53 - The Death of the Old You

In this episode One Gospel, we explore one of the most transformative truths in the New Testament. 

Johan teaches from Romans 6, Galatians 2:20, and 2 Corinthians 5 to reveal that believers were crucified with Christ, buried with Christ, and raised with Christ into a new life. This message will help you stop identifying with your old self and start living from your new identity in Him. 

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Welcome to One Gospel, bringing you the full truth of God's Word, clearly explained. Together with our host, Johann Tuit, we'll unpack scripture to understand what's written and grow as a disciple of Christ. Ready to take notes? Let's open the Bible.

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Hi there and welcome to today's episode of One Gospel. I'm your host, Johan Tut, and as always, I'm excited to share the Word of God with you. And so this teaching that I've started, uh the In Christ, man, it has been a real blessing. And so I really want to encourage you to go back to the very first episode when I started this series here on One Gospel. And it's really going to be a blessing. I don't have time to get all through all the stuff that we've been through, you know, but basically I've been teaching on who we now are in Christ Jesus and what we have in Christ Jesus, what our true identity is. And so in the previous episode, I shared on you know how the world identifies itself with a lot of stuff. And you know, how you know the legal way to identify ourselves or our identity is uh in this world in the natural is you know determined by birth. It's talking about your origin and it's talking about your gender. And so, but as we know in this fallen world, there's a lot of people that identify themselves with a lot of different stuff that says nothing about their true identity. But then I flipped the coin and I said, you know, that there are a lot of believers in the body of Christ, you know, who also have no clue, and I mean that really, I say it in love, but they have no clue what their true identity is in Christ Jesus. And so they still uh identify themselves with the old man, with that what was, you know, the old that has been passed away. And they they don't identify themselves and they don't find their identity in Christ because of the lack of knowledge. And so I've basically been sharing on that, and uh I had to stop uh in my previous episode, so I'll continue today uh with this series. Father God, thank you so much for this word. I pray that it's gonna be a blessing for those who hear, and I give you all the praise and all the glory in Christ Jesus, amen. Amen. And so so basically, I said, you know, that we need to renew our minds with the word of God. Let's go quickly to Romans 12 2, and I just want to quote it right, Romans 12 2. So um here it says, Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is good, what is it good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Do not be conformed to this world, don't think as this world thinks, don't identify yourself with the things of this world, don't identify and see yourself and find your identity in the things of this world. Do not be conformed to this world. But by the renewing of your mind, you have to be transformed. And so when you renew your mind with the word of God, so my my people perish by the lack of knowledge, that's why we need to renew our minds with the word of God, so we get more knowledge and not more knowledge to boast or to be better than anybody else, because you know it says also, I don't know how to quote it in English, but it says, you know, that knowledge blows up, you know, um, but the humble, you know, will be lifted up. Amen. And so um, we don't boast because we have knowledge, we need knowledge to understand who we truly are, we need knowledge to know God, we need knowledge to understand our true um uh identity in Christ. And so we need knowledge to know, you know, what that means and what belongs to us, what is now leak legally ours, what where we have what what what our rights are in Christ Jesus, you know, what our position is in Christ Jesus, how we can walk that out and apply that in our lives. So, you know, it's not like you know, I have all this knowledge so I can blow you away. I have all this knowledge so I can slap you around with all these Bible verses, you know, and I'm just gonna be puffed up, you know, like a like uh, you know. Anyway, I'm not gonna say it, but anyway, you get the picture, right? So it's not for that, you know, the knowledge that we need to have is to understand, and so we need to renew our minds with the word of God so that we may understand, so that we may know, and then we won't perish because we also recognize the lies and we know the enemy. Because we know the truth, we will recognize the lie. And so that's why the Bible teaches us that we need to renew our minds and not be conformed to this world because we are no longer of this world. John 17, 16 says that you know, we are maybe still in this world, but we are no longer of this world. So if we are not of this world, then we also should not identify ourselves with this world. Does that make any sense? And so, okay, in the natural, we still can be identified with our origin and our agenda. You know, I am born in Holland, and there's nothing that can change that. So therefore, I'm a Dutch man. Yes? And then um, you know, I'm born a man, and whatever I do, think, or you know, decide that can change because it's in my gender, it's in my DNA, it's in my that's who I am. I am a man and I am a Dutch man. That sounds nice. I'm a man, but I'm also a Dutch man. So, but spiritually, my true identity lies within Christ, and so I've got this natural identity and I have this spiritual identity, and I don't see myself anymore, I don't identify myself anymore as a natural man. I identify as a spiritual being. Why? So that I can start to live from my spirit, so that I can act from my spirit, so that I can so that I can be from my spirit in the natural who I am in the spirit, instead of trying to be in the spirit who I am in my natural man, which is impossible, amen. So, but that's our truth, this is our reality, and so we always should wear our identification with us so that we can always identify ourselves to the world that we are living in. So we should always wear wear our spiritual passport with us so that we can identify. This is our identification, and we can identify to the world around us, and so we can do that by distinguishing ourselves, not because we are better than other people, because other people that don't know Jesus are my brothers or my sisters that walk in darkness, they are the lost sheep that are gone astray. But I went astray also until my shepherd found me, and now they need to be fine as well, and therefore I need to reach out to them and share them the good news of the gospel so that they can come home and find their true identity also, amen. And so I'm not better, but I have to distinguish myself. I have to be, I have to be different from how the world thinks, lives, acts, reacts, responds, and does. Why? Because I am no longer of this world, I am from a different world, I am from a different kingdom, I am a spiritual being, and I have to distinguish myself like that. You know, um, if I am the light of the world, if I am the salt of the earth, you know, if I have love for my neighbor, you know, if I bear with one another, if I if I forgive, if I go that extra mile, if I make the difference because of who I am now in Christ Jesus, I distinguish myself from as the world does, because you know, we all know that it is a self-centered world that we are living in, you know, and barely, you know, I mean, man, I've seen so I have seen so many stuff. I have seen so much stuff in this world, you know, that really, you know, um really broke my heart and made me really sad. And in the same time, I realized that, man, I'm really no longer of this world. Because I could never think like that, talk like that, walk like that, and act like they do. Never. You know, people are so self-centered. And I don't say that to judge, it's just what you experience once you step out of that world and step into this new world in Christ Jesus and find your identity within him. Doesn't mean that you are perfect and you never do something that was that belongs to your old man, definitely, you know, and you know, repent from it in the name of Jesus. But it's not you don't recognize yourself in it anymore. You don't identify yourself with it anymore. I don't identify myself with the person I was. I can't. I I hate that person. I hate that life that that person lived, the things that he did, that he said, that he thought about, that he wanted, that he was desiring, you know, that he that he was doing. Oh man, no boy, no way. You know, I don't want to that person, I don't identify, not even a slightest bit. No way. That person is dead to me. I reject that person completely. That's not me. I identify myself in Christ Jesus, I find my identity in Christ Jesus, and so we have to be a living proof from the fact that Christ dwells within us. That and we can do that by living as Christ lived on this planet, in this world. You know, 1 John 4.17 says, as he is, so are we in this world. And no, you know, this is very questionable because you know, I know that we are like him in the spirit, but the question is, are we really truly walking as he walks in this planet? Are we really doing the things that Jesus did? Are we saying the things that Jesus said? Are we acting the way he acted? You know, are we forgiving like he's forgiving, loving like he was loving? You know, while he was here physically on this planet? It's some it's something that I always think about myself, you know, without judgment or condemnation to myself, but just think, amen, you know, are you now living as Jesus lives? Are you now as he is? So in this world, you know, because sometimes I'm like, no, that's not Jesus, you know, and then repent from that, amen. But your identity has to be determined in who you now are in Christ, and if your identity is finally determined in who you now are in Christ, in Christ, you also you should also learn to unify and identify yourself with him. So once you understand that this is my identity, I am a son of God in whom he is well pleased. I am a new creation, I am a new man, you know, and you identify yourself as a Christian, as a child of God, as a disciple of Jesus, you identify yourself as a child of God, then you need to start to unify yourself with him and identify yourself with him. If you know that your identity is, uh man, I hope I said it right. But if you know what your identity is in Christ Jesus, I am a son of God, you need to start to identify yourself with your identity. You need to start to identify yourself with who you are in Christ Jesus, what your spiritual passport is telling you. Man, this is this is something really strong, really beautiful. You know, it means that you're gonna see yourself and behave yourself as one and the same. Because if you identify with something or with someone, you consider yourself as one and the same. So once you start to identify yourself with Christ, then you will consider yourself as one and the same. You cannot act as the world acts. You cannot say, you know, I am born a man, but I'm gonna identify myself as a woman. Which is totally fine for the people that want to do that. Don't get me wrong, I'm not being judgmental or whatsoever. I'm just saying that that if the world can do that, we can't act like that. We can't say, you know, I am a child of God, but identify myself still as a wretched sinner. You can't. You can't do that because that would be an identity crisis. Amen. Because you are a son of God, you are no longer a wretched sinner. You are a new man, you're no longer an old man. You know, you are a new creation, you're no longer what was. And so you can't identify with that anymore. You cannot act as the world acts. You know, you cannot identify with the old man or anything like that. You need to see yourself, you need to identify yourself with the death and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. You know, because by the trespassing, by the offense of one man, Adam, I came under the condemnation. And then it says in Romans 5 18 that through one man's offense, judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation. And then in verse 19 it says, by one man's disobedience, many were made sinners. So by his offense, the offense of Adam, the first man, uh, came into this world, I was born into this world with a sin nature. And so my identity was spiritually, my identity was sinner. Yes, origin, gender, but then also sinner. That's a spiritual identification, because that's the way I was born. My blood was contaminated with sin, and that made me a sinner because of my sin nature, and my identity was therefore lost in my fallen state. There was I was a fallen person, I was a sinner, I was in darkness, I was blinded, I was a slave of the God of this world, I was a slave of sin, that is where my identity laid. Now it was never what I was intended to be, but I was because of the fall of one man, because of the offense of one man, Adam. But then Jesus came, and by the obedience of Jesus I have been made righteous. Because that's what it says in Romans 5.18. It says that by one man, you know, one offense of one man we all were marked as sinners, and we came under the condemnation. But then by the obedience of one man we all have been made righteous. And so 2 Corinthians 5.21 says, For him who knew no sin, he has made us for us to be sin, so that we could be the righteousness of God in him. Talking about Jesus. Jesus knew no sin, but he was made sin, so that we, by him being made sin with our sins, we could become the righteousness of God, his righteousness in Christ Jesus. Man. And so Jesus said it is finished. John 19, 30, all has been paid for, it's been done. And then he gave me grace. For it's by grace that I've been saved through faith, which is a gift of God, not of my own, uh, and not of works, so that no one should boast, Ephesians 2, verse 8. And so he gave me grace, and then by grace I have been saved. And it says here in Romans 5.20 that where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Now, look what Paul says. Let's go, let's use some verses from Romans 6. And it's so powerful. And then here it says, Paul says, in verse 21 of Romans 5.21, he says, So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Alright, let's go back one more. Let's go to Romans 5.20. Moreover, the law entered that offense might abound, as I just read to you, but where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. Now, Romans 6 1 says, What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? That's what that's what Paul says. Should I remain in sin so I receive more and more grace? Should I continue to sin so that grace may abound in my life? Definitely not. Certainly not, he says. Certainly not. Why? Because I no longer identify myself with that old man. I'm no longer a sinner. I'm no longer identifying as a sinner, and therefore I no longer want to live in sin to make grace abound or whatsoever. I don't want to live in sin anymore because it's no longer my nature. I don't identify as a sinner. So I don't want to sin. I don't have the the I don't have the the how you say that, I don't have that urge to sin. I don't have it because I am no longer a sinner. I'm not identifying as a sinner, and that's for I therefore I don't want to live in sin because it's no longer my nature. It's no longer my identity. I now identify with Christ, I identify with his crucifixion, I identify with his death, and I identify with his resurrection, and I no longer identify as a wretched sinner. Why? Because I have been crucified with Christ. When Christ hung at that cross, I hung there with him. When he was crucified, I was crucified with him. He was hanging there, and I was hanging there with him. When he was nailed to the cross, I was nailed to the cross. Man, you got to see yourself in Christ. And it starts within his crucifixion. When you when he was crucified, you need to see yourself and identify yourself crucified with him. He hung on the cross, I hung on the cross. He was nailed on the cross, I was nailed on the cross. And then he hung there and I hung there with him. You need to identify yourself and you need to see yourself there. Look what it says in Romans 6 6. It says, knowing this. See, how you know this? You can only know it by the renewing of your mind. You can only know this by knowing what the word of God says, you know, by knowledge. Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him. You see, so my old man quack was hung, was crucified and hung on that cross. I'm crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be done away with, and so we should no longer be slaves of sin. You see, so should I remain in sin so that grace abounds? Of course not, because I no longer identify and my identity is no longer a sinner. I am I am identifying myself with Christ crucified. So I hang, I hung with him there on the cross. Galatians 2.20 says, I have been crucified with Christ. It's no longer I who live, but Christ who lives within me. So if I no longer live, that means I'm dead. I died. And so in Romans 6 2 it says, How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? I have been crucified with Christ, and I died with Christ. I identify with his crucifixion and I identify with his death. And so that's what happened. And then I was buried with Christ. Romans 6:4. Therefore, we were buried with him through baptism into death. So I was buried with Christ. I was crucified with Christ, my old man was crucified with Christ, my old man died with Christ, and then my old man was buried with Christ. Because that's what the word of God teaches me. That is what I know through the renewing of my mind. And then I rose again with Christ. So if we continue in verse 4, it says, we were buried with him through the baptism into death, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we should walk in newness of life. For if we have been united together in the likeness of his death, if we bear, if we died with him, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of his resurrection. We will also rise with him. So I rose with Christ. So I identify myself with his crucifixion, I identify myself with his burial, I identify myself with his resurrection. This is powerful. And so, because I because I am crucified with Christ, I died with Christ, and I was buried with Christ, and I rose again with Christ. I now live within him, and he now lives within me. Romans 6 8 says, now if we died with Christ, we believe that we also should live with him. And so I identify myself with this. I identify myself with Christ. My identity lies within him, in who he says that I am, and in what he says I have, and in what he says that I can do. I identify in who he says that he is. No, he is the son of God. I am the son of God. Hallelujah. And so I'm one spirit with him. I have the same identical spirit. Same identical spirit. Romans 8 11 says, but if the spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you. I have the same spirit that rose Jesus from the dead dwelling within me, and the same one that rose Jesus from the dead rose me from the dead. And it's powerful. 1 Corinthians 6.17 says, He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him. So you need to identify yourself with that new man in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2.14 says that he is now our peace and that he made in himself one new man. And now I am in Christ, I am a new man, I am a new being. 2 Corinthians 5.17 says, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. All things have passed away, behold, all things have become new. So if I am in Christ, I need to identify myself in Christ as a new creation. Because in Christ I am a new creation. My identity lies within him and in nothing and no one else. Ephesians 4 24 says, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God in true righteousness and holiness. Holiness. And so, my brothers, my sisters, man, I urge you, please no longer, under no circumstances whatsoever, for no reason whatsoever, ever identify yourself any longer with what you were, what you did, or what you had. No longer identify with what you have or what you do, but identify yourself with who you are in Christ Jesus. Identify yourself in Christ. Find your true identity, your identification, your identity within Him and only within Him. Because that's your true identity. That is now who you are in Christ Jesus. Identify yourself within Christ Jesus, with his death, with his crucifixion, with his death, with his burial, and with his resurrection. Identify yourself with that so that you can walk in newness of life, so that you can walk in fullness, so that you can walk in victory, so that you can walk in all those things that Jesus has established for us and he made us into now in him by grace. Man, my time is up again, so I hope to see you back in a new episode. I love you, God loves you, and I hope to see you again. Bye bye.

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