What does the Bible say happens to all things when you become a new creation?
Scripture declares that when you become a new creation, all things are passed away, and behold, all things are become new. This means your whole circle of friendships and desires change, for the believer enters a totally different world. Yet you still function, work, and plan in this life.
Les teaches that when you become a believer, the whole circle of your friendships will probably change. Your whole desire begins to change, and that's as it should be, because it's two different worlds, totally two different worlds. Now that doesn't mean we get so heavenly minded that we're no earthly good. We still function, we still work, we still plan; there's nothing wrong with that. In fact, Les says there's nothing wrong with accumulating wealth or an estate that your kids can fight over, as long as it's in God's timetable and in His plan for your life. But coming back to the verse, 'All things are passed away, and behold, all things are become new.' That's what the Book says. Les then turns to Romans chapter 8, reading verse 9, where you're not in the flesh, not under old Adam, but in the Spirit, under His control instead of old Adam. That is conditional if the Holy Spirit is dwelling in you.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
More Questions
Why does a person in Christ become a new creation?
Anyone in Christ is a new creation; old things pass away and all things become new because of the salvation experience and what God has done for us.
What does it mean that old things are passed away and all things become new in 2 Corinthians 5:17?
In 2 Corinthians 5:17, 'old things are passed away' refers to the old lifestyle, old habits, and old appetites being gone, and 'all things become new' means a complete renewal.