Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:  by whose stripes ye were healed.

— 1 Peter 2:24

Jesus bore our sins in His body on the tree.  He did not go to the cross for His sins because He never sinned.  He took your place, was made your sin, was made the curse so He could recreate you and give you His place in life.  You now can live dead to sin and alive to righteousness, dead to the old man lifestyle, alive to the new man lifestyle–-dead to sickness and alive to health, dead to lack and alive to prosperity, dead to the curse and alive to the blessings of God.  He has equipped you and enabled you to say “no!”  “No” to sin, fear, worry, sickness, and the entire curse, because you are now a new man–-you have been redeemed from the curse (Gal. 3:13).  You can now associate and identify with either the sinner or the saint, the old man or the new man.  You can either believe what Jesus’ suffering and death paid for, or believe in your own performance.  When sin comes:  I am dead to that!  When a symptom comes:  I am free from that!  When I am tempted to get discouraged and down, that is the old man, trying to resurrect in my life–-but he is dead!  I am now alive to my right relationship with God, alive to health, alive to holiness, alive to being a new creation.  I resist the old man habits and claim my new identity in Christ!  I am righteous and I am healed!

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God:

— 1 Corinthians 15:34

Religious teaching has taught us to try and struggle to get all the sin out of our lives so we become holy.  It will give you a list of do’s and don’ts for you to become holy and acceptable to God.  Religion will preach that you must do your best to become the new man, try your hardest to become what God desires for you to be.  But the Bible teaches you to believe, or awake to, who God has already made you-–because you are a new creation.  Notice, when you become aware of righteousness, when you awake to righteousness, you will sin not!  It was all done and completed by Jesus on the cross so that He gets all the glory for who you are.  Awake to being made righteous, and sin will leave your life!  Awake to the joy of the Lord and you will sorrow not!  Awake to healing by the stripes of Jesus and your sick days are over!  Awake to the blessings of God and you’ll lack not!  Awake to the peace that passes understanding and you will worry not!  Awake to the new man, the Christ-like lifestyle, and you will not live like the old man anymore.  It is all accomplished by faith in Jesus’ performance, and by not being dependent on your performance; your performance will change when you awake to His performance!  Do not focus on your conduct or failures; focus on His provision and victory, and soon you will awake to the finished work of Christ.

...he is a new creature:  old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

— 2 Corinthians 5:17b

On the day you received Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you became a new creature.  Spiritually you were born again; in your spirit you were made new.  You became a new creation, a new species of being which never existed before.  For most of your Christian life, you will be gradually discovering who God made you to be at the new birth.  As you find out who you are now and start to identify with your new nature, you will start to change into a brand-new person.  This is accomplished, not by your efforts, but by faith in the Word and in the promises that tell you who you are. Old things have passed away and all things have become new!  Your old nature, with its old habits, has passed away; it is dead and gone.  Until you know this, you will identify with your old nature and your old thought-life and will live like the old being.  Put off the old creature and allow him to be put to death in your mind once and for all, and believe who God declares you to be, what He has made you.  You are a new creature, born of God.

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.   — Romans 6:6

This is something that every Christian must know!  The old man is crucified with Christ.  The old man is not being crucified, is not in the process of dying; he is dead!  We have been taught in the body of Christ to “die to self,” but in order to be dying, you must still be alive!  You (the old man) are not alive; the old man you were is dead and has passed away!  Until you “know” this, you will be fighting with the old man, struggling against the old man, acting like the old man.  Know this:  he is dead!  He was crucified with Christ!  You are no longer an angry man, an insecure person, a failure trying to become a success.  The angry man is dead; the insecure person is gone; the failure has been made a success!  You now have God’s life and God’s divine nature in you–-you are a new spiritual creature.  Do not identify and associate with the old man.  He is crucified with Christ.  There is now a new man in town–-one who no longer will serve sin, one who is able to serve God!