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How does God do "new" things? What does it mean that He makes all things new? These are the questions I asked myself inspired by Big Daddy Weave's song, "All Things New."

Join me on a discovery tour from Old to New Testaments inspired by this song.

In this episode, I discuss:

• Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
  • Read in context
  • Utilize section headings
  • Consult an overview
• The 30 Day Music Challenge
• Rehearsing phrases in songs and not really knowing what Scripture says about them
• Reading Isaiah 42-44 to take in context Isaiah 43:19 where God was doing a new thing
• Spending time in these same chapters in Episodes 384 and 385
• Consulting an overview
  • I use the ESV Study Bible - Amazon Link
  • I also refer to Bible Project videos - YouTube Video
• How the original audience of Isaiah 44:14-21 were defeated people under worldly domination
• The new thing God may be doing could be now, but He always has His eyes set on eternity
• How I need to stop resenting the way God chooses to fulfill His purposes
• How freedom from captivity in Isaiah 44 was considered a "new thing" by God, and our freedom from the captivity of sin is also called "new" - 2 Corinthians 5:17
• God's reason for making us into a "new creation" is to give us the ministry of reconciliation - 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
• Where we see the actual phrase "all things new" - Revelation 21:1-7
• Keeping our eyes fixed on the "new" God has in mind - 1 John 2:17

 

Additional Resources

• Lyrics - New Release Today
• Chords - Praise Charts
• Behind The Song With Kevin Davis - New Release Today Article
• "What does it mean that a Christian is a new creation?" - GotQuestions.org Article
• "Behold, I Make All Things New" - John Piper Sermon - DesiringGod.org

This Week's Challenge

Let the Word of God change the way you think. Continue to spend time in Isaiah 40-55, focusing on chapter 44, where we see God doing a new thing in an unexpected way. Head over to 2 Corinthians 5 and learn all about the new bodies we'll get in eternity and how we're made into a new creation here on earth, and why. Finally, dwell on Revelation 21, taking in all the newness promised Christ-followers in eternity.

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