BELOVED: LET JESUS MAKES ALL THINGS NEW FOR YOU THIS DAY!! The word new is somewhat hard to define. It could be something that has never been used before. It could mean something fresh. One definition from dictionary defines new this way: of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time. I like this last definition as it applies to a new covenant, a new life, a new creation, a new birth - all of which we have through Jesus. A NEW COVENANT Way back in the Old Testament, in the book of Jeremiah, it was prophesied that the Lord would make a new covenant. In fact, it is the only passage in the Old Testament that the term new covenant is used. The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt. JEREMIAH 31:31-32a According to HEBREWS 8:7, the reason the old covenant was replaced was: For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said: It is here in the book of Hebrews that the prophecy from Jeremiah 31 is repeated. In HEBREWS 8:13 it explains further, By calling this covenant new, He has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. In this instance, God made a new covenant because He knew it would be better than the old one. According to the definition above, this new covenant, of which Jesus was a part, is of a kind now existing or appearing for the first time. A NEW LIFE Is it really possible to have a new life, no matter what age you are? YES! Through Jesus and because of the covenant that was made by God, you can have a new life! Throughout scripture this miraculous phenomenon is sometimes referred to as a new creation or a new birth. The most well-known of these scriptures comes from 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come! This new creation is also mentioned in Galatians when the Apostle Paul is trying to talk to those who were arguing about Old Covenant theology vs. New Covenant theology: Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, what counts is a new creation. GALATIANS 6:15 In 1 PETER, this new creation is referred to as a new birth: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 PETER 1:3 This new life is also mentioned in Romans: We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. ROMANS 6:4 What does it all mean? God obviously wants what is best for His people. Just as He made a new and better covenant, He wants us to have a new and better life. Out with the old, in with the new! But How? Try to understand through His Word how much He loves you and how much he wants go bless you and give you an abundant life. You truly dont have to stay stuck in your old ways, your old way of thinking, your old filthy habits - with Jesus, your life can become new! This new life will be perfected when I go to be with Jesus for an eternity! This new life will be perfected when I go to be with Jesus for an eternity!
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:04:33 +0000