A New Beginning!We are a “new” creation! (2 Cor. 5:17)We are “new” in our present form!

(I John 1:7)We are “new” in God’s eyes!(Col. 1:23)We are “new” and we are free!

(John 8:36)

How do we respond to

this?

A New Beginning!A New Attitude!!

Eph. 4:22-24

Ephesians 4:22-24 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be

made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

A New Beginning!A New Attitude!!

Eph. 4:22-24This new attitude comes from God’s love and acceptance of us. Eph. 2:3-6

Eph. 2:3-6Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were

Eph. 2:3-6dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.

A New Beginning!A New Attitude!!

Eph. 4:22-24This new attitude comes from God’s love and acceptance of us. Eph. 2:3-6This freedom changes our attitude! 2 Cor. 3:17-18

2 Cor. 3:17-18: Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled

faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

A New Attitude!!A New Beginning!!

Eph. 4:22-24This new attitude comes from God’s love and acceptance of us. Eph. 2:3-6This freedom changes our attitude! 2 Cor. 3:17-18This attitude is our new perspective. Romans 15:5-7

2 Cor. 3:17-18Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Rom. 15:5-7 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one

2 Cor. 3:17-18Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.

A New Attitude!!A New Beginning!!

This new attitude comes from God’s love and acceptance of

us.This freedom changes our attitude!This attitude is our new perspective.

What does God want us to know about our response?

He wants us to know that now is the time.

He wants us to be radically changed by His grace.

He wants our attitude to reflect His attitude.