Psalm 102:25-27 “Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You will endure; yes, they will all grow old like a garment; like a cloak You will change them, and they will be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will have no end.”
This marks my 3000th post today. It just seems like yesterday when I first started this ministry of writing Christian messages to the worldwide web and reaching people all around the world with the light of the Gospel. I thought about what the subject of this milestone message and the answer came quick and obvious … “Change”. The word “change is defined as: To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to vary in external form, or in essence. I’ve heard it said that the one thing that doesn’t change is the fact that everything changes. Things can change for the better or for the worse.
Both the Bible book of Genesis and John begin the first chapter with the same first three words: “In the Beginning”. God laid the solid foundation of creation and a lot has changed since then. All have followed our original parents Adam and Eve in sin, but Creator God (which is what those first three words of Genesis reference) provided a way to change our fallen nature through the sending of a Savior (which is what those first three words of John references). Yet, many fallen individuals today try to change the creation to a godless explanation and change the Christmas story from the arrival of the Savior of the word, God with us. Their sin remains upon them as they reject their Maker and their Savior in a futile attempt to be the lord of their life, or think as the devil said in Genesis 3:4 “you will be like God”.
Proverbs 24:20-22 “For there will be no prospect for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked will be put out. My son, fear the Lord and the king; do not associate with those given to change; for their calamity will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin those two can bring?”
The change that is needed in this world is what the Lord Jesus told us in John 3:3, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” That born again change starts with repentance of sin. The 1828 Webster’s dictionary defines the word “Repentance as: Real penitence; sorrow or deep contrition for sin, as an offense and dishonor to God, a violation of his holy law, and the basest ingratitude towards a Being of infinite benevolence. This is called evangelical repentance, and is accompanied and followed by amendment of life. Amendment of life means change of direction from away from the Lord, turning around and living towards God’s holy word, will and way. This born-again transformation of the heart and soul by accepting the free gift of salvation by Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice on the Cross for our sins regenerates the spirit that died in sin. But, much more also.
Jesus tells us in John 1:10-13 “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” He goes on in John 3:16-18, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. It’s time to change to Jesus Christ, the One that never changes. Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” In God We Trust.
In Christ, Brian
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