Month: February 2026

Leaving the Old Life and Walking in the New

Salvation is far more than the forgiveness of sins. Salvation is a complete transformation of identity, authority, and allegiance. When a person comes to Christ, the old self is truly crucified with Christ as an immediate spiritual reality and gift of grace. However, the revelation and lived experience of this truth is progressive. As the Holy Spirit renews, retrains, and reprograms the believer’s mind, He brings understanding and alignment with what God has already accomplished in Christ. The old life has died, but learning to walk in that reality is worked out over time as the Spirit leads us into truth.

This truth sits at the very centre of biblical Christianity, yet it is often resisted because it confronts our attachment to who we once were. […]

Beloved, today we come to a vital biblical teaching that every believer needs to understand clearly: the difference between an unbeliever who hears the gospel, believes, repents, and is born again by receiving the Holy Spirit at the moment of salvation—and a believer who, after being saved, is baptized by Jesus in the Holy Spirit as a subsequent, empowering experience. […]