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Sunday, June 6, 2021

Bible Study with the Cincotti's - Change - 06/06/2021

Today's Bible Study, Authored by Arthur Cincotti. 06/06/2021

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Change

 

Most often we associate the subject of change with repentance, and in at least one Hebrew translation of the word repentance is the same; change of mind, change of direction.

 

This morning I’d like to consider change from a different perspective

The inevitability of change

                  The determination to change in a positive manner.

                     And the dynamic, or timing of change.

 

We know that God does not change; Mal. 3:6, “For I am the LORD, I do not change”; and Heb. 13:8, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”   The word is immutable Heb. 6:18

 

This is a comforting and powerful anchor to hang on to in an ever changing world.

 

In contrast, the skeptic says, as in II Pet. 3:4, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”

Even the writer of Ecclesiastes says, “there is nothing new under the sun” Ecc. 1:9

 

The paradox of change is that, as much as things change, yet they          remain the same.

 

Though things may seem to remain the same, we know that change  is inevitable. Days, months, years, etc.

Rev. 21:5, “And He that sat upon the throne said,’Behold, I make all things new.”’           Now that’s change!

 

 

The kind of change that we are considering here is in Job 14:14, “...I will wait till my change comes”  H2487  halipa

 

Our desire is that our lives would change in a positive manner, as in, a departure from sin and it’s consequences, a break through into a more glorious place of fruit bearing, a fulfillment of dreams and things hoped for.

Change could be from good to bad, or bad to worse. Jer. 2:11

 

Ps. 126:1 says, “When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream”

 

The LORD’s promise is to change us into the image of His Son

II Cor. 3:18

 

In the context of salvation we sometimes say, we were saved, we   are being saved, and we will be saved.

Similarly, we were changed, given a new heart; we are being changed, II Cor. 3:18; and we shall be changed I Cor. 15:52, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet”

 

Waiting upon God, and trusting Him in this sometimes long and tedious process is an essential aspect of our faith walk.

 

Rom. 9:28 says, “For He will finish the work, and  cut it short in righteousness because a short work will the LORD make upon the earth.”

 

This is a principle with God, see II Cor 1:8-10

         When we have exhausted our efforts, and our schemes, and our attempts to make something happen, God swoops in and accomplishes it in order to reveal Himself

 

He created us, and He alone can recreate us in holiness.


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