Recently somebody reminded me something from my past... It was there and then that I discovered the following truths.
To begin with, look at this scripture
Isaiah 43
18 “Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
God says that the past must be allowed to be the past.
I discovered that God is so concerned about NEW
The word new has been used more than 200 times in the Bible. That stirs some interest in me. Why would one word appear so many times throughout scriptures?
Leviticus 23:16
- Everyone who reminds me of my past does so because they belong there (in the past)
- I have a past like everybody else but i no longer live there.
- If you spend today dwelling on yesterday, then you are not living your today but your past.
To begin with, look at this scripture
Isaiah 43
18 “Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert.
God says that the past must be allowed to be the past.
I discovered that God is so concerned about NEW
The word new has been used more than 200 times in the Bible. That stirs some interest in me. Why would one word appear so many times throughout scriptures?
Leviticus 23:16
Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 26:10
You shall eat the old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new.
Numbers 16:30
But if the Lord creates a new thing...
Numbers 18:12
“All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain...
Deuteronomy 22:8
“When you build a new house...
Deuteronomy 24:5
[ Miscellaneous Laws ] “When a man has taken a new wife...
1 Samuel 6:7
Now therefore, make a new cart...
1 Samuel 20:5
And David said to Jonathan, “Indeed tomorrow is the New Moon...
1 Kings 11:29
Now it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that
the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way; and he had clothed
himself with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field.
.Psalm 33:3
Sing to Him a new song...
Psalm 40:3
He has put a new song in my mouth...
Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isaiah 62:2
The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, And all kings your glory. You shall be called by a new name...
Jeremiah 26:10
When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the Lord and sat down in the entry of the New Gate...
Jeremiah 31:31
[ A New Covenant ] “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant...
Lamentations 3:23
They are new every morning...
Ezekiel 11:19
Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit...
Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit...
Matthew 9:17
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
Matthew 26:28
For this is My blood of the new covenant...
Luke 5:36
Then He spoke a parable to them: “No one puts a piece from a new garment ...
1 Corinthians 5:7
Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump...
Ephesians 4:24
and that you put on the new man...
I will tell you why God is so concerned about NEW .
You see He has made a new Jerusalem
Revelation 21:2
Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem...
and nothing OLD can enter in the new Jerusalem.
only NEW people with a NEW name shall enter the NEW Jerusalem.
But this one here made my mind to spin...
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Did you see what I saw?
When one accepts Christ as Lord and Saviour, Jesus makes ALL THINGS new!!! Hallelujah! The first thing Jesus takes away from the repentant sinner is not the sins but the PAST!!! Glory to God!!! I no longer have a past! I am a new creation! The old is GONE! Behold all things have become new!!! I am qualified for the NEW heaven. I am ready for the NEW Jerusalem. I long for the city whose architect and builder is Christ. Glory to Jesus!
Nobody dares to remind me of the past because I don't have one. I am NEW!!!
I feel like bursting with joy in the Holy Spirit. Come on somebody. If you are not in Christ, you need to try Jesus Today!
He is concerned about making EVERYTHING in your life NEW!
