Many Christians today wonder why the blessings they have been praying for and confessing upon themselves have not yet arrived, or why they have fallen on bad times. Many times it is because of sin and the judgments that follow them.
God’s Word does not change and as we read the Torah (First 5 Books of the Old Testament Bible) and Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc.) we will meet the God that does not change. God says of Himself, “I am the LORD thy God, and I change not!”1 He also says, “I am the same yesterday, today, and forever,”2 Christians that attempt to change God because of what Yahushua (Jesus) did on the cross do greatly err. We must understand that the one that was on Mt. Sinai giving the commandments and Torah was the same one that hung on the cross? For us to say that He has changed, which is in contradiction to His Word, is for us to display a lack of understanding and revelation of the Word of God.
When we begin to mature in our relationship before a loving heavenly Father, we begin to see the value of His judgments. “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent.”3 It is because of His great love for us that He desires a responsible relationship.
A synonym for sin is unbelief, and as America is more and more embracing unbelief in God and even starting to mock Him, we will begin to see hopelessness everywhere. However, it is in these times of sinfulness and darkness that God will cause grace to abound even more towards His children. God will enhance our ability to hear and discern the leading of His Spirit. God knows that as the judgments begin to dawn in the earth that chaos will follow, and men will become haters of God and His children. It is in these times that His grace will be sufficient and that is the greatest knowledge of hope we can have. God says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”4