“No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” Matthew 9:17 NIV
When Jesus came, everything changed. We no longer approach God through the feasts and sacrifices of the Old Testament. Now we approach God only through His Son. When Jesus comes into our life, everything changes. First, there is the change that only God can bring. No amount of self- effort, self-change or self-reformation will make your life adequate to accommodate Christ. God must first bring about a change in us. That is why Jesus said, “You must be born again.” (John 3:7). You must become a new person. Once we have come to Christ, there are a whole series of changes we make in co-operation with God. This is what the Bible means by “working out your salvation” (Philippians 2:12). It is a lifelong process of confessing and turning away from sin, yielding to the influence of the Holy Spirit and growing in grace. In other words, we cannot come to Christ and keep living the same life we lived before Christ. A sinner can be reasonably happy in his or her sin. But a true believer will never be happy in their sin. As a Christian, sin will only make you miserable. But that is a good thing! God doesn’t leave us in our sin, because the old is incompatible with the new. Our lives need to change to accommodate Jesus Christ in every aspect of our lives. It is time to leave the old behind. Will you do it?
PRAYER THOUGHT
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for bringing life-giving changes into my life.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord, we confess that sin will only make us miserable. But that is a good thing! Thank You that You do not leave us in our sin, because the old is incompatible with the new. Thank You that we can leave the old life behind and live the new life in the power of Your Holy Spirit. AMEN
I.B.R.A. Readings
Judges 13:2-7
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