New new? When is new–“new?” Many of the things that we possess claim to be new. Yet, when you really examine them they are simply something that has been reworked, renovated, or renewed. In that case, new isn’t really “new.”
Think about it. When each of us received a “new life” in Christ at baptism, was that “newness” really “new?” Or, for that matter, was that simply a retreaded surface on the same old sinful body?
God’s Word tells us: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" (Philippians 3: 20-21).
When God talks about the “new” man, is He speaking to us about an old, sinful man transformed into a new, perfected man? Or, is He talking about something altogether new, not just changed but recreated from scratch? When we received the Holy Spirit through baptism into Jesus Christ, we became a new creation in spirit. We are a totally new model, not just a reissue with some new paint. And, because we are really “new,” we stand out from the old.
. “I pray today in Jesus name that since we are new men and women in Christ, we ought to remember that we are different, not just in faith, but in the lives we live and how other see us. Praise the Lord. Amen!”
“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34) www.thispassingday.com
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