2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Old ways, old stuff, old thoughts, old behaviors, old attitudes, old things must go! The baggage, the weight must be taken off, laid down, thrown aside. The old must be constantly taken or stripped off. Taking or stripping off allows the old to pass out of existence--leaving behind the old ways, the old conditions, the old things. Therefore, all things can become new, become fresh--hearts become new and whole whereby the inner man becomes renewed day after day--being reconciled and always becoming new. Then, new things can come in--come in to stay--always and constantly becoming new in Christ.