Once a person has been spiritually born anew, they are a "new creation." Our old human spirit has been born anew, but our newly created human spirit, made perfect by the washing of regeneration, still animates our flesh and blood physical body. We still have our memories of our old attributes and attitudes, in short our old self. (Old here is not used to indicate age, but the worn out inferior version of ourselves.)
Both 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 6:15 refer to those born anew as "new creations." Therefore one of our tasks or callings, as born anew ambassadors of Christ is to rid ourselves of the controlling influence of our "old self." Ephesians 4:22. This daily battle is termed "Progressive Sanctification." You can read all about it in 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12.
Both 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 6:15 refer to those born anew as "new creations." Therefore one of our tasks or callings, as born anew ambassadors of Christ is to rid ourselves of the controlling influence of our "old self." Ephesians 4:22. This daily battle is termed "Progressive Sanctification." You can read all about it in 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12.