Contemplative Bible Reading

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New, Not Improved

April 23rd, 2023 · No Comments

Ephesians 4:34 (New Living Translation)

24 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.

The writer is explaining what Jesus Christ has done for them. Jesus made their lives different. They are better.

NO! WRONG!

My life isn’t different. My life isn’t better. My life isn’t improved.

My life is N E W.

We have this phrase today used in ads all the time, “New and improved.” Jesus did not make me “new and improved.” Jesus made me N E W. Jesus didn’t work on a few of my faults to lessen them. Jesus didn’t work on a few of my strengths to increase them.

Jesus made me N E W.

The old (good and bad) in me is gone, forgotten, vanished. I am N E W.

Every moment of every day I need to act like it.

Tags: Ephesians · New Testament

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