Podcast
New Creation with Alex Tuchness
The Salt Company - Ames
Speaker: Alex Tuchness
November 6, 2025 · 38 min
Identity in ChristDiscipleshipGraceSpiritual Disciplines2 Corinthians 5:17–212 Corinthians 5:9–112 Corinthians 5:14–15
Summary
Paul's life exemplifies the new identity available in Christ, grounded in 2 Corinthians 5. As a new creation united with Christ's righteousness, believers abandon self-pleasing for Jesus-pleasing, motivated by holy fear of judgment and love of God's reconciling work.
Highlights
You cannot make yourself holy any more than a caterpillar can make itself a butterfly by trying to tape stuff on. A fundamental transformation has to take place, and only God can bring that about.
My old self wants to do that, but my new self wants to do this. You're undoing the lie that says your true self actually wants to live according to the old nature.
Imagine yourself getting to stand before the throne of God and Jesus in the full splendor of his Majesty gets to look at you and say, well done. There is nothing that is better than that.