The Epistle to the Hebrews part CXVI

I Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: (or creation. Go right back to what I said three, four minutes ago) old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new."
Our old desires, our old appetites, they have to go, for He said this. "Behold, all things are become New." Now that’s what happens when we receive what we've believed or confessed. Alright, so this pastor asked his huge congregation including everyone in the balcony, "If you are a Christian this morning please stand." How many stood? Everybody. Not a one stayed seated, they all stood.

Then he says, "Alright, please be seated." He read the verse again, "Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a New Creation" and so forth. Now he said, "If you know that you are in Christ and you are a New Creation, please stand." How many stood? Just one here and there, just precious few. Well, what does that tell you? That’s typical, that’s why we’ve said that others have said it, and some famous pastor has said almost the same thing. "Our churches are full of unsaved church members. They’re not in Christ. They haven’t experienced a New Life. They’ve still got the old appetites. There’s nothing different."

That won’t fit do ya see? Alright, so now then reading on, this isn’t where we intended to come, we just happened to see the verse as we were turning to it. Reading on, he says in verse 18:


II Corinthians 5:18
"And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;" In other words, all the things that have set us apart from God have now been bringing us back to Him, through Jesus Christ. Now what does that mean? Now verse 19:

II Corinthians 5:19
"To wit, God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; (in other words, because when we become a receiver then to a believer our sin debt is paid) and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."
We’re to tell a lost and unbelieving world, we’re to tell lost friends, lost co-workers, even the unbelieving, "Hey, Christ has already reconciled you if you’ll just receive what we believe." Now verse 20, it has to be our confession because Revelation says that we overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our confession (Revelation 12:11) why? Because they loved not their life unto death. In other words they had died with Him on the tree being made there one with Him. No, before at the Lord's Passover table. During His inauguration of the promised New Covenant. This is their confession and ours.

II Corinthians 5:20
"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God." By receiving it and believing it! Now here’s a verse we came back to read. Verse 21:

II Corinthians 5:21a
"For he (God) hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us,…"
Now don’t read that too casually. What does that really mean? God laid all the sin of the world, including mine, including yours, on Him. God laid all the sins of the world on Christ as He hung on that Cross, see? That’s what in Philippians we find "That He died even the death of the Cross" knowing that the sins of the world would be laid on Him. Alright reading on in this verse: He Who became sin for us, He Who knew no sin. He was perfect. He was sinless because He was law abiding even down to the commandments and ordinances. And He went through the whole process for us.

II Corinthians, 5:21b
"… that we (as lost hell-bound sinners) might be made the righteousness of God in him."
And this is what we have to receive by trust which is to then believe. We take it by His faith. And when we receive and believe for our redemption onto our salvation that He died, was buried and rose from the dead, then God imparts His righteousness into us and we’re a new creation and we’re a new person. Now we've left clues throughout this blog that reveal that there is more depth here than is shown. To get a preview look at 1 Corinthians chapter 11 and verses 23 though 32 and then the four gospels on this subject and ask the Lord to reveal the depth there hidden. Now back to Hebrews again, and verse 8 still in chapter 5.