Overcome your ‘former you’

“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:4

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s a born a new person in Jesus, you have been buried with Jesus into death and resurrected with a new life in Him. The former you has been buried, and that former you isn’t you anymore because you are now a changed person in Christ.

The scripture alluded that ‘former you’ as the ‘old man’ walking in the path of death. The former you has no life of Christ within. That ‘former you’ has no power over sin and death.  All glory to Jesus who has given you and I that new life to live above sin and death.

Romans 6:6 “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin”

Should you live some part of your ‘former you’?

No! As child of God you need not to keep some trait of your ‘former you’ that you know is associated with the flesh. Paul once said the things He detests doing He finds Himself doing. That was some trait of His old man in Him. He strived to overcome this trait of the old man still manifesting in Him. Have you ever noticed some bad character you see in yourself that you used to exhibit before you got born again? Forsake all and pray that God helps you to overcome them.

Romans 6:1-2 “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”

Dear reader, I am sure you have been blessed by the word today. Strive to walk in the newness of Life you received from Jesus. Pray and overcome all traits of the ‘former you’ still manifesting in your life.

Conclusion: Christ has nailed and buried the old man in you on the cross. You have been raised with Him to have a new life. Strive to walk in the newness of life in Jesus by overcoming all traits of the old man in you.