God's Treasure Chest

"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old." 

God's treasure chest, like the young bride's hope chest, contains both the new and the old. Jesus said we are to use both. To some, anything new is to be rejected because, they say, it's untried; not thinking through the fact their old ways were all new at one time. The others argue, from their standpoint, anything and everything old is out-dated and moldy, worn out and useless. It is difficult to bring these two extremes together.

Both the stubborn traditionalist and contemporary, because of their apparent insecurities and inbred pride, refuse to rub shoulders in glorifying God. The result of this is that the old loses its sweet mellowness, and the new, its secure foundation. The ancient and modern should compliment each other, not be at conflict. These two opposites will do well to consider that in Heaven we sing a “new song,” but, also, along with that, the “song of Moses.”

It is good to see old truths dressed in new clothes. God evidently enjoys it. That’s, undoubtedly, the purpose of the New Testament. It adorns and beautifies the Old.