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A New Creation · Compass Point

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  This is Compass Point. Hi, I'm Pete Smith.
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  I want us to follow on from yesterday's thought about the
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  question. But can human nature be changed?
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  We considered Christ's words about how necessary it is for us
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  to have a new spiritual birth. John Stock goes on to say in
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  some ways Paul puts it even more dramatically.
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  He blurts out a sentence that in its original Greek has no verbs.
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  If anyone in Christ new creation, the actual verse in
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  2nd Corinthians 5 verse 17 is translated.
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  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
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  All things are passed away. Behold, all things have become
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  new. This then is the possibility of
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  which the New Testament speaks. A new heart, a new nature, a new
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  birth, a new creation. The Holy Spirit changes
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  individuals who are saved from the inside.
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  How amazing is that?