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Sermon Notes

January 4, 2009

THE NEW, BUT NOT THE INNOVATION

New and not Novel

Old but not Aged

WHAT IS EVER READY -

Lamentations 3:33

Isaiah 40

WHAT COUNTS

Jeremiah 31:22 - the New Thing

Revelation5:9ff. - the New Song

WHAT IS INCLUDED

II Corinthians 5:17 - the New Creation

John 13:34 - the New Commandment

Romans 6:4 Newness of Life

WHAT CHANGES IN MAN

Ephesians 4:23 - Renewed in the spirit of your mind

Titus 3:5 - the Renewing of the Holy Spirit

Isaiah 62:2 - a New Name

WHAT STAYS AND GOES: THE PLUS AND THE MINUS

Revelation 21:1, Isaiah 65:17 - A New Heavens and a New Earth

(minus the old ones, Isaiah 51:6, Matthew 24:35, Revelation 20:11)

Revelation 22:17 - the River of Life

(the streams of living spiritual waters on earth,
the fulness of tide and flow in heaven):
John 7:37, 4:14)

NO NEW GOSPEL,

NO NEW JESUS,

NO NEW CHRIST

Hebrews 13:8,
Acts 1:7,
Ephesians 1:10,
Galatians 1, 3, 5,
Revelation 19-22

Make sure :

That your love does not grow cold (if you are His, it will not do so, but your heart may need some treatment from time to time!) … Matthew 24:12;

That your delight in the Lord does not become aged (it will not do so if you are His, but it may need some spiritual rejuvenation) … Psalm 37:3-5;  

That your trust in Him is altogether and not slippery;   for to slide on take-off is bad, on landing worse; but to be faithful, steadfast, abiding in His Spirit and obeying His call in all things, this is not only no novelty, but to be sought as the very oldest in the very newest, ever refreshed by His streams of living water (Isaiah 33:6).

That your love of the new life in the Same Lord Jesus Christ, is elemental and pure, and not polluted by known sin: it is in Him, the Lord of glory, to whom every knee will bow, as in Isaiah 45 and Philippians 2, the SAME LORD in both Old and New Testament, the eternal word of God: for there is only one God and this is the only Mediator and Saviour. The Father sent; Christ paid (Philippians 1:9).