New - Part 2
We are continuing today with our study of the word “new.”
According to 1 Peter 2:2, as new babes in Christ, we are to desire the sincere milk of the Word of God, that we may grow up and become mature people that God can use in His Kingdom to bring in the harvest of those who are still out in the world, without Him.
When we are born again, given a new spirit, there is another aspect to our relationship with the Lord. It is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. We see in Mark 16:17 that we will speak with new tongues. Just what are these new tongues for? Why do we need them? We need the new tongues to speak to our Heavenly Father in His language, a language that our enemy, the devil, cannot understand. It is our personal communication between us and God for ourselves and those for whom we pray. It is our language to use when we need building up in our spirit man. It is the language we use to pray out the mysteries and secrets of Heaven for our lives, to establish God’s plans for us. And, at the right time, He lets us know these mysteries and secrets that we have prayed out in tongues.
And the greatest new thing that is to operate in our lives as a result of being born anew is the Love of God that is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Jesus told us that He was giving us a new commandment. It is not an option. It is a commandment from our Commander-In-Chief. John 13:34,35 A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another. In Matthew 22:37-39 again Jesus is speaking and He says: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. In 1 John 2, John writes that this commandment is really not a new commandment but an old one that we have known from the beginning. It is just a new place that we are in. In the new covenant, Jesus has given us the ability, through Himself, to love as He loves. We cannot do it in our own human efforts, but He makes it possible as we yield to His work in us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And now let’s talk about our praise of Him, our worship of Him, as His children. Psalms is full of the phrase “a new song.” Let’s look at some of these verses. Psalm 33:3 tells us to sing to him a new song. Psalm 96:1,2 tells us to sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation from day to day. Psalm 98:1 tells us to sing unto the Lord a new song; for he has done marvelous things; his right hand, and his holy arm, has gotten him the victory. Wow! That’s something to sing about. God has gotten the victory for us through Jesus, Who is now sitting at His right hand. The Lord has done marvelous things for us. Then in Psalm 144:9 we can state with David: I will sing a new song to You, O God. And in Psalm 149:1 we are told to praise the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song and His praise in the congregation of the saints.
Look at Isaiah 42:9,10. What a wonderful promise from the Lord and then our response. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them. Sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise from the end of the earth, all you peoples of the earth.
And finally we have the book of Revelation, the final book in the Bible, which opens up for us all kinds of new things----new songs being sung, a new Jerusalem, new heavens and new earth, and then the capstone in chapter 22:5 is a promise from God: Behold, I make all things new. Everything God touches becomes new because of the complete life that He is. He is all life, all light, all love. There is nothing old in Him. Every time we see Him, we see a new facet of His nature. Every contact with Him will bring forth a new understanding of His omniscience and His omnipotence. What a God we serve! And just think: Throughout all eternity we will have untold opportunities to know Him in newness of life-----live forever, eternally.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
According to 1 Peter 2:2, as new babes in Christ, we are to desire the sincere milk of the Word of God, that we may grow up and become mature people that God can use in His Kingdom to bring in the harvest of those who are still out in the world, without Him.
When we are born again, given a new spirit, there is another aspect to our relationship with the Lord. It is the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. We see in Mark 16:17 that we will speak with new tongues. Just what are these new tongues for? Why do we need them? We need the new tongues to speak to our Heavenly Father in His language, a language that our enemy, the devil, cannot understand. It is our personal communication between us and God for ourselves and those for whom we pray. It is our language to use when we need building up in our spirit man. It is the language we use to pray out the mysteries and secrets of Heaven for our lives, to establish God’s plans for us. And, at the right time, He lets us know these mysteries and secrets that we have prayed out in tongues.
And the greatest new thing that is to operate in our lives as a result of being born anew is the Love of God that is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. Jesus told us that He was giving us a new commandment. It is not an option. It is a commandment from our Commander-In-Chief. John 13:34,35 A new commandment I give unto you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another. In Matthew 22:37-39 again Jesus is speaking and He says: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. In 1 John 2, John writes that this commandment is really not a new commandment but an old one that we have known from the beginning. It is just a new place that we are in. In the new covenant, Jesus has given us the ability, through Himself, to love as He loves. We cannot do it in our own human efforts, but He makes it possible as we yield to His work in us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And now let’s talk about our praise of Him, our worship of Him, as His children. Psalms is full of the phrase “a new song.” Let’s look at some of these verses. Psalm 33:3 tells us to sing to him a new song. Psalm 96:1,2 tells us to sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation from day to day. Psalm 98:1 tells us to sing unto the Lord a new song; for he has done marvelous things; his right hand, and his holy arm, has gotten him the victory. Wow! That’s something to sing about. God has gotten the victory for us through Jesus, Who is now sitting at His right hand. The Lord has done marvelous things for us. Then in Psalm 144:9 we can state with David: I will sing a new song to You, O God. And in Psalm 149:1 we are told to praise the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song and His praise in the congregation of the saints.
Look at Isaiah 42:9,10. What a wonderful promise from the Lord and then our response. Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them. Sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise from the end of the earth, all you peoples of the earth.
And finally we have the book of Revelation, the final book in the Bible, which opens up for us all kinds of new things----new songs being sung, a new Jerusalem, new heavens and new earth, and then the capstone in chapter 22:5 is a promise from God: Behold, I make all things new. Everything God touches becomes new because of the complete life that He is. He is all life, all light, all love. There is nothing old in Him. Every time we see Him, we see a new facet of His nature. Every contact with Him will bring forth a new understanding of His omniscience and His omnipotence. What a God we serve! And just think: Throughout all eternity we will have untold opportunities to know Him in newness of life-----live forever, eternally.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 7:04 AM
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