Salvation turns the soul completely
around. By Henry Law 2 Corinthians 5
verse 17 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old
has gone, the new has come. By nature, our course of life
is holy, sinward. Our every step is deviation from
the ways of God. Our back is turned to heaven
and spiritual realities. This world, with its polluting
pleasures, its empty vanities, its unsatisfying shadows, its
deceitful pomps and honours, is sought with blinded zeal.
Our daily movement is a hellward descent. But salvation turns
the soul completely around. Objects we once shunned are now
desired. That which we now love we once
hated. Our former pleasures retain no
relish. The mask which once hid the hideous
features of the world has fallen off its face. The other lords
which so long exercised dominion over us are now renounced as
cruel tyrants. Their yoke is broken, and their
scepter is shattered. Since then you have been raised
with Christ. Set your hearts on things above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds
on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your
life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your
life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. – Colossians 3 1-4