Our New Creation, The Spirit of Christ

Our spirit is replaced with the Holy Spirit of God when we become born again. I believe this because God tells us that we become a "new creation", not our bodies yet, but our Spirit is not the same spirit we had that we were born with, it's a new Spirit, that of Christ.

When we get our new Spirit, we are so deeply changed everyone should notice. When we experience someone who "became a Christian", but they seem to retain the same old attitudes and actions, one has to wonder if they ever became a new creation through Christ.

Many who say they are Christians even deny the altered state in others who have been changed by Christ. There is a spiritual jealousy, that someone would be completely different from who they were before.

It has been my experience that the people that were my friends before I was saved, liked me better then than they did the new me. AND, some of those who disliked me more after I was born again, were the believers that saw me as their personal project before I was saved. Usually busy judging me and placing extraneous rules that God never commanded. I also have to wonder about the Christians who are not excited when we become changed, perhaps they never became changed and it is a conviction to them.

God will have to sort out all this, but I know in my life, as I grew in the Lord, became on fire and addressed everything with the Word of God, the "Christians" were irritated and even got worse in their attitude toward me. Perhaps those who like me better as a non-believer were never born again themselves.

The deception of pretenders is very good often. They can say the right words, but they are cliquey, self righteous and demanding that we obey their version of rules, often unconcerned about the Bible they violate constantly.

We are not born again by following rules, nor do we keep our salvation through good works. However, when we are changed into a new creation, we are so dramatically changed that others notice it, even becoming irritated about the change.

Praise the Lord that we no longer have to walk according to the principle of man, we can obey the principles of God without guilt and even with great joy, even if no one goes with us.

God says that Jesus Christ is the WORD!

Psalm 119:105 "105 Your Word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."

John 1:1 "1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning."

We follow Christ the Word, not man who loves to make up things to satisfy their own pride.