"Leave No Stone Unturned" -2

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a New Creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17) Do you really want to keep all that old junk? When we are talking about surrendering 'all', as in to "revenge all disobedience", then we might as well start with pride! This is not just a root of the problem, this is the seed that keeps regenerating from out of nowhere. Back in Matthew 11:29, where Jesus said, "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart", there is a point that He was making about laying down our pride, for although He was God, He became a servant to all, that He might bring all to Himself!!! If we are going to consider what things we have stored up that need to be removed, starting with this little thing called pride is a really good place to start. It is really kind of funny (yet sad), that this little seed has so many different shapes and sizes. Just when you think that you have dealt with it, it shows up again in another form; sometimes more subtle than before. But what about "all things are become new"? New, as opposed to old or former, and hence, also implying better because different; as the New Testament is better than the Old Testament. "Casting down imaginations" or arguments, which are rooted in pride; which are those things which cause us not to listen to what we are told...