The New Life In Christ: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2Corinthians 5:17.

 “No one sews s patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the fear worse.

Neither do men pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved. Matthew 9:16-17.

Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer instruments of righteousness. Romans 8:9.

You, however, are called not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. Romans 8:9. Amen.

The New Life In Christ: “The word God puts in my mouth, that is what I must say.” Numbers 22:38.

But now we are discharged from the laws, dead to that which held us captive, so that we are slaves not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.

What then should we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. Romans 7:6-7.

I am speaking the truth in Christ-I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit. Romans 9:1.

Do not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God-what is good and acceptable and perfect! Romans 12-2. Amen.

The New Life In Christ: Listen to me…for a teaching will go out from me. Isaiah 51:4.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel…not with words of human wisdom, just the cross of Christ be employed of it’s power. 1Corinthians 1:17.

For the appeal we make does not spring from error impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. 1Thessalonians 2:

Join with others in following my example. Philippians 3:17. Amen.

                                                                          

The New Life In Christ: …how can you who are evil say anything good? Matthew 12:34.

For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him., and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 12:34-37.

But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one master…

And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one Teacher, the Christ. Matthew 23:8-10. Amen.

The New Life In Christ: …but now my eyes sees you. Job 42:5.

‘Can mortals be righteous before God? Can human beings be pure before their maker? Job 4:17.

“How happy is the whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

For he wounds, but he binds up; he strikes, but his hands heal. Job 5:17-18.

“Can papyrus grow where is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?

While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant.

Such are paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish. Job8:11-13.

“See, God will not reject a blameless person, nor tale the hand of evildoers”.

Job8:20.

Whom among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? Job 12:9. Amen.

The New Life In Christ: When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have stopped dealing treacherously, you will be dealt with treacherously. Isaiah 33:1.

Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly, who despise the gain of oppression, who wave a bribe instead of accepting it, who stop ears from hearing of bloodshed and shut their eyes from looking on evil, they will live on the heights; their refuge will be fortresses of rocks; their food will be supplied, their water assured. Isaiah 33:15-16.

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer every one. Colossians 4:6.

…and find out what please the Lord.

...understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:10 & 5:17. Amen.

The New Life In Christ: Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. Luke 16:10.

“No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You can not serve both God and Money.

The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God’s sight. Luke 16:13-15.

It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law. Luke 16:17.

For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commands. 2Corinthians 10:18. Amen.