Devotional Series : All Things New
#36 A Treasure of Things New and Old
We must have light to see what Christ made NEW! Matthew 13:52 NASB And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings … Continue reading
#35 New Appearance
Mark 2:21 NIV No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. Nothing of ruined humanity is salvageable. Nothing can be … Continue reading
#34 The New Life Lives in the New Spirit
Revelation 21:5a NASB And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” All things have become NEW and are ever becoming new. All things…including me! If I try to press the NEW life into … Continue reading
#33 New Garment, New Identity
Matthew 9:16 NIV No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Jesus first creates the image of clothing. Second, He draws the picture … Continue reading
#32 Now is the New
Lamentations 3:22, 23 NIV Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. The manna of the wilderness speaks many things that reveal how God … Continue reading
#31 The Old Must Go
Matthew 9:17 NKJV Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. Jesus declared … Continue reading
#30 New Wine, New Day
Luke 5:38 NASB But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. The word ‘new’ here means new as to time, not as to quality. It reminds us of the manna God gave Israel. It was new every day. If … Continue reading
#29 We Are Not to Be Old Wineskins
Luke 5:37 NASB And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled out and the skins will be ruined. Wine skins were made out of goat skin. … Continue reading
#28 When There Is No Need to Be New
Luke 5:37-38 NASB And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled out and the skins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into fresh … Continue reading
#27 New Wine, Old Self
Luke 5:37-38 NASB And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into fresh … Continue reading
#26 New Testament People
John 14:12 NASB “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.” Since we (who … Continue reading
#25 The Same New Life
Ephesians 2:4-5 AMPC But God—so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings … Continue reading
#24 Revelation and Resurrection
Paul’s mighty prayer as written (for us) to the Ephesians: “…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the KNOWLEDGE of HIM. I pray that … Continue reading
#23 The Cross: Scene of Resurrection
2 Corinthians 4:11 NASB For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death works in us, but life in … Continue reading
#22 NEW Knowledge of God
2 Corinthians 1:10 AMPC [For it is He] Who rescued and saved us from such a perilous death, and He will still rescue and save us; in and on Him we have set our hope (our joyful and confident expectation) that … Continue reading
#21 The Intimate Presence
2 Corinthians 1:8b ESV For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Intimacy with God is REAL only where there is radical reliance on God. And dependence on Christ must be forced upon … Continue reading
#20 Resurrection from the Grave Only
The NEW is never born out of flesh or effort or pseudo-faith. Resurrection life will only strike where there is a void, a hopelessness…a corpse of self! We must understand that Resurrection touches only where there is consummate death! Where … Continue reading
#19 New Things Out of Nothing
Romans 4:17 NLT That is what the scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.” This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates … Continue reading
#18 The New Covenant Is Everlasting
Jeremiah 31:31-32 NASB “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the … Continue reading
#17 We Have to Let Go of the Old
Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and … Continue reading