Sydney Carton gave Charles Darnay new clothes which enabled him to escape prison, but Jesus does so much more than give us new clothes. He gives us a new birth if indeed we have been born again from above, that is, born of water and Spirit (John 3:3, 5). New birth gives us new life (Romans 6:4).
We are not fugitives from justice merely hiding our identity under false clothing, but we are truly new people who have been set free. We are free from the fear of death (Hebrews 2 14-15), so we are no longer on death row. We are also free from the tyrannical control of sin (John 8:34-36), which means we are no longer prisoners of sin and can now pursue righteousness. Now we are free to approach God with confidence (Ephesians 3:12). Praise God, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free" (Galatians 5:1 NIV).
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