And he that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new
Revelation 21:5
NOTHING OLD
Glory be
to His name! All things need making new, for
they are sadly battered and worn by sin. It is
time that the old vesture was rolled up and laid
aside, and that creation put on her Sunday suit.
But no one else can make all things new except
the Lord who made them at the first; for it
needs as much power to make out of evil as to
make out of nothing.
Our Lord Jesus has undertaken the task, and He is fully
competent for the performance of it. Already He
has commenced His labor, and for centuries He
has persevered in making new the hearts of men,
and the order of society.
By-and-by He will make new the whole constitution of human
government, and human nature shall be changed by
His grace; and there shall come a day when the
body shall be made new, and raised like unto His
glorious body.
What a joy to belong to a kingdom in which everything is
being made new by the power of its King! We are
not dying out: we are hastening on to a more
glorious life. Despite the opposition of the
powers of evil, our glorious Lord Jesus is
accomplishing His purpose, and making us, and
all things about us, new, and as full of
beauty as when they first came from the hand of
the Lord.
"Lord Dictated
Them"
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