A Word About Life and Things
A New Creation
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Men and women have always tried to make the outside
of our bodies to be clean, dressed with the best
clothes, and wear the best jewelry. We try our best
to keep looking the best with a tummy tuck and any
other things that are needed to look our best. We
dye our hair and have hair transplants. We have
collagen injections to make our face look better. We
do our best to look good in public. But what about
the inside and in our hearts?
Jesus told the Pharisees that they clean on the outside of a cup and dish, but the insides are full of extortion and self-indulgence. He also said they were like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead mens bones and all uncleanness. We do the same thing: We dress in our best clothes, we wear the most expensive jewelry, We like to show off to the most prominent people. We are telling everyone we have no problems. While on the inside we are like dead mens bones. We have chaos in our lives. Jesus said you must be born again. You cannot take your old self and dress up the outside and be good to God. He said we must be born again. That means we give our life and everything we have to Him, as our redeemer. When we do that we are a new creation, in the Lord. Old things pass away and all things are new. We are a new person on the inside and outside. We do not have to pretend and longer. We have become a new and beautiful person on the inside and the outside. Because we belong to the Lord God Almighty; We are His new Man and Woman. We belong to Him. New King James Version Matthew 23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 "Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 "Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. New King James Version John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." 4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" 5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. New King James Version John 3:14 "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 "that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. New King James Version Romans 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. New King James Version Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |