ALL THINGS NEW

“THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17

The love of Christ compels us to look to Him, seek after Him, become more like Him. For too many of us, this passage of Scripture is little more than justification for pretending to be what we desire to be rather than allow God to raise us up to be who they were created to be in God.

Herein lies the hitch; knowing the will of God in each individual life. What is “clean” for me may indeed be “Unclean” for you; that is to say, that God knows each of our weaknesses and strengths, what may become destructive in my life; paralyzing my spiritual maturity, may not affect you negatively at all, in fact may even be a spiritual strength for you.
This free will is most disturbing to those of us who would rather have the ten laws written in stone.

Many, perhaps most, would prefer that God would just clearly list all things displeasing to Him for every area of our lives; thus removing our need to seek and to follow Him diligently. God however desires not mind-numb robots programmed to follow rules; God desires relationship with you, therefore, He asks you to stay in step with the Holy Spirit, working out your own salvation with fear and trembling and He commands us not to judge one another, for indeed the liberty expressed in another’s life may be precisely what God has called Him to do.

“THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW. So, we might ask, “LORD, WHAT IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT?”, but that question was already asked long ago and the answer remains the same; “LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, ALL YOUR SOULD, ALL YOUR HEART, MIND AND STRENGTH AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” Only people who have been changed by the Holy Spirit of God can love well. Amen!