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Not Afraid of Change
Today's churches are full of carnal Christians. All over people claim Christ as their Savior but they live just like everybody else - senseless, hopeless, brainless. They cannot think for themselves so they go to church on Sunday to listen to a shallow sermon about feeling good and loving others just as much as they love themselves. They bring along their Bible but never have to open it. They go home with a spring in their step and a smile on their face but with an unsatisfied heart. Between Sundays they don't open their Bible; if they don't have to in church, what good will it do them at home? So they watch more "Christian" shows, buy more "Christian" music, collect more "Christian" trinkets and avoid the most important Book in history.
The Bible should be every believer's ultimate source of authority. Not because it was featured on Oprah, or because it is sold in secular bookstores, or because some famous movie star made mention of it, but because it is the Word of God, holy and infallible. Jonathan Edwards resolved to read, study and apply the Scriptures so constantly that he would notice change within himself. Isn't that amazing? So often, I wait for circumstances and challenging situations to change me and cause me to grow, but sometimes when those struggles don't arise, I begin to doubt whether I'm saved or not because I don't seem to be bearing any fruit. Change is closer than we think. It's at our fingertips but we need to be consistently reading, and then just as consistently applying what we read. When Jesus says, "Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than is comes from evil." [Matt. 5:37], believe and do it. When He tells you to take up your cross [Matt. 16:24], obey Him because "His yoke is easy, and His burden is light." [Matt. 11:30]
Let's not be afraid of change. Let's search diligently for it in the Scriptures and when we find it, let's embrace it because, the Bible will change your life.
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09:12 - Jul. 6, 2007 - post comment
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Hi! I'm Kaitlin. Welcome to my HSB blog. It doesn't get updated very often but that's because I'm blogging over at Mission Amare. Home User Profile Archives Recent Entries - Because I'm tired of not understanding people who work at fast-food joints. - We Shall Not Be Shaken - Tagged - Not Afraid of Change - Sew what? Friends <%Friends%> |