HELEN SANDERS
5-26-2026
A NEW CREATION

How can you tell if someone has been born again? One way to tell comes from 2 Corinthians 5:17 where it says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ [born again], he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

When someone is born again, they have a new nature. That does not desire the things of sin anymore. Yes, Satan will tempt the person to fall back into the same old sinful habits, but they have an advocate. The Holy Spirit will convict them of their sin. They are not condemned, but that inner voice of the Spirit prompts them to turn from sin.

If they do not listen to the voice of the Spirit, and sin, they still have the ability to repent. 1 John 1:8-9 tells us this: “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins [to God], he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Our new nature does not play the “blame game” when they sin. It acknowledges the sin and deals with it. The old nature plays the “blame game” and puts the blame on others and lives a compromised life.

We will always have those two natures. It is up to us to let our new nature control us, and crucify our old nature daily. It takes work, but change will happen when we decide to live a crucified life.

So, in answering the question of “how can you tell if someone is born again,” we see it in their actions. They choose to follow God and not their flesh.