Nova criatura
Em Cristo somos nova criação. O velho se foi, tudo se fez novo. A transformação não é reforma — é renascimento completo pelo poder do Espírito Santo.
Novas criaturas em Cristo
Se alguém está em Cristo, nova criação é. As coisas velhas passaram e eis que tudo se fez novo. A transformação é radical e total.
17 Therefore if any one be in Christ, there is a new creation: the old things are passed way; behold, all things are become new:
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision is any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
10 For we are his workmanship, created through Christ Jesus unto good works, which God had before prepared, that we might walk in them.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new. And he saith to me, Write: these sayings are faithful and true.
Despir o velho e vestir o novo
Somos chamados a despir o velho homem e vestir o novo, criado segundo Deus em justiça e santidade provenientes da verdade.
22 concerning your former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt, according to the deceitful desires:23 To be renewed in the spirit of your mind;24 And to put on the new man, which is created after God, in righteousness and true holiness.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his deeds,10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge, after the image of him that created him:
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer serve sin.7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
20 I am crucified with Christ, and I live no longer, but Christ liveth in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Coração e Espírito novos
Deus promete dar um coração novo e um espírito novo. Pelo novo nascimento somos feitos participantes da natureza divina.
3 Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 By which he hath given us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these, having escaped the corruption which is in the world thro' desire, ye may become partakers of the divine nature: