Newness

Through Jesus Christ, God has made possible a new relationship between himself and sinful humanity. This involves the renewal of human nature and eventually a renewal of creation itself.

The newness of the gospel

The teaching of Jesus Christ was acclaimed as something new

Mark 1:27

All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”

The kingdom of God is like new cloth

Luke 5:36 parallels Matthew 9:16, Mark 2:21

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

The kingdom of God is like new wine

Luke 5:37–38 parallels Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.

A new covenant has been established between God and his people

Jeremiah 31:31; Hebrews 9:15 See also 1 Corinthians 11:25; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 8:1–13, Hebrews 10:20, Hebrews 12:24

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

The newness brought to believers through redemption

Believers are called by a new name

Isaiah 62:2 See also Revelation 2:17

Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

Believers are born anew

1 Peter 1:3 See also John 3:1–16

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

A new life is made possible for believers

Acts 5:20 See also Romans 6:4; Colossians 3:10

“Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

Believers are a new creation

2 Corinthians 5:17 See also Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 4:23–24

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

Believers are given a new commandment

John 13:34–35 See also 1 John 2:7–8

A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

The newness of creation to come through God's redeeming action

Revelation 21:1–2 See also Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 65:17, Isaiah 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 3:12, Revelation 21:5

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.