grow in you, the life of God need to multiply in, this God life in you needs to flourish it has to grow rapidly.