How strange it is to meditate on the newness of creation during the Fall of the year. Yet, that is precisely what is really happening. Unless the old dies the new cannot come to life.
This week I witnessed a soul conversion. Of all the scriptures that could have changed this dying soul – the one that pricked his heart was Romans 6:6.
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin (KJV).
From the moment we come out of the baptistry our focus changes to seeking things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Because Christ is now our life, we put to death things that will make us “reappear” on earth (Col.3).
Specifically, we put to death: “sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry … anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self (Col.3, ESV).
Father in Heaven, hear our confession. We “have sinned against heaven and before you”. Forgive us, Lord! Allow the old person to fall from us as the leaves are falling all around us. We are so very grateful that your patient love for us never ends. We are eternally thankful that your mercies are without end. We place our eternal hope in the promise that “they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness (Lam.3:22-23). Through Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.
