Today's Devotion: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. 2 Co 5:17).

According to the Bible Reader's Companion, Paul calls all to remind us that every believer is created anew in God's righteousness.

Today's Comments: In Jesus Christ, God has done everything for us so that we are brought into harmony with Him just by believing. We should remember that Paul, himself, was a sinner who persecuted the followers of Jesus with uttermost persistence. And yet, Paul experienced in his "new creation" the forgiveness that comes with faith in God and belief from the heart. Through the regeneration of the Holy Spirit we are recreated in Christ and are forgiven by Him for our transgressions.