The Changing Times
“Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and
gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. Seeing ye have
purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love
of the brethren, see that ye love one
another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory
of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth
away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by
the gospel is preached unto you.”
(1 Peter 1:21-25)
Today’s
Morsel: Times seem to be changing right
before our eyes. Many are now questioning what is going wrong with the
world? It seems like everything that is evil is being called good, and
everything good is being called evil. Moral principles and the moral
compass seem to be off course. Daniel prophesied, “And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall
wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws: and
they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of
time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to
consume and to destroy it unto the
end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the
whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High,
whose kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my
cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the
matter in my heart.”
(Daniel 7:25-28) He said that they would think to
change the times and the laws. Does that ring a bell and sound like the
world in which we now live? Paul wrote, “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot
iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding
to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving
of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is
good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is
sanctified by the word of God and prayer.” (1 Timothy 4:1-5) Paul said, The spirit had said that in the latter
times things would change. Therefore, we must adjust to the changing times, but
we must still hold to our unchanging principles.
Sing: Time is filled with swift
transition, naught of earth unmoved can stand; build your hopes on things
eternal; Hold to God’s unchanging hand!
Hold to God’s unchanging hand! Hold to God’s
unchanging hand! Build your hopes on things eternal; Hold to God’s
unchanging hand!
Thought For Today: Keep your
moral compass pointed true north.
Amen true north.
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