Message Notes

1.Intro God’s nature: A New Maker
Revelation 21:5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” (95 AD)

Write this down, take notes!
Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. (700 BC)
1 Samuel 3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The Tension
Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

Whether its s is a car that is New to you, or a fashion trend that comes back around or even an old ideology that gets repackaged under a new name.  It can be new to us.  

Aladdin A whole new world.
Malachi 3:6 “I the LORD do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

You’re Not God!

New is coming. You can enjoy the ride or you can get run over. 
Mathew 21:44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”

2: In order to embrace the new we must let go of the old. 
Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

Rock climbing
Isaiah 55:9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
End Beginning, beginning end it is all the same. Mounr the loss while embracing the new. 
Sometimes a new chapter and a new season result from a tragedy.  That is how we have hope. 
1 Samuel 3:11 And the LORD said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.

The Danger

So when you find yourself saying “I wish things would go back to the old” be careful.
Galatians 5:16 So I say, be led by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Guess what, the human heart was created to desire a bit of adventure, of newness and excitement.  And we find that in God. When we avoid or reject the new things of God that nature begins to long for and seek excitement in the desires of the flesh. 

Your Witness.
Mathew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.Let your light so shine 
Philippians 2:14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing,

Stop dragging your feet!
1 Peter 3:15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

How will you answer the next time someone asks you ,So what’s new?

Ratatoiie What is new?  They want to know what is new?

3. How do we miss it?

Walking into thee New requires Expecting, Accepting and Perceiving.

You can’t perceive what you reject. 

You have to know what to look for.  Highlights find 
Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

The Veil of deception

And when it comes to New what we usually want is for God to fix out situation when what he really wants to do in the midst of it is change us. 
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to the Patterns of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, then you will know what the will of God is, His good and perfect will. 

If you avoid transformation you will experience petrification (Petrified forest) 
Buried ( the man who buried his talent) 

Do not be deceived
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Don’t call a refusal to follow the Leading of the Spirit into the Newness god is creating, “Faithfulness.’; Be willing to ask yourself, what are you being faithful to? God’s Call, onward or your own comfort?

Refusing to embrace the New leads to Mediocrity and Misery.
Check your heart….

Is God a God of Good enough? Complacency or Contentment.  If Jesus was a God of good enough He would not have left heavens throne to rescue us.  
Hebrews 12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Altar Call
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
Romans 14:12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his Mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Ezekiel 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
I love the liturgy of this church, the problem with liturgy and tradiditn is that it can become empty through repetition. 

Action Steps
GO this week and Endeavor to meet one new person, make one new friend, read one new book, start this year one new Hobby.  Join one new organization on new club.

Communion
Luke 22:19-20 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.