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Dealing In The New Covenant

  For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.  Hebrews 8:7, NIV We only emphasize that Christian life we are in is not based on another form of religious ritual but on a covenant. The question is what type of covenant are you in? Is it a covenant of religion or a covenant of love? It should be a covenant of love. Love is a person and that is God (see 1 John 4:16). The covenant we are in is a covenant based on who He is and not on who we are. It's based on what He has done and not on what we have done.  When you sign an agreement form, you understand what type of covenant or agreement you are signing in. And this is the reason why still many Christians missed the true essence of Christianity. It's because they don't understand the covenant they are in. In result, many are so called Christians are still living a life like they don't have Christ. There's no real transformation happened. They think Christian...

Day 29: Old Habit From The Old Self



In the word "Habit", when you remove the letters h,a,b,i, what will remain is letter t. Letter "t" signifies the cross. It only shows that even in our habit we need the finished work of the cross. In order to have a right and new habit, we need to depend on the finished work of Christ and not on our own human effort.

What is Habit?

According to Webster, "habit is a usual way of behaving. It something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way."

Habits defines your identity. What you do regularly is who you are regularly. Habit is the fruit on who we are on the inside.

"Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:2 NLT

We will see clearly here that God's way is different in changing a person into new. It is about changing the way we think not the way we behave. But sadly, religions of this world teaches opposite way. Religion says, "you need to behave right", "you need to be a good person", "you should do this", "you should not do that". Obviously it is not God's way but a worldly way. It can only makes a person religious on the outside but ravenous wolves on the inside. As a result we will never learn to know the perfect and pleasing will of God into our lives.

"Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts." Proverbs 4:23 GNT

Its very clear here that our identity affects our habits. If you think yourself a sinner, you will act as a sinner. That's the problem in the world today. People are sinning not because they are rebellious or disobedient but because they have the lack of revelation of who they are in Christ.

Friends, this is the solution to our wrong behaviors is to change the way we think. We need to established our thoughts on the gospel of grace. We are called to grow in grace. Continue to know what God has made you in Christ and the gospel declares it. The gospel declares you are forgiven, righteous, holy in Christ. Know that in Him, you have made a new, complete person. When you fully understand your new identity in Him, all your old habits will be loose and will be replace by the new habits that is pleasing to God.

Thoughts of the day:

"I need to fully understand my new identity in Christ through the gospel."