Peace… to set at one again! I love that! That’s what the word means, and that’s what Jesus gives! There is no better proof of that than when a person accepts Christ as their Savior–or as I said in my last post–”gets in the wheelbarrow.” An amazing transformation takes place when one truly becomes a believer. The passage I’ve been discussing has a wonderful promise, and I want to examine that today: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). There are five words here that go beyond explanation.
I experienced that in 1979 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina around noon. There were 800 people in the room, and one man on the stage with a Bible in his hand. I’ll not tell the whole story here, but when he gave the invitation, my wife and I responded along with about 300 other people. With a simple move of my will, answering the invitation of a wonderful Savior, I decided this would be a turning point in my life… and what a change!
Those five words are: “he is a new creation.” I have a set of books called “Barnes Notes on the Bible,” and he describes it very well:
“He (or she) has new views, new motives, new principles, new objects and plans of life. He seeks new purposes, and he lives for new ends… There is a change so deep, so clear, so entire, and so abiding, that it is proper to say, here is a new creation of God–a work of the divine power as decided and as glorious as when God create all things out of nothing.”
Wow! I mean… praise the Lord!
Please read that over again and again until it soaks in. Realize what Christ has done for you! It is no wonder that all of Heaven’s host rejoices when one sinner comes to Christ (Luke 15:10).
Talk about an extreme makeover! We can look at each of our days differently if we will simply accept what has taken place in our being. We are not the same. I don’t care what the devil tries to tell you, you belong to Jesus, and that’s it, period! Let’s put a smile on our face and begin living the “Happy New You” that Jesus intended!
Update on my surgery: Dr. Reeves was extremely happy with the results of the surgery. Even though it had been delayed over a month, the little cancer had not grown a bit. He removed it, and was so pleased that he canceled any follow-up chemo treatments. God answered prayer again… praise the Lord!
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Happy New You! Part 3
Peace… to set at one again! I love that! That’s what the word means, and that’s what Jesus gives! There is no better proof of that than when a person accepts Christ as their Savior–or as I said in my last post–”gets in the wheelbarrow.” An amazing transformation takes place when one truly becomes a believer. The passage I’ve been discussing has a wonderful promise, and I want to examine that today: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). There are five words here that go beyond explanation.
I experienced that in 1979 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina around noon. There were 800 people in the room, and one man on the stage with a Bible in his hand. I’ll not tell the whole story here, but when he gave the invitation, my wife and I responded along with about 300 other people. With a simple move of my will, answering the invitation of a wonderful Savior, I decided this would be a turning point in my life… and what a change!
Those five words are: “he is a new creation.” I have a set of books called “Barnes Notes on the Bible,” and he describes it very well:
“He (or she) has new views, new motives, new principles, new objects and plans of life. He seeks new purposes, and he lives for new ends… There is a change so deep, so clear, so entire, and so abiding, that it is proper to say, here is a new creation of God–a work of the divine power as decided and as glorious as when God create all things out of nothing.”
Wow! I mean… praise the Lord!
Please read that over again and again until it soaks in. Realize what Christ has done for you! It is no wonder that all of Heaven’s host rejoices when one sinner comes to Christ (Luke 15:10).
Talk about an extreme makeover! We can look at each of our days differently if we will simply accept what has taken place in our being. We are not the same. I don’t care what the devil tries to tell you, you belong to Jesus, and that’s it, period! Let’s put a smile on our face and begin living the “Happy New You” that Jesus intended!
Update on my surgery: Dr. Reeves was extremely happy with the results of the surgery. Even though it had been delayed over a month, the little cancer had not grown a bit. He removed it, and was so pleased that he canceled any follow-up chemo treatments. God answered prayer again… praise the Lord!
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