A new creation2 Corinthians 5:17-21Length: Short
Eat
Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.
- Read
- Reread
- Retell
Digest
Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.
What does this passage show me about God?
- What has God done through Christ, and what has he entrusted to us?
What does it show me about people — and about myself?
- What does it mean that anyone in Christ is a new creation?
- What does an ambassador do?
What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)
- What old thing will you stop treating as who you are this week?
Who will I tell?
- On whose behalf will you make the appeal 'be reconciled to God'?
Grow
Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).
Pray
God, thank you that in Christ the old has gone and something new has come. Let me stop living out of the person I used to be, and send me as your ambassador.