"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ."-(2 Cor. 5:17.)

The apprehension of the above cannot fail to produce a blessed experience in a simple, honest soul. But the passage itself is not experience; it is fact. It is true of every believer in Jesus whether it is apprehended or not. Many read it as if it were written thus:If any man be in Christ, he ought to be a new creature:old things ought to be passed away; behold, all things ought to become new, etc. Now, it was not so written, and to read it thus is to lose the whole blessing and hinder the consequent experience.

Child of God, you now belong to a new creation, beyond death, of which the risen Christ up there is the Head, and the Holy Ghost down here the Witness. Would you enjoy the new-creation experiences and delights? First, then, accept simply by faith the place grace has given you in it, giving glory to God " who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ," having "made Him sin for us, [He] who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."