Sermon Outlines

By Frederick F. Schwindt, Evangelist

A NEW CREATURE

1. The Old Man: Rom. 6:6; Col. 3:9; Eph. 4:22
2. The New Man: Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10

1. Nothing about him is sound:
   1. "From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it;
   2. But wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores" - Isa. 1:16
2. Note these Bible facts about the old man:
   1. The heart is deceitful and desperately wicked - Jer. 17:9
   2. The mind has been blinded by Satan - 2 Cor. 4:4
   3. The conscience has been seared, as with a hot iron - 1 Tim. 4:2
   4. The will has been enslaved to a point where it leaves the sinner helpless - Rom. 7:15-26
   5. The tongue is full of poison - Rom. 3:13
   6. The mouth is full of cursing - Rom. 3:14; Jas. 3:1-11
3. The fruit of the old man makes him wholly unfit for the kingdom of God:
   1. It is the lust of the flesh which is set against the work of the Holy Spirit.
   2. Think of the catalogue of sins attributed to the life of the old man - adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murder, drunkenness, revellings - Gal. 5:19-21
4. This condition of the old man makes it impossible for him to enter into the kingdom of God:
   1. Rom. 6:5-7; Matt. 16:22, 23
   2. Rev. 21:17; 22:14, 15
5. That is why he must be crucified, put out of the way, to give place to the new man, created in righteousness:

1. Nature of the new man:
   1. He is formed, as Adam was (Gen. 1:26, 27), in the image of God.
   2. That makes him a new creature - 2 Cor. 5:17
   3. He is created in righteousness and true holiness - Eph. 4:24
   4. He is renewed in the knowledge after the image of Him that created him - Col. 3:10
2. This experience gives him a new standing before God and men:
   1. Old things have passed away. What a wonderful blessing to all who experience such a new life!
   2. How wonderful it is to be able to turn our back upon our sinful past! EXAMPLES -
      1. The thief on the cross - Luke 23:42-44
      2. The woman of Samaria - John 4:1-29
      3. David - Acts 13:22
3. What about all our sins?
   1. "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud thy sins" - Isa. 44:22
   2. "Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea" - Mi. 7:18, 19
   3. Christ, "who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree" - 1 Pet. 2:24
4. This experience makes us fellow heirs with Christ of all God's promises; and it prepares us for translation when Christ comes the second time:
5. How does this glorious experience affect you, dear reader?