INTRODUCTION
THE TERM NEW REFERS TO THE SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE OLD MAN THAT YOU WERE BEFORE YOU BECAME A CHRISTIAN OR A NEW CREATION; IN A SENSE, THIS TRANSFORMATION COULD BE COMPARED TO THE RENOVATING OF AN OLD HOUSE OR THE RESTORING OF AN OLD CAR, BOTH WHICH TAKE THE REPLACEMENT OF OLD THINGS WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF NEW THINGS.
WITH A HOUSE YOU WOULD REPLACE THE WIRING,THE WALL,THE FLOORS AND ALL THOSE NECESSITIES THAT WOULD MAKE THIS RENOVATION COMPLETE;LIKEWISE WITH A CAR YOU WOULD RELACE THE ENGINE, THE FLOOR BOARDS, THE INTERIOR AND ALL THE NECESSITIES TO MAKE THIS RESTORATION COMPLETE.
I HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF RENOVATING A HOUSE AND RESTORING A CAR. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF RESTORING OR RENOVATING IS TO GET THE PROJECT AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE BY REPLACING THE OLD WITH NEW. THIS IS PARALLEL TO THE GRACE AND MERCY OF A SOVERIEGN GOD. HE WANTS TO RESTORRE US BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL ORGIN. BY GIVING US A REFRESHED EXISTENCE.
BODY OF SUBJECT
BY GIVING US A:
BRAND NEW MAN
BRAND NEW FAMILY
NEW SET OF VALUES
NEW MOTIVATION AND POSESSIONS
WE OFTEN TIMES REFER TO A SAINT AND HIS PAST BUT WE NEVER LET THIS GO AS BEING THE THINGS OF THE OLD MAN. WE SHOULD KNOW THAT GOD HAS DECLARED, "IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION,OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
I KNOW THERE IS NO ONE OUT THERE WHO HAS A PAST, WE HAVE ALL BEEN GOOD CHRISTIANS FOLKS ALL OF OUR LIVES.
THIS IS NOT MY TESTIMONY, I THANK GOD FOR BEING A MERCIFUL GOD A GOD OF DELIVERENCE, I THANK HIM FOR LOVING ME EVEN WHEN I WAS IN MY SIN, FOR BRINGING ME OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO HIS GLORIOUS LIGHT.
GOD IS MERCIFUL UNTO YOU AS WELL, IN THAT:
1) HE WASHED YOU UP.
2) HE SANCTIFIED YOU.
3) HE JUSTIFIED YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS AND BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
NOW YOU HAVE A NEW WALK - YOU HAVE A NEW TALK
FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
WHAT YOU WERE - YOU ARE NO MORE
KNOW THAT OUR OLD MAN WAS CRUCIFIED WITH HIM, THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DONE AWAY WITH, THAT WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF SIN.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAN ACCOMPLISH A LIFE CHANGING TRANSFORMATION FOR ALL WHO WILL BELIEVE IN CHRIST JESUS.
A TRANSFORMATION THAT WILL:
GIVE YOU A RENEWED SPIRIT
GIVE YOU A RENEWED MIND
GIVE YOU A RENEWED HEART
THE SAME TRANSFORMATION ALSO GIVES YOU A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
A LIFE EVERLASTING
A LIFE WITH NO END
A LIFE WITH AN AGELESS EXPIRATION
A LIFE THAT’S CONTINUAL - WITHOUT DISCONTINUANCE
A LIFE WITH A PERPETUAL ENDING
WHAT YOU WERE - YOU ARE NO MORE
YOUR SLATE HAS BEEN WIPED CLEAN
THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAID ONLY THE OTHER DAY:
I WILL GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE GARMENTS OF SALVATION.
THAT SALVATION:
YOU HEARD THE ELDERS TALK ABOUT
YOUR MAMA TAUGHT YOU ABOUT
THE PREACHER PREACHED ABOUT
WARNING
ALTHOUGH YOU HEARD THE ELDERS TALK ABOUT SALVATION
ALTHOUGH YOUR MAMA TAUGHT YOU ABOUT SALVATION
ALTHOUGH THE PREACHER PREACHED ABOUT SALVATION
IF YOU DON’T CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS,AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD.
SALVATION IS FAR FROM YOU
ON THE OTHER HAND.
IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH THE LORD JESUS, AND BELIEVE IN THINE HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, YOU SHALL BE SAVED.
WHAT YOU WERE - YOU ARE NO MORE
YOU HAVE BEEN WASHED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
YOU’VE BEEN BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER - THE SON - AND THE HOLY GHOST.
PUT YOU NEW HOLY GHOST ATTIRE ON
YOU HAVE BEEN RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF THE MIND.
PUT ON YOUR NEW MAN WHICH WAS CREATED ACCORDING TO GOD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS.
WHAT YOU WERE - YOU ARE NO MORE
STORY
PAUL’S TRANSFORMATION
ACTS 9: 1-6, 10 -12, 15 - 16, 20 -21, 26 - 27
CLOSING
A MANY OF US HAVE DONE THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT PROUD OF .
BUT GOD BEING MERCIFUL US TODAY SAID, " IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
EXAMPLES
IF YOU WERE A HOOKER AND ARE IN CHRIST - YOU ARE NOW A SAINT OF GOD WITH A NEW STROLE.
IF YOU WERE ONCE A DRUG DEALER AND ARE IN CHRIST - YOU ARE NOW A SAINT OF GOD DEALING THE HOLY WORD.
IF YOU WERE A CONVICTED MURDERER AND ARE IN CHRIST - YOU ARE NOW A SAINT OF GOD SLAYING THE ENEMY WITH SPIRIT AND TRUTH. (OPTIONAL) (GIVE EXAMPLES OF TRANSFORMATION AS CURRENT EVENTS OR PERSONAL TESIMONIES ARE GREAT EXAMPLES)
WHAT YOU WERE YOU ARE NO MORE
OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
YOUR FORMER LIFE HAS BEEN CULTIVATED TO A NEW LIFE AND YOU HAVE GROWN INTO THIS NEW LIFE.
AS BETTER SAID BY THE APOSTLE PAUL IN THE FIFTH CHAPTER EIGTH VERSE.
FOR YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD.
THIS MESSAGE IS A MESSAGE OF SURPREME HOPE.
GOD IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHO YOU WERE, BUT WHO YOU ARE WITHIN HIM.
YOUR PAST HAS BEEN PUT FAR AWAY FROM YOU.
WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY, GIVE IT TO GOD AND KEEP PRESSING ON TOWARD THE MARK.
TITUS 3: 3 - 6
(3) FOR WE OURSELVES WERE ALSO ONCE FOOLISH, DISOBEDIENT, DECEIVED, SERVING VARIOUS LUSTS AND PLEASURES, LIVING IN MALICE AND ENVY, HATEFUL AND HATING ONE ANOTHER.
(4) BUT WHEN THE KINDNESS AND THE LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOR TOWARD MAN APPEARED,
(5) NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, THROUGH THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
(6) WHOM HE POURED OUT ON US ABUNDANTLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR,
WHAT YOU WERE - YOU ARE NO MORE
HEBREW 8:12
THUS SAITH THE LORD: I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO YOUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, AND YOUR SINS AND INIQUITIES WILL I REMEMBER NO MORE.
THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
WHAT YOU WERE - YOU ARE NO MORE
CLOSING PRAYER
READY TO FORGIVE
UNTO THE O LORD
DO I LIFT UP MY SOUL.
FOR THOU, LORD, ART GOOD
AND READY TO FORGIVE; AND PLENTIOUS IN MERCY
UNTO ALL THEM THAT CALL UPON THEE.
