OLD CRITTERS VRS. NEW CREATURES
“Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new” – 2 Cor. 5:17
Throughout my Christian life I have seen the truth of First Corinthians 5:17 begin to be demonstrated immediately by people after they have experienced the new birth. Old time preachers used to say of salvation, and consistent with the teaching in this verse, that “salvation turns old critters into new creatures.” That’s what salvation is