Completely New

To hew a block of marble from the quarry and carve it into a noble statue, to break up the wilderness and turn it into lovely flowers, to melt the lump of iron stone and forge it into watch springs—all these are mighty changes. Yet they all come short of the change which every child of Adam requires, for they are merely the same thing in a new form, the same substance in a new shape. But man needs a change as great as a resurrection from the dead. He must become a new creature. Old things must pass away, and all things must become new. He must be born again, born from above, born of God. "Therefore if any many be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Cor. 5:17).

Transformation

Longfellow could take a worthless sheet of paper, write a poem on it, and make it worth $6,000—that is genius.

Rockefeller could sign his name to a piece of paper and make it worth millions—that is capital.

A mechanic can take material worth $5 and make an article worth $50—that is skill.

An artist can take a $5 piece of canvas, paint a picture on it and make it worth $10,000—that is art..

God can take a worthless, sinful life, wash it in the blood of Christ, put His Spirit into it and make it a blessing to humanity—that is SALVATION!