A New Creation

God is the creator of two creations. In the beginning He created the heavens and the earth first, then man last. In the new creation the order is reversed God is now creating men anew in Christ Jesus, and hereafter will fashion a new heaven and a new earth. (2 Cor. 5:17: Rev. 21:1)
It is an immense blessing for a soul to lay hold of the truth of the new creation. "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature," or there is a new creation; "old things are passed away; behold, all things arc become new." 2 Cor. 5:17.
Adam was created in innocence, and being tempted, sinned. The Christian, created anew in Christ, has a new nature which cannot sin. The old Adam nature in the believer is not one whit improved, but everyone who is in Christ is a new creation. God sees him that way forever.
Those who are "in Christ" are also spoken of as, "created in Christ Jesus unto good works"; "created in righteousness and true holiness" (or. holiness of truth) (Eph. 2:10; 4:24).
“God... hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace, in His kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works." Eph. 2:4-10.
“And that ye" (or, having) "put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness." Eph. 4:24.
The new creation is God's own perfect handiwork. And "whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever." Eccl. 3:14. Are you a new creation in Christ?
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Questions and Answers
Ques. —Is not the treasure in Matt. 13:44 Israel? Is the Church hid in the field, or was it hid in God? Does Psa. 135:4 point on to the treasure in Matt. 13:44?
Ans.—“The kingdom of heaven" in its mysterious form, (that is, when the King is absent, only called so in Matthew's gospel), applies to this present time. It does not apply to Israel in the past, nor in the future that is, after the Church is caught up.
Israel was to be a peculiar treasure, if they had obeyed Jehovah (Ex. 19:5), and they will be it in the reign of Christ, the center for His earthly glory (Psa. 135:4). It will be the Kingdom in power then. Israel was never hid in the field. They were well known, not hidden.
In Matt. 13:44 the Man found it, and hid it, then sold all that He had, and bought the field for the treasure that was in it. The field is the purchased thing there. In verses 45, 46 we find the great object of His delight, the pearl of great price (Eph. 5:25-27). This is what was hid in God, and was only revealed (Eph. 3:9) after Paul was converted.
It is important to notice that all the parables of the Kingdom of heaven apply to the Church period.