Mankind is by nature sinful and needs the righteousness of God. We must be separated from sin and
set apart to righteousness. If we are to approach God, we must do it on His terms, we must have new lives in which our sins
have been forgiven and obliterated.
It is one thing to be convinced of the need for the new life, but an entirely different thing to acquire
the new life. When we are "saved" we are said to be new creatures (2 Cor. 5:17); to have passed from death to life (John 5:24);
to have been transferred from the rule of darkness to the Kingdom of God's Son (Col. 1:13); to have been born again (John
3:3; and to have been adopted by God (Gal. 4:4-5). These wonderful results of having a new life in Christ are offered to everyone
freely, to all who trust in Christ for salvation.
One of the thrilling benefits of finding new life in Christ is "everlasting (eternal) life".
We enter a new personal relationship with God that gives us a fullness of spiritual vitality, and this new life is a gift
which will never die. God can accomplish a life-changing transformation for all who truly believe in Christ.
Need for the New Life:
Holiness of God - Is. 6:3.
Adam's sin - Gen. 3:6-7.
Individual sin - Eccl. 7:20.
Way to the New Life:
A free gift - Rom. 6:23.
Based on Christ's death - Col.1:22.
Received by faith - Acts 16:31.
Results of the New Life:
Everlasting life - John 5:24.
New nature - 2 Cor. 5:17.
Christ' righteousness - Is. 61:10.
Placed into God's family - 1 John 3:2.
Empowered by God - Acts 1:8.
Assurance of the New Life:
Promise of God - Titus 1:2.
Witness of the Spirit - 1 John 3:24.
Changed life - 1 Cor. 6:11.
