June 23
If any man is in Christ,
he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become
new. But all things are of God (2 Corinthians 5:17,18 ASV).
The all-inclusive rule
of the new creation is that "all things are of (out from) God."
Concerning this fact the Apostle Paul uses the word "but" – "But all
things are of God" – as though he would anticipate, intercept, or arrest
an impulse to rush away and attempt life or service upon an old creation basis,
or with old creation resource. The great question then is: What does it mean
that all things in this new creation are out from God? What kind of a life will
such a life be? To answer that question adequately would be a very
comprehensive task and the most revolutionary thing conceivable.
To begin with, we should
have to be settled regarding the difference between the old
and the new creations, and then as to how far-reaching that difference is. In
addition, we should need to see that God has put these two creations asunder,
utterly and forever, and however
gracious and forbearing He may be with us in our ignorance and slowness of
apprehension, He never accepts the overlapping or intertwining of the two. Then
there would be the further need of an inward, intelligent judgment and power by
which we are made aware of the Divine veto upon the one and energy toward the
other....
It is not what is done
for God that will last, but what is done by God. The measure of spiritual value
is determined by the measure in which God promotes it, not the measure of human
activities according to human judgments and energies in the name of God.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: A New Creation
This photograph is from a Facebook page called Live Life in Color.
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