what is the meaning of "walk in the newness of life?"
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what is the meaning of "walk in the newness of life?"
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Walk
The word “walk” is a reference to the Christian life here and now, and it suggests this life now is the beginning. It’s a kind of anticipation, a foreshadowing, and an initiation into the life of Heaven. We are walking in newness of life.
Newness
For Paul the word “newness” is a word that implies resurrection. The new creation, or new order, is out of the book of Isaiah (65:17-25) – and you find it in the gospels as well. This word “newness” is used to refer to the new age, the kingdom of God that comes with the Person of Jesus. So we are walking in newness.
Life
Then for Paul, the word “life” is a word that invariably refers to everlasting life. As the Gospel of John says, it’s the life that comes from the living water, which is Christ, and the Bread that comes down out of Heaven. “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). It’s the life of the glorious age to come.So when Paul refers to “newness of life,” at first blush he is speaking of the new life of the kingdom of God, the everlasting life, the resurrection life that we now have because we are participants in the death and resurrection of Jesus, which is marked out by our baptism.
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