A New Man and a New Perspective

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. 
(Gal.5:1)

* We do not own ourselves when we become the new creation that God wants us to be.

For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous,
to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
through whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison--who disobeyed
long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built.
In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes
baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge
of a good conscience toward God.
It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at
God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to Him.
(IPeter3:18-22) NIV
Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, Arm yourselves also with the same attitude,
because he who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather
for the will of God. (1Pet.4:1-2) (Rom.7:4-6)

As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
(John 15:19) (2Cor.5:15) (Gal.20:20-21)

* Praise God because he has freed us from our sins when we embraced the Truth of His
   saving grace.
* Seek the will of God in your life. (Eph.5:17)
* Share with one another whatever gifts you received from God so that the body of Christ
   may be built up and bring more people to Him.