Title: Newness of Life
Topic: Salvation
Summary: What the Bible calls newness of life is not just a matter of changing our behaviors but of gaining a new heart and a new spirit.
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Romans 6:1, 4
Isaiah 65:17; 66:22
Jeremiah 31:31
Leviticus 3:1, 14, 17, Leviticus 3:23, Leviticus 3:26, Leviticus 3:33, Leviticus 3:40-41
Ezekiel 11:16; 18:30; 36:25
John 3:3
Romans 12:1-2
2 Corinthians 4:16; 5:17, 10
Galatians 6:12
Ephesians 4:17, 24
Colossians 3:5, 9-11
Titus 3:1-5
Revelation 21:1-5
Isaiah 62:1-2
249 - Newness of Life
By Jonathan S. Rose
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 12/30/2015. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Revelation 21:1-5
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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
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And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Sacred Scripture #87
87. It is much the same in the other instances - for example, where it says joy it also says gladness, as in the following examples.
Behold joy and gladness, [people] slaughtering an ox. (Isaiah 22:13)
They will obtain joy and gladness; sadness and groaning will flee. (Isaiah 35:10; 51:11)
Gladness and joy have been cut off from the house of our God. (Joel 1:16)
There will be an end to the voice of joy and the voice of gladness. (Jeremiah 7:34; 25:10)
The fast of the tenth month will become joy and gladness for the house of Judah. (Zechariah 8:19)
So that we may rejoice all our days, make us glad. (Psalms 90:14-15)
Be glad in Jerusalem; rejoice in her. (Isaiah 66:10)
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom. (Lamentations 4:21)
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice. (Psalms 96:11)
They will make me hear joy and gladness. (Psalms 51:8)
Joy and gladness will be found in Zion, praise and the voice of song. (Isaiah 51:3)
You will have gladness, and many will rejoice over his birth. (Luke 1:14)
I will make the voice of joy and the voice of gladness cease, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. (Jeremiah 7:34; 16:9; 25:10)
Once again the voice of joy and the voice of gladness will be heard in this place, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. (Jeremiah 33:10-11)
There are other passages as well.
[2] The reason it says both “joy” and “gladness” is that joy has to do with what is good and gladness with what is true, or joy has to do with love and gladness with wisdom. The underlying cause is that joy is of the heart and gladness is of the spirit, or joy arises from our will and gladness from our understanding.
We can see that this also involves a marriage of the Lord and the church from the fact that it speaks of “the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride” (Jeremiah 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:10-11), and the Lord is the bridegroom and the church is the bride. On the Lord as the bridegroom, see Matthew 9:15; Mark 2:19-20; Luke 5:34-35; and on the church as the bride, see Revelation 21:2, 9; 22:17. That is why John the Baptist said, “The bridegroom is the one who has the bride” (John 3:29).
