"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." (2 Cor. 5:17)

The program committee for a national barber's convention came up with a startling means of demonstrating the effectiveness of their profession. They found an old man, a social derelict on skid row, with long, dirty hair. His face was unshaven, and his clothes were ragged and filthy. His body reeked with odors of cheap liquor and filth. The barbers cleaned him up, gave him a bath, shampoo, shave, haircut, and manicure. They liberally sprinkled talcum powder on him and added spicy cologne. He was dressed in a new suit and was presented before the convention as a changed man. He certainly looked the part. However, within a week the man was back on skid row, back in the gutter, and back in his former pattern of life. The barbers altered his outward appearance, but their services had not changed his inward nature. Anyone who has money can put an old man in a new suit, but only Christ can put a new man in an old suit.