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God Likes New Things


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Yes, and so do most of us. Even when we repurpose used things, we typically try to find new ways to use them. Even old recipes change in New kitchens, and old songs change with new bands. Could it be that we are just like our Creator?

I’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions, but after neglecting this blog for 6 years, I thought getting back to it was a worthwhile resolution. I may not write big and wonderful posts every day, but I want to share something each day. And today, because it’s a new year, I decided an old note I’d written myself about new things in the Bible, was a great jumping off point. Or, I should say, jumping back in point. (I really did start this on January 1st, but it will show posted on January 2nd because I forgot how long it takes to add tags, alt text, make sure the image fits, etc. Now I need new mercies. 😎)

Below is my simple list of some new things I’ve found in the Holy Scriptures, in no particular order, and I’ll include their references with links to Bible.com aka You Version. I’m using the World English Bible as it is in the Public Domain and easy to understand. Please comment on what you think or any new things you think God likes that I haven’t listed.

†New Life (Romans 6:4 WEBUS)
[4] We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

https://bible.com/bible/206/rom.6.4.WEBUS

†New Heaven (2 Peter 3:13 WEBUS)
[13] But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

https://bible.com/bible/206/2pe.3.13.WEBUS

†New Earth (Isaiah 65:17 WEBUS)
[17] “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.

https://bible.com/bible/206/isa.65.17.WEBUS

†New Songs (Psalms 96:1 WEBUS)
[1] Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth.

https://bible.com/bible/206/psa.96.1.WEBUS

†New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:2 WEBUS)
[2] I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

https://bible.com/bible/206/rev.21.2.WEBUS

†New Thing (Isaiah 43:19 WEBUS)
[19] Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Don’t you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

https://bible.com/bible/206/isa.43.19.WEBUS

†New Man (Colossians 3:10 WEBUS)
[10] and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

https://bible.com/bible/206/col.3.10.WEBUS

†New Heart (Ezekiel 36:26 WEBUS)
[26] I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

https://bible.com/bible/206/ezk.36.26.WEBUS

†New Mind (Romans 12:2 WEBUS)
[2] Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

https://bible.com/bible/206/rom.12.2.WEBUS

†New Creation (2 Corinthians 5:17 WEBUS)
[17] Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

https://bible.com/bible/206/2co.5.17.WEBUS

†New Covenant (Hebrews 9:15 WEBUS)
[15] For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

https://bible.com/bible/206/heb.9.15.WEBUS

†New Testament (Hebrews 9:16 WEBUS)
[16] For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

https://bible.com/bible/206/heb.9.16.WEBUS

†New Wine/Wineskins (Matthew 9:17 WEBUS)
[17] Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”

https://bible.com/bible/206/mat.9.17.WEBUS

And a final verse about God’s mercy and how it is fresh and new for us each day because He knows our forms and that we need new mercies on a regular basis.

†New Every Morning (Lamentations 3:22-23 WEBUS)
[22] It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. [23] They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

https://bible.com/bible/206/lam.3.22-23.WEBUS

January 1, 2026 Posted by | Bible, Bible Study, Creativity, Devotion, Nonfiction | , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

   

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