{"id":3961,"date":"2016-08-17T09:49:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T09:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3961"},"modified":"2016-08-17T09:49:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T09:49:16","slug":"why-regeneration-is-called-a-new-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=3961","title":{"rendered":"Why regeneration is called a new creation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why regeneration is called a new creation?<\/strong>
\n\u201cTherefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.\u201d
\n(2 Corinthians 5:17<\/a>)
\nHenry Mahan
\n1. The old creation and the new creature have the same Author. \u201cIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.\u201d Paul said in\u00a0Ephesians 2:10<\/a>, \u201cWe are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. The first thing in the new creation as well as the old is light! \u201cAnd God said, Let there be light, and there was light.\u201d\u00a02 Corinthians 4:6<\/a>, \u201cGod, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to give us the knowledge of the glory of God in Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. The first creation is out of nothing; so is the new creation!\u00a01 Peter 2:10<\/a>, \u201cIn time past you were not a people, but are now the people of God.\u201d\u00a0Ephesians 2:1<\/a>, \u201cAnd you hath He quickened, who were dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. The Spirit of God and the Word of God gave the world its being even as we were born again by the Spirit and the Word. Moses wrote, \u201cThe Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters and God said, Let there be light; and there was light .\u201d<\/p>\n

5. The same word and power which created the world now sustains and supports it!\u00a02 Peter 3:7<\/a>, \u201cBut the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store.\u201d Even so, \u201cwe are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n

6. When the Lord God finished the first creation, He surveyed it with satisfaction.\u00a0Genesis 1:31<\/a>, \u201cAnd God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good.\u201d Even so, \u201cWe are made the very righteousness of God in Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

Philip Doddridge wrote in 1755:<\/p>\n

\u201cThat spotless robe, which He hath wrought,
\nShall cleanse and cover all around;
\nAnd by the Holy eye of God
\nNot one blemish shall be found.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why regeneration is called a new creation? \u201cTherefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.\u201d (2 Corinthians 5:17) Henry Mahan 1. The old creation and the new creature have the same Author. \u201cIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.\u201d Paul said in\u00a0Ephesians 2:10, \u201cWe are His workmanship, created […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-henry-mahan","category-regeneration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3964,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3961\/revisions\/3964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}