The New Creation Key Scriptures: 2 Cor. 5:17-18; 1John 5: 1,4. I. You are a new creation. See Eph. 1:16-23; 2:1-10.A. Take the new testament seriously.B. Act as though the word of God is true.II. All things are possible to the new creation.A. All things are possible to God and we are born of God.B. Through the waters of baptism, we are born again to new life.Jesus is the Vine; we joined to Him in baptism.C. The one who realizes they are born to new life, realizes they live under a new leader: Jesus. They go from living under the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light: Jesus. III. Become God-inside minded.A. The Greater One dwells within.1. We are sons and daughters of the Father. Rm. 8:14-172. We are part of God’s family.B. How we understand ourselves will determine how we see our life-situations.1. We tend to see our life as:a. Trouble-mindedb. Always lack-mindedc. Inferior-mindedd. Weakness-minded2. We change our way of “seeing” our life situations by “seeing” who lives in us: The Greater One.3. Reflecting on God’s word builds in us authority over how we see ourselves. “Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua),4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word." (Catechism 1213).Reflection:1. Why do you think you or others tend to see life through “trouble-minded” perspective?2. What would it take to see life’s challenging situations through being “God-inside” minded?3. What does it mean to you to say “the Greater One” dwells in me?
