Off with the Old!

2 Corinthians 5: 17

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

A few of us know what a brand new car looks and smells like.

They even sell the new car smell in a bottle, so to keep reminding us of what the new care used to smell like.

After a while, that new car smell kind of wears off.

It isn’t long, and the car that once was show room quality, is far from what it once looked like.

That’s not the way it is with a new believer in Christ, though.

The old has got to go, so the new is introduced.

A new creation is new, and nothing from the past should get in the way of the newness.

Is that true of you today? Is the new still looking new, or have you allowed some of the stinky stuff from the past back in?

The old has got to go, as it has to do with Jesus.

The way we used to think, or act, is ancient history…or at least it should be.

What from the past has still got you all weighed down?

If you are a child of God, then the old stuff should be long gone.

The old life won’t be allowed in Heaven, where as the new life will one day find even more newness.

That seems like a great bargain, for the old jalopy life I used to drive…or what used to drive me…