NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST

2 Corinthians 5:17
"If any man be in Christ,he is a new creature;
old things are passed away;behold all things are become new."

While the works of the Spirit are silent, its effects are manifest.
"IF" the heart has been renewed by the Spirit of God,
the life will bear witness to the fact.

We must always know that none of these works are of our own effort, but by the work of the Holy Spirit working in us.

Those who become new creatures in Christ Jesus
will bring forth the fruit of the Spirit,
"love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance."
                       Galatians 5:22-23

Christians will seek not the "outward adorning", but "the hidden man of the heart,
in that which is not corruptible, 
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit."
                          1 Peter 3:3-4