Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–2 Corinthians 5:17

Posted by Seth on Jul 28, 2009 in Theology |

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–2 Corinthians 5:17

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Welcome to Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering 2 Corinthians 5:17 where each Christian is reminded of what it means to have experienced the fundamental change that Jesus brings to our lives.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Christ, though fully man, was like no other man. His uniqueness is emphasized in the present context through focusing on His death and miraculous resurrection. If this is true about Christ, the argument here is that those who would be in Christ would be altogether changed. The change is indeed so pronounced that Christians are said to be new creations or new creatures. The spiritual death for each of us means the death of “the old me” and the birth of “the new me” that will never die. Those who through Christ have been reconciled to God, having their sins no longer count against them, have a completely new identity at the core level.

What should this mean for those of us who have experienced such a change? The text goes on to explain that we have a job to do. We have been given the gift of reconciliation. Being new creations, knowing that there is an unending glorious future in store for us, as opposed to a dreadful eternity, we must urge others to experience that same newness of life through Christ! Do we sense the immense weight of hell that is but a step away from the masses? They, like us, have spurned the glory of God, but they, unlike us, have not been reconciled to the Father through Jesus Christ. The time is short. The popular naturalist view regards men only according to the flesh, to future dirt, calling for an adherence to the latest standards of this world; We should know better. Because Christ has opened our eyes, from now on…we regard no one according to the flesh (V. 16). Let us not be selfish with the truth; we have neither permission nor good reason.

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