A new creation

A Christian is a “new creation”

• Romans 6:4-5
• II Corinthians 5:17

A new creation made possible by virtue of a new birth

• James 1:18; I Peter 1:22-23
• John 3:3-5; Titus 3:5-7

This new creation embarks on a life of renewal …

• II Corinthians 4:16
• Romans 12:2

A new life

Having passed from death to life

• John 5:24-25
• Ephesians 2:1-5; Colossians 2:12-13
• I John 5:11-13

Having passed from darkness to light

• Acts 26:18
• I Peter 2:9-10
• Ephesians 5:8; I Thessalonians 5:5
• Ephesians 5:9

For which we should ever be thankful

• Colossians 1:12-13

A new loyalty

A Christian is a “converted person” …

• I Thessalonians 1:9
• Romans 6:16-18; I Thessalonians 1:9

A Christian is converted to Jesus Christ

• Acts 2:36; I Peter 3:15
• Matthew 10:37-39
• Galatians 2:20

Such loyalty to Christ results in a new life

• Philippians 4:6-7
• Philippians 4:13

A significant thing about a Christian, then

• Experiences a new creation
• Enjoys a new life
• Entertains a new loyalty
• … Such an individual is truly “A person reborn”

But not all professing Christians show evidence of this rebirth … Why is that?

They may not have yet truly experienced the new creation.

• Mark 16:16
• Colossians 2:12-13

Though they may have been reborn and entered the new life, they may have gone back into sin.

• Hebrews 3:12-13
• II Peter 2:20