Renewed Day by Day: The Biblical Doctrine of Divine Renewal

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Renewed Day by Day: The Biblical Doctrine of Divine Renewal is a 251-page downloadable PDF book presenting a thorough King James Bible study of one of Scripture’s most practical and overlooked doctrines: renewal. Across 30 substantial studies, this work traces every major biblical use of renewal from the Old Testament into the Pauline epistles, showing exactly what God renews, how He renews it, what He never promises to renew, and how the doctrine applies to the daily Christian walk.

The study begins where the Bible begins. Samuel speaks of renewing the kingdom at Gilgal. Asa renews the altar of the LORD after putting away idols. David prays for God to renew a right spirit within him. Job speaks of renewed strength. The Psalms describe youth renewed like the eagle’s and God renewing the face of the earth. Isaiah promises renewed strength to those who wait upon the LORD, while Jeremiah cries for God to renew Israel’s days as of old. These passages establish that biblical renewal is never merely emotional refreshment. It involves restoration, correction, strength, order, dependence, repentance, and the sovereign work of God.

The New Testament brings the doctrine directly into the Christian life. Romans 12:2 commands believers to be transformed by the renewing of the mind. Ephesians 4:23 speaks of being renewed in the spirit of the mind. Colossians 3:10 declares that the new man is renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator. Titus 3:5 distinguishes regeneration from the continuing renewing work of the Holy Ghost. Second Corinthians 4:16 gives the central truth of the entire study: though the outward man perishes, the inward man can be renewed day by day.

One of the strongest conclusions developed throughout the book is that Scripture never promises to renew the flesh. The flesh is not gradually improved until it becomes spiritual. Romans declares that the carnal mind is enmity against God and cannot be made subject to His law. The old man is crucified, the flesh must be denied provision, and the believer is commanded to walk in the Spirit. This distinction exposes the weakness of religious self-improvement and establishes the biblical difference between regeneration, practical sanctification, the old man, the new man, the outward man, and the inward man.

The book also gives careful attention to the renewing of the mind. Every believer lives in a world constantly attempting to shape his thinking. Scripture does not answer that pressure with mental emptiness, mystical impressions, or religious slogans. It answers it with truth. The Holy Ghost renews through the words He inspired. The new man is renewed in knowledge. The mind must be brought continually beneath the authority of Scripture if the believer is going to resist conformity to the world and prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Several chapters deal directly with suffering, weakness, aging, disappointment, and the outward man perishing. Second Corinthians 4 is examined in depth to show why Paul refused to faint even while enduring tremendous opposition and bodily weakness. His confidence was not based upon easy circumstances. He understood that temporary affliction was working in view of eternal glory and that the unseen realities of God were more permanent than anything his eyes could presently observe.

The study also examines Titus 3:5 and the relationship between regeneration and renewal. The washing of regeneration is shown to be the work of God rather than a religious ceremony capable of producing spiritual life. Regeneration happens once; renewal continues. Salvation is by grace through faith, while spiritual growth continues as the believer yields to the Holy Ghost, learns the word of God, renews the mind, refuses the flesh, and walks according to the new life already given in Christ.

Hebrews 6 is treated carefully and in its proper biblical setting, addressing the difficult statement concerning those whom it is impossible “to renew them again unto repentance.” Rather than ripping the passage from its context and using it to overthrow the Church-age believer’s security in Christ, the study maintains the necessary dispensational distinctions and allows Scripture to interpret Scripture.

The final chapters bring the entire doctrine together. The Christian life is not the old man becoming holy. It is the new man walking under the power of the Holy Ghost while the believer refuses the demands of the flesh. The outward man may weaken. Circumstances may deteriorate. Opposition may increase. Age may take its toll. Yet none of these things has the authority to stop inward renewal. God is able to strengthen His people internally even while everything visible is moving toward decay.

The book concludes by looking beyond present renewal toward the redemption of the body. The conflict with flesh is temporary. The believer is awaiting the day when corruption puts on incorruption, mortality puts on immortality, and the Lord Jesus Christ changes our vile body that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body. Daily renewal is therefore not an endless maintenance program. It is part of the believer’s journey from regeneration to glorification.

This edition contains the complete 30-study Renewed Day by Day series, along with a full introduction, concluding study, series conclusion, and an illustrated doctrinal chart designed to help readers review the principal truths of biblical renewal at a glance. The finished downloadable PDF contains 251 pages and is available for $21.99.

It is designed for serious Bible students, pastors, preachers, Sunday school teachers, Christian families, discipleship leaders, and anyone who wants to understand what the King James Bible actually teaches about spiritual renewal rather than settling for vague religious language about “starting over.”