How does God do “new” things? What does it mean that He makes all things new? These are the questions I asked myself inspired by Big Daddy Weave’s song, “All Things New.”
Join me on a discovery tour from Old to New Testaments inspired by this song.
In this episode, I discuss:
- Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture – this week’s Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
- Read in context
- Utilize section headings
- Consult an overview
- The 30 Day Music Challenge
- Rehearsing phrases in songs and not really knowing what Scripture says about them
- Reading Isaiah 42-44 to take in context Isaiah 43:19 where God was doing a new thing
- Spending time in these same chapters in Episodes 384 and 385
- Consulting an overview
- I use the ESV Study Bible – Amazon Link
- I also refer to Bible Project videos – YouTube Video
- How the original audience of Isaiah 44:14-21 were defeated people under worldly domination
- The new thing God may be doing could be now, but He always has His eyes set on eternity
- How I need to stop resenting the way God chooses to fulfill His purposes
- How freedom from captivity in Isaiah 44 was considered a “new thing” by God, and our freedom from the captivity of sin is also called “new” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
- God’s reason for making us into a “new creation” is to give us the ministry of reconciliation – 2 Corinthians 5:18-21
- Where we see the actual phrase “all things new” – Revelation 21:1-7
- Keeping our eyes fixed on the “new” God has in mind – 1 John 2:17
Enjoy the official lyric video below.
More Than a Song Playlist
Additional Resources
- Lyrics – New Release Today
- Chords – Praise Charts
- Behind The Song With Kevin Davis – New Release Today Article
- “What does it mean that a Christian is a new creation?” – GotQuestions.org Article
- “Behold, I Make All Things New” – John Piper Sermon – DesiringGod.org
This Week’s Challenge
Let the Word of God change the way you think. Continue to spend time in Isaiah 40-55, focusing on chapter 44, where we see God doing a new thing in an unexpected way. Head over to 2 Corinthians 5 and learn all about the new bodies we’ll get in eternity and how we’re made into a new creation here on earth, and why. Finally, dwell on Revelation 21, taking in all the newness promised Christ-followers in eternity.
