physically and die because the physical creation has been affected by the fall. However, while we were all born “dead in sin,” which damaged us physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally, there is an amazing truth for those who have been “born again”: we are new creations in Christ; the old things have passed away; the new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17)! Have you ever thought about what it means that you are a “new creation”? It means that you have been fundamentally changed;