“What’s New?”
Scripture 2 Corinthians 5:14-18
For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Easter (the resurrection) makes all things NEW!
The emphasis will be on NEW LIFE! Until we are changed to be fit for heaven we should constantly be having new life in this world. New life is not being born again and we are done. Spring comes once a year. Each time there is a sunset there will also be a sunrise and a new day. When Jesus was resurrected it showed us the ultimate experience of NEW LIFE. We don't have to be tomorrow where we are today because tomorrow gives us the possibility of New Life. It is not just celebrating the resurrection, rather what the resurrection means for daily living - It does mean eternal life but also means abundant life.
How does Jesus resurrection effect your daily living? Can you see yourself as newer in Christ a year from now compared to how you are today? What area of life are you most in need of having become new?
What does resurrection newness look like?
It looks like a house that had mold and mildew made new again.
Lev 14:39-42 On the seventh day the priest shall return to inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls, he is to order that the contaminated stones be torn out and thrown into an unclean place outside the town. He must have all the inside walls of the house scraped and the material that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the town. Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take new clay and plaster the house.
Remember to take the mildew and bury it and walk into a new revitalized house fit for abundant living.
Revelation 21:1-5
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!"
From the Heart,
Pastor Jeff Cooper
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