Chapter 1
Hello! You’re a Christian now and that means there have been some changes....you’re a New Creation!
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things have
passed away; behold all things have become new.” (II Corinthians 5:17)
Oh, I know you look the same. Your shape, your eyes and hair are still the same color, but the change has happened inside you.
Man is made of two parts:
1. The earth, or dust
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground...” (Genesis 2:7a)
2. God’s breath, or spirit
“....and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” (Genesis 2:7b)
Up until the time you became a Christian you were taking care of the first element you are made of, the dust or body. When it got hungry you fed it; when it wanted water, you poured water down it; when it wanted sex, you took care of it; when it got sick you nursed it. All those things will continue to be needs as long as you live in a body.
But NOW God has quickened (brought to life) part two....your spirit, which died when sin entered into the world.
“But the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in the
day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:17)
Just as you feed your physical body, you must now feed your spirit man, too.
Your spirit will hunger for God and will thirst for God. This hunger can only be satisfied by God. Things produced by the earth will only satisfy the body or flesh.
Some scriptures that tell us about satisfying the thirst or hunger of our spirit man:
- Isaiah 45:3 Old Testament
- Isaiah 49:8-9 Old Testament
- Isaiah 55:1 Old Testament
- Amos 8:11 Old Testament
- Matthew 5:6 New Testament
- John 4:14 New Testament
- John 6:35 New Testament
As you read these scriptures you become aware that indeed your new spirit man wants to be fed and strengthened. God’s Word is the bread of life and water to the spirit of man. You will continue to grow spiritually as you:
1. Read the Word
2. Listen to preaching and teaching of the Word |
