Therefore if any person is (ingrafted) in Christ (the
Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature
altogether); the old (previous moral and spiritual
condition) has passed away. Behold, the fresh and
new has come (2 Corinthians 5:17 AMP).
The new creation is without a past. He's a brand
new species of being that never existed before.
When the scripture above says, "Old things are
passed away," it means the old life; the old nature
no longer exists.
Romans 6:4 tells us that "...as Christ was raised
up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even
so we also should walk in newness of life." What
you have now is a new life altogether. According to
the Scriptures, when Jesus died, you died with
Him; when He was buried, you were buried with
Him; now that He's resurrected, you've also arisen
with Him into a newness of life.
That's why the Word admonishes us to "...put on
the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness" (Ephesians 4:24).
Your old nature was crucified with Christ.
Sickness, poverty, failure and death are not a part
of your new life in Christ.
Cease to lament your past because God doesn't
have the record of that life. Your new life begun
the day you received Christ and confessed His
Lordship over your life.
Eternal life was at once
imparted to your human spirit, and you became a
new creation.

Confession:

I have the supernatural life of God in me! The
resurrection life is at work in my spirit, soul and
body! I walk in this newness of life, having put on
the new man in Christ, which after God is created
in righteousness and true holiness!

Further Study:

James 1:18 (AMP)

And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us
birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we
should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a
sample of what He created to be consecrated to
Himself].

John 1:12-13 (AMP)

But to as many as did receive and welcome Him,
He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to
become the children of God, that is, to those who
believe in (adhere to, trust in, and relyon) His
name — Who owe their birth neither to [a]bloods
nor to the will of the flesh [that of physical impulse]
nor to the will of man [that of a natural father], but
to God. [They are born of God!]

Thank you for reminding me. I often forget this.