It is fifty years today since C.S. Lewis died. There is only one surviving recording of his voice. During the Second World War, the BBC sought out Lewis to provide a series of encouraging talks to be broadcast weekly. Later these were transcribed and collated to form the book “Mere Christianity.” The New Men is the last episode in Beyond Personality, the third series. It was broadcast on BBC radio on 21st March 1944.
You can access this recording at this link: c.s.lewis-original-recording.mp3
From the moment of holy baptism, the new man is created. His presence within is recognized as Believers continue in the Word. The more his presence is recognized, the less the old Adam is able to deceive us into thinking he is our authentic self.
Being crucified with Christ (the death of self), is newness of life.
Paul says it beautifully, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who gave himself for me.
Such ‘giving’ is not simply in the historical sense, but in the present, metaphysically.