All Things New (3)
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· 2 viewsPeople seem to be captivated by the concept of a new start. Perhaps it is the regrets that haunt us over a lifetime. Or perhaps it is the excitement of embarking on a new journey. Either way, New Years seems to have a lot fans. But God is also in the business of new starts as we will see in this sermon.
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I am the New Year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time.
I am your next chance at the art of living. I am your opportunity to practice what you have learned about life during the last twelve months.
All that you sought and didn’t find is hidden in me, waiting for you to search it but with more determination.
All the good that you tried for and didn’t achieve is mine to grant when you have fewer conflicting desires.
All that you dreamed but didn’t dare to do, all that you hoped but did not will, all the faith that you claimed but did not have—these slumber lightly, waiting to be awakened by the touch of a strong purpose.
I am your opportunity to renew your allegiance to Him who said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
Everyone loves New Years
Why?
It brings hope.
hope for bright future
hope to overcome
better choices
new journey
God is also
a God of Newness
God is Continually New
God is Continually New
New Mercies Every Morning
New Mercies Every Morning
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Elsewhere bible says
God does not change.
Here He is NEW every day.
New how?
new in grace
new measure of mercy!
fresh supply of redemption
God is continually
trying new methods
to reach our hearts!
God does a New Thing
God does a New Thing
“Remember not the former things,
nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
What new thing?
God’s new approach
to woo us
with His love!
God constantly
doing new things.
Tells us His plans.
God Prophesies New Things
God Prophesies New Things
I am the Lord; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.
Behold, the former things have come to pass,
and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.”
God does not
want us to be surprised
with new approach.
Gives us prophecy
to let us know
what he will do next.
Speaking of Prophecy
about new approaches
Jeremiah foreshadows
New dispensation of grace.
New Covenant
New Covenant
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
Jesus describes more
clearly the New Covenant:
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
What made the
new covenant new?
The fact that his grace
not focused on Israel
focused on all.
Parables about Newness
Parables about Newness
Parable of the Scribe
Parable of the Scribe
And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
Scribe -
diligent Bible Teacher
Study deeply
bring out new truths
along with old waymarks
Each of us
need to be scribe
digging for new treasure
Along the same vein
parable:
New Wine in New Wineskins
New Wine in New Wineskins
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”
Jesus talking symbolicly.
New Wine =
New Testament Gospel
Old Wine =
Old Covenant Teachings
For people to
receive new truth
must let go
of old dogmas.
The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Volume 5 (Burst the Bottles)
Jesus’ revolutionary teachings could not be reconciled with the reactionary dogmas of Judaism. Any effort to contain Christianity within the dead forms of Judaism, that is, to unite the two by forcing Christianity to take the shape of, and be reconciled to it, would prove vain. Jesus taught that the principles of the kingdom of heaven applied to the souls of men would lead to the outworking of those principles in lives of active, radiant religion.
Speaking of
Letting Go of Old
Receiving New
Bible talks a lot about:
New Us
New Us
A teacher of a young adult
class asked the students to write their answers to the question, “What do
you want most out of life?” Nine out of ten answered, “Happiness.”
Psychology Today magazine took a poll of 40,000 readers. Eighty-three
percent responded that their main question was, “How can I find real
happiness?
People are desperate
for hope
happiness
Why does it
seem to elude most?
God Gives Us a New Heart
God Gives Us a New Heart
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
Amazing promise
of transformation.
Many say,
no point in resolutions.
Jesus teaches,
we can
change
transform
heart
mind
spirit
In fact,
bible says,
We can become
completely New!
We Can Be a New Creation
We Can Be a New Creation
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
This is the power
of the gospel!
Some may feel.
they can’t change.
can’t follow through
Jesus says categorically
not just possible
it is sure result
of gospel faith.
Paul repeatedly says:
Put Off Old Self, Put On New Self
Put Off Old Self, Put On New Self
to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Put off old self.
Put on new self.
Paul says
renewed in
spirit
mind.
New Year
New Slate
New You
Actually biblical!
Paul says again:
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
We are made new.
what are we like now?
Made new
into Creator’s image!!!
made like God!
The power of redemption!
That is the purpose
of Christ’s 2nd Coming.
Speaking of 2nd Coming
Peter says:
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
This is not just
doom and gloom.
God destroys this
old sinful world
to bring something better.
New Heaven and new Earth
New Heaven and new Earth
Few verses later:
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Our heart longs
for newness?
God wrote it into us.
New Year,
symbol of
new earth...
God speaks of it
repeatedly:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
again:
“For behold, I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
We won’t remember
brokenness and sin.
New Jerusalem
New Jerusalem
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
This is all so great.
but that is not all.
Not just
New Heaven
New Earth
We get
new identity!
New Name in Heaven
New Name in Heaven
Revelation 2:17 (ESV)
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
Revelation 3:12 (ESV)
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
Isaiah 62:2–4 (ESV)
The nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
The nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
I can’t wait,
everything new.
New Heaven
New Earth
New Jerusalem
New Name
and...
New Worship
Worship in the New Earth
Worship in the New Earth
“For as the new heavens and the new earth
that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
so shall your offspring and your name remain.
From new moon to new moon,
and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the Lord.
Imagine Heavenly Worship
Angel Choir
Entire Universe
Jesus Sermon
What more!
Truly New Year’s
Is a biblical concept
God desires newness
He promises newness
All Things New
All Things New
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
God wants to offer
complete newness
this New Year..
Will you accept it?
Will you seek it?
Someone once observed that a wasted life is really nothing more than a collection of wasted days. As God gives us life, each one of us starts the new year with the same number of opportunities—365—that we can choose to either use and invest in eternal things or allow to drift by without taking advantage of the gift we have been given. The difference between those who succeed and those who fail is not found primarily in talent but in diligence and effort.
Appeal
Appeal
In this New Year
God is offering
Newness
Accept it
Pursue it.