The death and resurrection of Jesus, and our participation in them (Rom. 6:3-6), are the beginning of our journey to New Jerusalem. Romans 6:4 says, “We have been buried therefore with Him through baptism into His death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we might walk in newness of life.” This is the life of New Jerusalem.
We walk in “newness of life” because we have received the resurrected Jesus Christ as our new life. This life is different from the life we have from our natural birth. This new and different life brings forth a new living. This is a living originating from our spirit, the deepest part of our being.
Romans 7:6 tells us that “we serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of letter.” The “oldness of letter” is a living according to outward regulations, written or not, whether from our culture, our society, or some other source.
In contrast, the “newness of spirit” originates from Christ living in our spirit. “If Christ is in you…the spirit is life” (Rom. 8:10). Our living is complicated by the remaining presence of our natural human life, but we are gradually being renewed from that. The goal is the newness of New Jerusalem.
Posted by Don on May 3, 2024
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