This past Sunday, we focused on a powerful truth that every believer must understand and embrace: Walking in the New Nature. When we come to Christ, salvation is not simply a moment of forgiveness. It is a complete transformation of identity. God does not just improve the old life. He gives us a new one.
Second Corinthians 5:17 tells us, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” That means the believer is no longer defined by who they were, what they did, or what the world says about them. In Christ, we are made new. But the challenge for many believers is not becoming new, it is learning how to walk in that newness.
There is a difference between possessing a new nature and living from it. Too many believers are saved but still living with old mindsets, old patterns, and old ways of responding. God has changed their spirit, but their thinking has not yet caught up with their identity. This is why Scripture calls us to renew our minds and put on the new man.
Walking in the new nature begins with understanding where our life now comes from. Colossians 3 tells us that if we have been raised with Christ, we are to set our minds on things above, not on earthly things. This is a shift in focus. The new nature is not sustained by the world’s system. It is sustained by the life of Christ in us.
That means our thoughts, our responses, and our desires should begin to reflect the character of Jesus. Where the old nature reacted in anger, the new nature responds in grace. Where the old nature lived in fear, the new nature walks in faith. Where the old nature was driven by selfishness, the new nature is led by love and surrender.
Walking in the new nature also means recognizing that we are no longer under the authority of our past. The enemy often tries to pull us back into old labels and old failures, but the cross settled that. We are not trying to become something God has not already declared us to be. We are learning to live from what He has already done.
Ephesians 4 reminds us to put off the old man and put on the new man, created according to God in true righteousness and holiness. That is not just theological language. It is practical. It affects how we treat people, how we make decisions, how we handle conflict, and how we carry ourselves daily.
Walking in the new nature is not about perfection. It is about progression. It is about daily surrender to the Holy Spirit, daily renewing our minds with the Word, and daily choosing to live from our Kingdom identity rather than our fleshly impulses.
As believers, we have been called to more than survival. We have been called to represent the King. That means our lives should reflect the nature of the One who saved us. The world should be able to see Christ in the way we live.
This week, take time to reflect on this truth. You are not who you used to be. You are not bound by the old life. You have been made new in Christ. Now the call is to walk like it.
Walk in grace. Walk in truth. Walk in authority. Walk in the new nature.
With faith and purpose,
Pastor Chris Tullis
Grace Church
“Empowered by Grace, Living in Faith, Growing in Christ”
