Day 327..."The Lord's Covenant (different from the rainbow)..."Putting on the new self"

Among the long Ezekiel reading today is a covenant of the Lord (much different from the rainbow)... “For thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant, yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of the covenant with you. I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the Lord, that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.” This covenant regards the consequences of disobedience. This covenant is "to remember and be confounded" and even "shamed".

Colossians has some practical theology..."put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator." The contrast of an old self and a new self are pretty clear - much like Paul wrote in Galatians chapter five. What does it mean to put on Christ? Paul acknowledges these qualities..."compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience." Above all Paul says..."put on love." Completion only comes through love. John Wesley believed in perfection and this passage was one of the reasons. Love is the only way to be a complete person...another sermon idea. (Putting on Love)