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Explore:
How being in the New Creation
because we are united to Christ
changes everything
Recap
What God is like
God and the Spirit World
How the World got Broken
4. How the cross and resurrection changed everything
Solution: The New Creation
How it works: Union with Christ Col 2:8–23
What this means for us
5. New Life in Christ
The Two Creations
Getting from the Old to the New
Living in the New
Two Kinds of Stuff
Things made out of paper, card, tape & glue
Things made out of metal
Characteristics?
Can you turn something from card to metal?
How would you go about doing this?
So what was that all about Andrew?
Problem at Corinth
There was a problem that some people at the Corinthian church were laughing at the idea of a resurrection
1 Corinthians 15 starts by addressing this problem
Ends up with one of the clearest presentations of the “New Creation” in the Bible
1 Corinthians 15:1–50
The Two Creations
Old Creation
New Creation
Adam
Christ
Dust
the Spirit
Perishable
Imperishable
How can we be made of the Holy Spirit?
New Creation and the Spirit
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Rom 1:4 who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
New Life in Christ
The Two Creations
Getting from the Old to the New
Living in the New
New Life in Christ
The Two Creations
Getting from the Old to the New
Living in the New
Colossians 2 & 3
Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,
for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him.
Romans 6:5–14
Two Differences in the New
We don’t need to live as if we were slaves to sin. We are free now that we are under grace!
Jesus now lives in us through the Spirit
Galatians 2
For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Romans 7:6
“But now we have been released from the law,
because we have died to what controlled us,
so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit
and not under the old written code.”
New Life in Christ - recap
The Two Creations
Getting from the Old to the New
Living in the New:
We are no longer slaves to the old behaviour, but free to live in the new
We have the very life of God working in us through the Spirit
Romans 8:13–16
…but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.”
The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children.