MY FRIENDS, OUR GOD IS THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY AND WILL BE THROUGHOUT ETERNITY!!
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 (NKJV) God’s character is changeless. So why are our day’s influenced and controlled by others. One day we are endowed with success, and happiness, and another darkened with trials and failures, or why did I even get out of bed mentality.
Why such a propensity towards a changing attitude if our purpose is to be like a changeless God. Numbers 23:19 (NKJV) says God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?”
My friends if we seek God’s kingdom, we must recognize that if our days are spent in the presence of the good Shepherd, our passion to take on the Character of Christ must be an attitude. Passion is defined as any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling.
In addition, God’s power can only come from a passionate God whose word ” is alive and active in our lives” and that same power allows a Christian to say I am unchangeable regardless of the circumstances or situation in my life simply because I serve God no matter what this world deems as changeable, for my focus is only on a life through Christ.
Consistent with this, God Has given us a commission, “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (NIV)
His mandate has not changed, he has not told us to go and seek fame and fortune, this is only propaganda put out by the god of this world. But he has told us to “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Which tells me fame and fortune is possible if we give our all to a changeless God.
In addition as Christians we must never forget Calvary and an unchanging God who put it all on the line to send his unchanging Begotten son, In the midst of affliction, and a world marred by sin and the forces of evil so that we may focus on His changeless Character for our Salvation.
Men have always tried to destroy God’s character. The French infidel Voltaire said of Jesus, “Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.” He also boasted, “In twenty years Christianity will be no more.
My single hand shall destroy the edifice it took twelve apostles to rear. He’s dead but Christ lives on.” Thomas Paine wrote “The Age of Reason” in which he scoffed against Christ and the Word of God, but he died a drunkard’s death and my Lord and Savior lives on.
Every attempt to destroy Christ character has failed. His critics die each day as they await their judgment before an unchanging God “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. 2 Cor 5:10 (NKJV)
Mark 13:26-27 tells us And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And then he will send out the angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
But many who claim to be followers of Christ are refusing to be unchangeable in their attitude of prosperity through Christ, His word, and the faith and endurance to make it happen as we carry our cross as He did.
But “Where is your faith?” Our Lord said, “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believes.” The first step towards an unchangeable character like Christ is a passion to make it happen through Christ and Him crucified. My friends, grace is still on our side but the political climate tells us, soon God will say it is finished.
So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY
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