² This new creature referred to is the result of Christ joining with the crucified and purified believer, to be resurrected in him. This is not to be imagined, or to be presumed, but experienced:

Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2 Cor 5:17.
And put on the new man, who is renewed in knowledge after the image of him who created him. Col 3:10
And put on the newly created nature [of Christ], which is created in God's image of true righteousness and holiness. Eph 4:24
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1 Cor 15:53

From the Word of the Lord within: "Put on the new creature. If anyone is standing with a new heart, he is a new creature. Put on the new life. The new life is as radically different as a man who has lived underground his whole life, suddenly coming above ground to see the sun, the sky, the plants, the animals, the wind, the stars."

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