God Doesn’t Change

God is not a man, so He does not lie.
    He is not human, so He does not change His mind.
Has He ever spoken and failed to act?
    Has He ever promised and not carried it through.

Numbers 23:19

 

Man needs to be changed by what God made available to those who believe 

 

The Holy Spirit

So, my dear brothers and sisters, this is the point: You died to the power of the law when you died with Christ. And now you are united with the one who was raised from the dead. As a result, we can produce a harvest of good deeds for God.  When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death.  But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit. 

Romans 7:4-6

 

there is Life through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,  because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.  For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.  And so He condemned sin in the flesh,  in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.  Romans 8:1-4

Romans 8:5-17

 

We should be asking God to deliver us from temptation

And don’t let us yield to temptation,
    but rescue us from the evil one.  Matthew 6:13

Mark 14:38, 1 Corinthians 10:13

 

Christ payed the price on the cross for every believer to overcome the sin nature inherited to all after the fall of man

He is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins.  Ephesians 1:7

 

surrendering to God is a choice

            This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live  and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life, and He will give you many years in the land He swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Dueteronomy 30:19-20

Titus 1:8, 1 Corinthians 4:21

 

Being a disciple has a price and few are willing

Then, calling the crowd to join His disciples, He said, “If any of you wants to be My follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow Me.  Mark 8:34

Matthew 9:37, Luke 14:26-27, Luke 14:33

 

The highest position in God’s army is the servant

 The greatest among you must be a servant.  But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.  Matthew 23:11-12

 

One shouldnt add or take away from the Word

And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll. 

Revelation 22:19