Vida nova
Em Cristo, toda pessoa é transformada em uma nova criação. O velho passa e tudo se faz novo. A vida nova é o resultado da obra redentora de Jesus em nosso coração.
Morte e ressurreição com Cristo
O batismo simboliza nossa morte para o pecado e ressurreição para uma nova vida. Fomos sepultados com Cristo e ressuscitamos com Ele.
3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?4 Therefore, through baptism we were buried with him into his death so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's glory, we too may live an entirely new life.
5 For if we have become united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.6 We know that our old selves were crucified with him so that our sinful bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.7 For the person who has died has been freed from sin.
11 In the same way, you too must continually consider yourselves dead as far as sin is concerned, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Nova criação
Quando aceitamos Jesus, nascemos de novo. A velha natureza dá lugar a uma identidade renovada pelo Espírito Santo.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and—look!—all things have become new!
20 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
11 Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is all and in all.
Despir o velho, vestir o novo
A vida nova se manifesta em abandonar os velhos hábitos e revestir-se do novo homem, criado segundo a vontade de Deus.
22 Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old man, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,24 and to clothe yourselves with the new man, which was created according to the likeness of God in righteousness and true holiness.
8 But now you must also get rid of anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene language from your mouth, and all such sins.9 Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old man with its practices10 and have clothed yourselves with the new man, which is being renewed into full knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
9 If we make it our habit to confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us those sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Renovação interior
Deus promete dar um coração novo e um espírito novo. A transformação nasce do arrependimento e da purificação divina.
3 Indeed, all of us once behaved like them in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of our flesh and senses. By nature we deserved wrath, just like everyone else.4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us5 even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),