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Text - 2 Corinthians 5.17
Introduction
New Year and January
January replaced Marched as the first month of the Gregorian sometime around 150 B.C.
March - from the Roman god Mars
January - from Janus
See articles on Janus
New Year and the People
New year has become an opportunity to start again, or try again
Truth is nothing is new in this world.
Nothing is New under the Sun
Solomon saw the vanity of life without “divine origin and purpose”
Verse 9 - that which has been is that which will be…
Verse 10 - it has already existed for ages
God’s creation fell into a cycle of vain existence that slowly destroys all the beauty and goodness that God has placed in it.
Until Christ came...
The Gospel of Christ is the way out of the cycle of destruction into a new beginning!
New - grk. kainos, original and of a kind unseen before
God’s new creation was not seen in the first creation.
Everything is new!
Why Christ?
The Creative Word
He was the Agency of Creation
He was the Beginning of the creation of God
He was the Creator!
The Four Elements Necessary for Life
In the first creation, God provided all 4 elements for human life on earth.
He created the light
He created the waters
He gave the breath of life
He gave man food for his body
Jesus, the Word made flesh, offered the same things to the world.
The Same Creative Word that provide light, water, air and food to the natural man, now came to give Himself as the Light, Water, Bread and Breath of Life to all who believe!
He offered Himself as the Light of life
He offered as the Water of Life
He offered Himself as the Bread of Life
He gave the breath of Life to His disciples - those who believed in Him!
But the Holy Spirit actually came at Pentecost
These are the “supernatural elements” necessary to produce and sustain “supernatural life” - the New Creation!
New Creation comes only after Reconciliation
New Creation would not have been possible if Christ did not die on the Cross to pay the price of sin.
New Creation is the reward of reconciliation with God!
Be reconciled to God!
Conclusion
People value religion, race, culture above all things.
Not with Paul!
All that matters in this life is the “new creation”!
Without the New Creation, all things will remain the same.
There is nothing new under the sun.
There is nothing new in January
With the new creation, there is no need reflect on January!
all things have become new in life!
IF WE WANT “NEW THINGS” FROM GOD THIS YEAR -
LET US ASK FOR “NEW CREATIONS”!
LET US ASK FOR SOULS TO BE CONVERTED, DELIVERED FROM SIN, AND BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT!
NEW EQUIPMENT AND STUFF ARE NOT REALLY NEW.
THEY ARE JUST PROPS IN THE KINGDOM.
GOD IS MOST CONCERNED WITH HIS NEW CREATION!
GOD WANTS TO FILL HIS KINGDOM WITH NEW CREATURES - CREATED IN HIS IMAGE, QUICKENED BY HIS OWN SPIRIT!
IF YOU ARE A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST - ARE YOU?
You are no longer satisfied with natural light, water, air, food!
Your desire reaches for the supernatural sustenance of the Life that is in you now!
You’ll want to bask in the “Sunlight of God’s Presence”!
You’ll want to be filled by the Fountain of the Holy Spirit !
You’ll want to be fed by the Bread from heaven everyday!
You’ll want to breathe the air of God’s holy Presence!
YOU MUST BE A NEW CREATION!
ONLY A NEW CREATION CAN PRODUCE A NEW CREATION!
Song:
“Desperate”
And I… I’m desperate for You!
and I.... I’m lost without You!
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