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Promises of Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 5:17,"Therefore,if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." This saying, that a man can by his own effort and good works acquire salvation, is foolish and absurd so long as the man is not born again. World-rulers and teachers of morality say, "Become good by doing good ; but this is what Jesus says, "Become good yourself before doing good works." When that new and good life has begun, good deeds will be the natural result. It is only a fool that will say that a bitter tree by constantly bearing fruit will at last become sweet. As a matter of fact a bitter tree can become sweet by being grafted on a sweet tree, so that the life and the qualities peculiar to the sweet tree will pass into the bitter one and its natural bitterness will pass away. This is what we call a new creation. So too the sinner may have the desire to do what is right, and yet the only result is sin; but when he repents and by faith is grafted into Jesus Christ the old man in him dies, and he becomes a new creature. Then from this new life which has its origin in salvation good deeds come forth as a fruit, and this fruit abides for ever.

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