Not Just Better, But All New

Romans 6:5

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

When Jesus chose to accept the will of His Father, He chose to die on the Cross for the sins of all mankind.  Jesus' death did not come quickly.  It was necessary for Jesus to suffer every scourge mark, to suffer every ounce of pain and to suffer the loss of every drop of blood for His sacrifice for mankind to be made complete. 

When we chose to accept Jesus Christ as Our Savior, we chose to let our old sinful man die.  Just as Jesus' death was not carried out quickly, our old sinful nature will not be completely put to rest in short fashion.  For the old sinful man in us to die completely, we will have to endure trials, tribulations and sufferings of all type that will transform us to be completely in the will of Our Father in heaven.  

With the sacrifice of His human body complete, the Holy Spirit resurrected Jesus' spirit from His body to return in His glorified body to the Father.  When we die in Christ, the same power of His resurrection will lift us from our old lives in the flesh and enable us to stand sinless before the Father in our glorified bodies.  It will not be because we became better people.  It will be because we will have become completely new people in Christ.  It will be because we have been united with Him through His resurrection for all eternity.

Let us joyfully claim our victory over death and sin.  Let us exalt the name of Our Resurrected Savior.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You for raising Your Son to meet You in heaven after His death on the Cross.  Thank You for preparing the way for us to gain our eternal inheritance as Your children through the power of the Resurrection.  Father, release the full power of the Holy Spirit in our lives so that we can surrender completely to our new lives in Christ, leaving behind forever the old man that torments us daily.  We ask all these things in the name of Our Risen Lord, Jesus Christ.