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07-31-2016, 07:50 AM
He Remains the Same
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea." Psalm 46:1-2
Scripture Focus: Psalm 46
Winter gives way to spring; laughter turns to tears; parched earth changes to verdant growth after rain; childlessness yields to family; a calm sea becomes a storm. Some changes we welcome more than others. All of them serve to remind us that our Creator remains the same.
Martin Luther clung with all his life to that great truth: that God remained and His kingdom would be forever. Nearly 500 years ago, he posted on the cathedral doors in Wittenberg, Germany, his 95 complaints against the medieval church. He sought to bring Christians back to the Scriptures and to make it clear how salvation was given. The words Luther wrote for the great hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" were and still are a rallying cry for believers in Jesus Christ.
We have focused this month on the implications of our constant change and God's forever remaining the same. Because we know the unchanging One, we can sing with believers throughout history that "God's truth abideth still, His kingdom is forever."
Insight: "A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing...from age to age the same..." (Martin Luther, 1529)
Rev. Michael
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea." Psalm 46:1-2
Scripture Focus: Psalm 46
Winter gives way to spring; laughter turns to tears; parched earth changes to verdant growth after rain; childlessness yields to family; a calm sea becomes a storm. Some changes we welcome more than others. All of them serve to remind us that our Creator remains the same.
Martin Luther clung with all his life to that great truth: that God remained and His kingdom would be forever. Nearly 500 years ago, he posted on the cathedral doors in Wittenberg, Germany, his 95 complaints against the medieval church. He sought to bring Christians back to the Scriptures and to make it clear how salvation was given. The words Luther wrote for the great hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" were and still are a rallying cry for believers in Jesus Christ.
We have focused this month on the implications of our constant change and God's forever remaining the same. Because we know the unchanging One, we can sing with believers throughout history that "God's truth abideth still, His kingdom is forever."
Insight: "A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing...from age to age the same..." (Martin Luther, 1529)
Rev. Michael