BBD 08.05.09 A New Life (Classic)

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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

05 August 2016

A New Life

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have
become new. – 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV.

Do not marvel that I said to you, “You must be born again.” – 1 John
3:7 NKJV.

We remember the horrific crash of two passenger trains in west
London near Paddington Station in 1999. Karl Hackett watched the crash, and saw
it as an opportunity to start another life under an assumed identity.
Pretending to be his supervisor, he called an emergency line and reported
himself missing. Just to be sure, he called again posing as his brother, and
again reported himself missing. His family attended a memorial service at the
site of the train crash believing he had perished, and the body was
unrecoverable. However, Hackett’s new life did not work out quite as he had
hoped, and he was given a five month suspended sentence for his deception. His
attorney, Michael Ivers, said at that time: “His
employment in the field of computer graphics has come to an end. He is now effectively
humiliated in terms of his employment.”

Many others have tried similar deceptions in order to gain a new
life. In the United States in January of this year (2009), Marcus Schrenker,
attempted to fake his death by reporting problems aboard the plane he was
piloting. He reported that he was bleeding profusely after receiving injuries
during severe turbulence; then while leaving the plane on autopilot, he
parachuted to safety. The plane crashed, but the pilots of the military jets
that intercepted the plane saw that the door was ajar, and that the
cockpit was dark prior to the crash. The plan was for the plane to crash
at sea, but it crashed on land, and there was not any sign of blood in the
wreckage. Schrenker had hoped to leave behind the financial fraud that he had
perpetrated; but he has been arrested, and will be forced to face trial, and
receive punishment for his crimes. It seems that eventually it always fails,
and it is never quite what they had hoped. However, we do not have to assume
someone else’s identity in order to have a new life. No, we can be “born
again.” By receiving Jesus as our Savior, we will become a “new
creation” and “old things” will have “passed
away.” We will also receive a “new name.” Revelation 2:17 tells us
“and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name
written no one knows except him who receives it.”

Sometimes we may not feel like we are a new creation (2
Corinthians 5:17). That is because we are designed for a new heaven and a new
earth. Our citizenship was transferred from earth to Heaven at the moment that
we received Christ Jesus as our Savior, and we were “born
again.” Until we actually arrive in our Heavenly home, we are “ambassadors
of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20)” here on earth to share with
others the joy and hope of the new life. Contemplate the fact that you are a
representative of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. It may not always
feel like such a wonderful thing at the present time when we sometimes suffer
for our faith, but consider what the apostle Paul says about this time while we
are still on earth, “For I consider that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us (Romans 8:18).”

Copyright © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

www.theburningbush.net

www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer and
Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
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Classic from 2009

Burning Bush Devotional

05 August 2016

A New Life

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have
become new. – 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV.

Do not marvel that I said to you, “You must be born again.” – 1 John
3:7 NKJV.

We remember the horrific crash of two passenger trains in west
London near Paddington Station in 1999. Karl Hackett watched the crash, and saw
it as an opportunity to start another life under an assumed identity.
Pretending to be his supervisor, he called an emergency line and reported
himself missing. Just to be sure, he called again posing as his brother, and
again reported himself missing. His family attended a memorial service at the
site of the train crash believing he had perished, and the body was
unrecoverable. However, Hackett’s new life did not work out quite as he had
hoped, and he was given a five month suspended sentence for his deception. His
attorney, Michael Ivers, said at that time: “His
employment in the field of computer graphics has come to an end. He is now effectively
humiliated in terms of his employment.”

Many others have tried similar deceptions in order to gain a new
life. In the United States in January of this year (2009), Marcus Schrenker,
attempted to fake his death by reporting problems aboard the plane he was
piloting. He reported that he was bleeding profusely after receiving injuries
during severe turbulence; then while leaving the plane on autopilot, he
parachuted to safety. The plane crashed, but the pilots of the military jets
that intercepted the plane saw that the door was ajar, and that the
cockpit was dark prior to the crash. The plan was for the plane to crash
at sea, but it crashed on land, and there was not any sign of blood in the
wreckage. Schrenker had hoped to leave behind the financial fraud that he had
perpetrated; but he has been arrested, and will be forced to face trial, and
receive punishment for his crimes. It seems that eventually it always fails,
and it is never quite what they had hoped. However, we do not have to assume
someone else’s identity in order to have a new life. No, we can be “born
again.” By receiving Jesus as our Savior, we will become a “new
creation” and “old things” will have “passed
away.” We will also receive a “new name.” Revelation 2:17 tells us
“and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name
written no one knows except him who receives it.”

Sometimes we may not feel like we are a new creation (2
Corinthians 5:17). That is because we are designed for a new heaven and a new
earth. Our citizenship was transferred from earth to Heaven at the moment that
we received Christ Jesus as our Savior, and we were “born
again.” Until we actually arrive in our Heavenly home, we are “ambassadors
of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20)” here on earth to share with
others the joy and hope of the new life. Contemplate the fact that you are a
representative of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. It may not always
feel like such a wonderful thing at the present time when we sometimes suffer
for our faith, but consider what the apostle Paul says about this time while we
are still on earth, “For I consider that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us (Romans 8:18).”

Copyright © 2009-2016. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of those
first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net

http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites are celebrating
18 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush
Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to more than 14,000
subscribers across the world.

The Addictions Kit - Biblical Help for Addictions by Ed Wrather is now
available for download from Amazon. The Addictions Kit provides practical Biblical steps to defeat
your addiction that actually work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIYLNLM

The New Pastor's Training Manual is available for download on Amazon. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PJ8UTGS If you prefer a paper copy of the book you can order it from
the Burning Bush website at http://bit.ly/1uXDBnk

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the
Devotionals at the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of
the home page. Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Prayer
Requests:
Please continue to pray for Michelle Abetz, Shane
Hall, Brad, Reta (my sister), Beverly (Jeanie’s sister), Loretta Brewer and
Jeanie.

Please pray for an end to the
racial hatred in the USA and that it will be replaced with peace and love. Many
prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page.
You can also post your prayer requests there (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. My
prayer focus is now that God will give me opportunities to preach. As the
apostle Paul says, “…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”).

You can contact Ed Wrather at edwrather@yahoo.com or
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com View LinkedIn profile with
endorsements at http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=92988105

If you enjoy the devotional
please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank
email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org