Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for March 3, 2026

A NEW CREATION MAN

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 2 Corinthians 5:17

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

Additional Verses

📖 Galatians 5:19-26; 1 John 1:8 to 1 John 2:2

Before you were born again you had the nature of the devil and you could sin at random. This is why Jesus Christ said to those who did not believe in Him, “You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth, in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” Now that you are born again, you now have the nature of God. As 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, from the day you were born again that old and sinful nature of the devil ceased to exist in you. God gave you His nature in Jesus Christ His Son. You received the Spirit of God, this is His anointing, whose other identity is the Spirit of Truth. John 14:17, “The Spirit of truth; the world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” He is the one who now controls your life. The Holy Spirit, however, can only take charge of your life when you fully yield your freewill to Him. Freewill is that power that God gave to every man including His children to exercise freedom of making choices. For the unborn again, Satan completely exploits this freewill to his advantage because the person still has his nature. Such people are actually in spiritual chains so that they remain the devil’s convicts. However, for some whom God has predestined for salvation, they can be freed from the chains of the devil when those of us who are born again take the gospel to them. Satan does not have any power or authority over the children of God but it is actually the children of God who have been given power and authority over the devil. Luke 10:19 says, “Behold , l give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Satan can only find an opportunity into you as a child of God when you yield your freewill to the things of the devil’s kingdom of darkness. It is therefore very important for you as a child of God to know that it is not normal for you to sin and hence this is why in the event that you realize that you have fallen into sin, you must immediately confess as John tells us in 1 John 1:8 to 1 John 2:2. As a new creation man, you must also never allow your old nature to take charge of your life. By this I am referring to your old habits some of which are listed in Galatians 5:19-21, “The acts of the sinful nature are obvious, sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies and such, of the which l warn you before, as l also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” When you yield yourself to such practices, you are exposing yourself to the devil, who, otherwise, does no longer has any claim on you. Remember that as a new creation man, according to Ephesians 2:10, God created you in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that you should walk in them. These good works are to bear fruit of His Spirit in us which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Make it therefore your desire to have an overflow of the fruit of the Spirit in your life from today. Alleluia!

Prayer

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, thank You for making me a new creation and for renewing the culture of my spirit. In You I know that my old way of living has vanished because Your Spirit is now dwelling within me. And because of this, Your Spirit will help me not to allow my old being to take control of me again. I pray all of this in the Mighty name of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.