What Is Really Gone

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This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!  2 Corinthians 5:17

 

What is really gone

 

 

  • Being separated from God is gone 

 

 

In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.Ephesians 2:12

 

 

  •  The penalty of sin is gone 

 

 

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 6:23 

 

 

  •  The bondage to sin is gone 

 

 

We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. Romans 6:6 

3 ways to defeat the old life of sin and death

 

 

  •  Be led by the Spirit

 

 

22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!  Galatians 5:22-23

 

 

  •  Identify your Signature Sin

 

 

but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:8

 

I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.Romans 7:15

 

 

  • Develop New Desires

 

 

David wrote this 

 

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.Psalm 37:4

 

Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Romans 6:12

 

Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! Psalm 34:8

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