The New Man - the transformation of a life made brand new

What does the Bible teach about the new man and the old man? A message from preacher, Peter Gregoric.

The believer in Christ has a dual nature: the old man, which is after the Flesh, and the new man, which is our Spirit, which is born again.

Ephesians 4:22-24 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

We are to put off the old man and to put on the new man.

Every one has a body, a spirit, and a soul. Man is made in the image of God. Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. We have a triune nature.

The Bible teaches that the spirit of an unsaved man is dead - spiritually dead before God. For people who aren't saved, their body is alive, but their spirit is dead; they're dead in their trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1).

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

When we're saved our spirit is made alive within us - our spirit is born again.

The unsaved will have to stand before God and they will answer for every sin they have done in their whole life.

John chapter 3 tells about being born again; a spiritual birth. Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. It's not about reforming the old man – we need to have a spirit made NEW. It's a spiritual birth that we need.

As believers, we still have our body which is still sinful - our old man - but we also have the new man, which is made perfect. We have to decide daily whether or not we're going to walk in the old man and fulfil the lust of the flesh - the desires of the flesh – or to walk in the new man which is created in righteousness and true holiness.

Our old man is at enmity with God - it's carnal - it cannot please God. On the other hand, the new man which we get when we're born again only wants to do that which is right; it cannot sin. The problem we have is that we don't walk in the new man all the time.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Spiritually, I have that new spirit, and the fruit of the spirit.

Fact is, we commit sin. At times we're still walking in the old man. That doesn't mean that we're not saved. 1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

What's going on is a struggle – a constant battle - where the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh.

Paul rebukes the Corinthians - who've been saved for quite some time - yet they're carnal – as "babes" in Christ. Spiritually, people can be the same way, they're saved,, but they're still as a babe in Christ, and they still need the milk of the word. The Corinthian Church was carnal - walking in the old man, and lacking spiritual development.

Of course we can try in vain to reform the old man. But he is spiritually dead. Romans 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Someone who's NOT saved CANNOT please God. No matter how hard they try to reform that old man, it's dead - you can't revive it. It's only by God – by being born again that you have that new man, that new spirit. Without faith it's impossible to please God. You have to have faith to be saved.

Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. We are called to crucify that old man - kill that old man.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

Either you’re walking in the new man or walking in the old man. You're always going to have that struggle.

One day, praise God , He will raise up that old man - at the resurrection. God will take our body, our sinful body, and make it new - a glorified body - at the resurrection.

1 Corinthians 15:52-53 …we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

At the rapture, the last trump, God will destroy the old man and we will have a sinless body. It is then that we will have that "complete package" - the body, spirit, and soul – and we will be with the Lord for all eternity. God will raise up our body, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

For the moment, we have the old man and the new man fighting against each other; they're warring against each other. Yet we have that glad hope that one day that's going to be done away with, and that’s a great encouragement we can have.