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Being Created in Christ: Putting Off the Old, Putting On the New

Explore the process of being created in Christ and the transformational journey of renewing our minds. Discover our special purpose as mankind and our ability to be like God. This session focuses on the new creation in Christ and the redemptive work that brings about a renewal in our lives.

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Being Created in Christ: Putting Off the Old, Putting On the New

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  1. Being created in Christ Putting off the old – anxiety and anger Putting on the new – focusing the mind Make the most of every opportunity Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind

  2. Session 1 Being Created in ChristColossians 1:1-23

  3. Let us make man in our image Genesis 1:26-27 (Compare v 11 & v 24) • How was mankind special? • Self conscious • Able to control instincts • Able to reason • Understands abstract concepts • Able to communicate via speech • Use tools and make inventions • Create & appreciate music • Aware of God and able to praise Man was made to rule over creation

  4. Let us make man in our image Ecclesiastes 7:29 Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes. • God wants us to be like him • Ephesians 5:1 • Luke 6:36 • Matthew 5:45-48 • 1 Corinthians 15:47-49

  5. The New Creation in Christ The new creation is the process by which men and women are “created” to be like the Lord Jesus. It is a process of renewal now but will be fully completed at the Lord’s return when those that belong to Christ are resurrected and given eternal life. It all centres around the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus.

  6. The Firstborn Colossians 1:15-20 • Image = replica not original • Firstborn = implies a beginning • ‘Beginning’ in Hebrew means • 1st in time • 1st in harvest • 1st in importance • ‘All things’ = ‘all things in Christ’ • Colossians 1:23 • Colossians 3:11 Through Jesus ‘all things’ were reconciled

  7. New Creation’s Redemptive Work Colossians 1 • Part tense - already done • Verse 12 • Verse 13 • Verse 14 • Verse 20 • Verse 21 • Verse 22 ... If we continue in the faith and are not moved away

  8. We are God’s workmanship • Ephesians 2:8-10 We are created in Christ Jesus for good works

  9. New Creatures 2 Corinthians 5:16-17

  10. New Creatures 2 Corinthians 5:16-17 • Are we drivers of the process or simply helpless recipients of process driven by God? We have a part to play but God started and completed the process

  11. New Creatures • Galatians 6:15-16 Its not whether we are Jew or gentile – but if we are a new creature

  12. Transformational Process • Process of renewal • In our minds • Colossians 3:9-10 • Ephesians 4:21-24 • Romans 12:1-2 This renewal is a continuing process – it shouldn’t stop

  13. Summary • Man made in God’s image • New creation:- process to become like Christ • Start & finish is Jesus’ redemptive work • But we have a part to play • Its a process of renewal if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away

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