Welcome to Hank’s Place –
Here we believe the New Covenant really is NEW – it is not a rehash, a make-over, of the Old one. Under the Old, WE were responsible to perform – to get it right – in order for God to bless us. IF we were obedient to ALL He commanded, THEN blessings would flow.
My friend, I see so many Christians struggling today – Christians mind you: Depressed. Anxious. Confused. Downcast. Because – of an Old Covenant mindset. They are believing they must please God first, in order to be accepted, to be approved. They may point to Matt 25:21,23 where Jesus gives a parable where a master of the house is saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the master.” And they wrestle with thoughts of “am I good enough,” “have I done enough.” Maybe that’s you.
My friend, remember – in the New Covenant – God – Father and Son made it, for us, Jesus being our representative. It is eternal and cannot fail for God cannot fail.
We BELIEVE: that Jesus IS our Savior and Lord, and God translates us into the Kingdom of His beloved Son. He makes us New Creations: sons and daughters of the Living God. Eternally accepted in the beloved. Eph 1:3.
Put away that Old Covenant believing my friend, put it away today. Embrace the NEW Covenant – after all, it is true – receive the truth – stop laboring to please God, but believe HIS precious promises toward us – not conditions, but PROMISES!
Struggle no more; enter the REST that God has prepared for you. Believe Jesus has completed all the paperwork for your adoption into the family of God. Believe – take a deep breath, let that stress go!
Let’s glorify Jesus and thank Him for His marvelous works! Let’s boast in them, not ours. As we allow the power of the Holy Spirit to energize us we may find ourselves laboring harder than anyone else (as Paul says in 1 Cor 15:10), but it won’t be us but the Spirit of God in us, hallelujah!
By the power of God — now isn’t that a great way – to COME ALIVE?
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