The apostle John
wrote, "Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth...
Then He who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make
all things new.' And He said to me, 'Write, for these
words are true and faithful.'" (Revelation 21:1-5)
God's master plan to "make all things new"
is not only a future reality. It began nearly 2,000
years ago after Jesus Christ returned to heaven and
sent the Holy Spirit to take
His place on earth (John 16:7). In the future we will
have new bodies, but here and now God creates new life
inside us by His Spirit. The "inner man" of
everyone who trusts in Jesus Christ's payment for their
sins is resurrected to new life, just like He was resurrected!
(Ephesians 2:1, 3:16)
The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "You
are letters of Christ, written not with ink, but with
the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone,
but on tablets of human hearts..." (2 Corinthians
3:3). When the Spirit of God creates new life in us,
the open book of our life is a "letter of Christ."
On a practical level, transforming
our way of thinking through God's Word is the key to our lives
being transformed by the Spirit of God. As we focus on Christ
and learn to think like Him, the Spirit of God transforms
our lives and makes us more like Christ. Romans 12:2 states
"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that
good and acceptable and perfect will of God." The Spirit
of God is the life that brings about spiritual growth in our
lives, but just like our bodies need food in order to grow
so our spirit needs the spiritual food of God's Word. Jesus
said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds from the mouth of God." (Matthew 4:4)
The purpose of this website
is to provide free Bible study resources and tools to help
in the process of renewing our minds — to help digest
the spiritual food of God's Word in order to promote spiritual
growth.
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