New Creation Thinking
Living Life from the Inside Out
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Even though we are new creation-beings it’s still possible for us to think the way we did before we were made new creations. We have a choice now that we did not have when we were in the flesh; in our unregenerate conditions. We can choose how we live: We can live from the outside-in, which is to allow the external environment to determine how we think and feel; or we can live from the inside-out, which is to allow the internal presence of the Spirit of God to provide the instructions on how we are to lives. How we think will determine how we behave. We can choose the way we think because thinking has now become a choice.
From the moment we enter this world as new born infants, we begin the process of learning how to get out needs met from external sources. It doesn’t take long for a baby to learn that by crying they will get fed, attention, held, rocked etc. This indoctrination of getting our needs met from this world’s system continues as we grow and mature in our humanities. Then comes the moment when we say yes to God’s invitation to life and become new-creations in Christ. We know things are different now, but what we don’t know is that we have taken our old way of thinking into our new creation living. Because, we have learned how to manipulate people and our external environment to get our needs met independent of God, this is our modus operandi for living our new creation lives. This is the reason why most Christians are working so hard trying to become what they already are in Christ.
If we are going to be new creation thinkers, we must have a starting place. It begins with knowing how God sees us. He sees us as new creation-beings: Our old-selves does not exist anymore (Romans 6:6, NKJV).
Are you a new creation? You are if you have had a born-from-above experience with the Lord Jesus Christ. “Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun” (2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT; emphasis added). Our old lives may be gone but our old way of thinking is still calling the shots. This is our problem. We have a greater affinity with our old-selves than we do with our new-selves. In Christ we are new creations. Since we are new creations, we need to start thinking like who we really are.
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About the Book
There are only two ways life can be lived: from the outside in or from the inside out. Most of us have chosen option number one. Before we accepted Christ as our Lord and Savior, this was the only option. We had no choice because we were wholly self-conscious in our natural selves. This self-focused condition was passed on to us through the corrupted seed of Adam.
New Creation Thinking is a thought-provoking exploration of ways born-again Christians should strive to live up to their full potential as new creations in Christ. It warns against becoming complacent and falling back into old habits that do not serve God’s purpose.
Most Christians have settled for a life that is far beneath their identities as new creations in Christ. They live with a someday mentality. They believe that everything God has provided has been deposited in personal heavenly bank accounts, but we can’t access them until we get to heaven—someday. We lack a now perspective, and this is our weakness. It’s time to start thinking like the new creations we have become in Christ. This will only happen when we live our lives from the inside out.
About the Author
Wayne Kniffen is a gifted communicator and published author. He takes things that are simply profound and makes them profoundly simple. Wayne is convinced that people will swallow more truth if they can laugh it down. The desire of his heart is for Christians to come to a healthy understanding of their new creation identities as God’s children. Kniffen is a father and grandfather.