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Recycling is in vogue, but our generation can’t take credit. God is the Original Recycler.<\/p>\nby David Gibson<\/p>\n
Recycling is in vogue, but our generation can’t take credit. God is the Original Recycler.<\/p>\n
God uses evaporation and condensation to turn filthy water into fresh water. He created the decay process, utilizing microbes and vultures to manage the carrion.<\/p>\n
God made our bodies fully biodegradable. Some of us, I’m afraid, are getting a head start on the process.<\/p>\n
But God doesn’t stop there. He recycles old, beat-up, worn-out, hopeless sinners, and He converts them into brand-new people with direction and purpose for living (I Corinthians 6:9-11; II Corinthians 5:14-17). He can take drug addicts, alcoholics, convicts, and unwed moms and dads and turn them into something beautiful-a work of art!<\/p>\n
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come<\/em>” (II Corinthians 5:17 NASB).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s what God can do. He’s still doing it. And it’s wonderful!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by David Gibson Recycling is in vogue, but our generation can’t take credit. God is the Original Recycler. God uses evaporation and condensation to turn filthy water into fresh water. He created the decay process, utilizing microbes and vultures to manage the carrion. God made our bodies fully biodegradable. Some of us, I’m afraid, are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[302,1571],"class_list":["post-86775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-creation","tag-forgiveness"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59514,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-scriptures-and-context\/","url_meta":{"origin":86775,"position":0},"title":"The Scriptures and Context","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"by Ethan R. Longhenry \"Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness. That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work\" (II Timothy 3:16-17). As Christians seeking to serve Jesus Christ according to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5224,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/withdraw-yourselves\/","url_meta":{"origin":86775,"position":1},"title":"Withdraw Yourselves","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. 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Hamilton Download Audio Text: Isaiah 43:8-21 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0New things are special \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They are fresher, cleaner, brighter. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We want new things, not old, used, hand-me-downs \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0God told His people that He had something new for them - Isaiah 43:18-21 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A new covenant \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0God selected the decedents of Abraham,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58408,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/older-and-improved\/","url_meta":{"origin":86775,"position":4},"title":"Older and Improved?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Shane Williams in\u00a0The Lilbourn Light, Vol. 10, No. 7, Nov. 2009. 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