A True Disciple

20) and the promise of never being separated from the love of Christ (Rom 8:38, 39). Finally, we receive the wonderful promise that He has sealed us with the Holy Spirit, “ who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of His glory ” (Eph 1:13, 14). The differences between the two kingdoms revealed here are not exhaustive. There is more to be learned by studying the scriptures. The point is to comprehend the difference between the two and to learn the truth about them. Another way of looking at the old kingdom and the new kingdom as it relates to the believer, is seeing it as Paul describes it in Colossians 3:9, 10. Here, Paul says that we have once and for all put off the old self (or old man), and we have once and for all put on the new self (new man). In other words, the old man relates to the old kingdom, and the new man relates to the new kingdom. We were delivered once and for all from the clutches of Satan and were given new life in Christ. We became a new creation free to walk in righteousness and holiness. This happened at the point of salvation. New Life In Christ

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