The only way to begin again in a new year is to become a new creation. Every other method is bound to fail. This is because unless there is fundamental transformation in what a person is, every attempt at change is superficial. This fundamental transformation is union with Christ. It happens in two ways:
1. Spiritual baptism by faith in the Lord Jesus.
2. Physical baptism, publicly expressing faith in the Lord.
When a man or woman believes in Jesus, he or she becomes one with Him. A spiritual baptism takes place. This means Jesus’ death is their death, AND HIS RESURRECTION IS THEIR RESURRECTION. This is true transformation. Because Jesus is “the second Adam, and the last man,” meaning the new humanity, all who wish to be new must unite with him. If they do not, they remain members of the old humanity, which began with Adam and Eve.
When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they became slaves of Satan, of self-centered self gratification. All of their children were born enslaved. (Think the matrix.) Christ is “the one” who unplugs everyone from the matrix that wants to be unplugged, whether on New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, or today!
Every one has a choice: the blue pill or the red pill. But it is ONLY by making this choice that true change, permanent change, can happen. If a man chooses the red pill, he will be “unplugged.” The difference between being plugged and unplugged is absolute! This is a literal new beginning, a new birth. When this happens, the old life in the matrix ends, once and for all. Everything becomes new.
New thoughts.
New intentions.
A new identification.
But the choice remains.
The spiritual baptism is the decision to take the red pill. For all practical purposes, this decision is an internal unplugging. The physical baptism is the act of actually taking the red pill….
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