The old has gone

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

Conversion to Christianity is not a ritual. It is a radical change of a personality, where God Himself participates by changing the person completely. We are not talking about external things, but about internal ones. The nature of a person changes. Hatred, anger, lies, and anything that sinful is removed from the depths of the human heart. Christ enters his/her nature and removes the old one. Holy Spirit settles in too. New life begins.

Old friends may not understand what is happening with their fella as they have not experienced the "New Birth" themselves. The state of being in Christ affects the way of life, choices, beliefs, behavior. Christ himself participates now in the person's life. God's nature becomes that person's nature. Of course, it takes a while for Christ to start manifesting more and more through a person, but the change is real and the journey to manifest more of the new life has begun and should never end.

New creatures in Christ

2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here!“

All of creation witnesses a tremendous miracle – transformation of man by the power of God. By means of Christ God has taken out the old man and has created a new one in everyone who converted to Jesus. Nothing could change a human in the Old Testament. Sinful nature was there inside everyone. There had to come Holy Spirit and make a complete miracle – new birth. This miracle now happens every day as a person repents of His sins and receives Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Glory to Jesus for changing us.