“My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change.”
Proverbs 24:21
Today, many who once had convictions concerning how they lived their lives have changed or lost those concerns. Things change, people change, fashions change, values change, even beliefs change. The Bible doesn’t change.
With many, it is their view of the Scripture that changes to accommodate their changing changes. Thus, they excuse themselves, by saying, they were wrong but are now right! Scripture have been interpreted one way and now, all of a sudden the Bible doesn’t really say what all in the past preached! Were the preachers wrong? What changed? Who changed? Not the Word of God!
Conviction comes by the Holy Ghost through the Word of God. If anyone ever was truly convicted by God’s Spirit and His Holy Word, they should never change. People do change because they disregard the Word of God.
If evidence is thrown out in a court case, there will be no conviction. Our evidence is the Word of God. The Holy Ghost works in accordance with the Word of God, the Spirit of Truth. If the evidence is flawed, the case is thrown out or a wrong judgment is given.
The reason for change has in fact, never changed; it is accepted by the world and worldly people. After all, who wants to be different, hated, mocked, ridiculed, persecuted like Jesus Christ was, and Christians were and are?
—M.D.