The Old Life is Gone

“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” 2 Corinthians 5:17

I grew up in church, but as I once heard recording artist Keith Green say, going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to McDonald’s makes you a hamburger. Oh, I could act the part — at least for an hour or two on Sunday, but I was miserably lost and separated from God and honestly, I didn’t even know it. 

One Sunday morning made all the difference for me. I’m not saying you have to go to church to find God. I often say, “I didn’t find God. God found me, seeing that I was the one who was lost.” God just happened to find me on a Sunday morning in a church service. He may find you sitting in your easy chair, kneeling beside your bed, in your car, or at your lowest moment in life. But one thing I know—I was changed that day. I was radically changed from the inside out. I didn’t know about this verse at the time, but I began to walk it out that day and every day since. I had become a new person. 

When I look back at my life before Christ (my B.C.) I am not even sure who that person was anymore. My habits changed, my outlook on life changed, my worldview changed, and my hopes and dreams changed. It was as if the person I was before had literally passed away. The old life was gone and a new life had begun. Even my attitude toward my fellow man completely changed. My desires changed. Everything changed. I understood for the first time what it meant to be born again. 

If you have not experienced this new life in Christ, I urge you to turn your heart and life over to him today. In Him, you will find life and He will transform you into a new person as your new life begins.