Bible Verse of The Day – 11-1-23

Malachi 3:6 (NKJV) 6 “For I am the Lord, I do not change;

Please join me today as I share a little story with you.

This story should help you see God in a way that you may not have seen Him before. And I believe that God will use it to help grow your faith and trust in Him.

As many of you may already know, we launched our new podcasts a few weeks ago.

While preparing everything for that, there was a considerable amount of research that had to be done to find a suitable platform upon which the podcasts could be published.

My hope was that we could find a Christian company that would host them, and hopefully do it for a reduced charge for other Christians.

As I was deep into my research, I found one such Christian platform that offered this exact service.

Better yet, their services were free to other Christians.

Great, right? Well, I thought so too. But then I dug deeper.

Before signing up for their service, there was a lengthy agreement that needed to be read and signed. This agreement shared their statement of faith, and that statement contained a small piece stating all users of their platform must also agree with their statement of faith.

As I read through it from top to bottom, I was in full agreement with what it said, until I reached a section near the end that made me stop in my tracks.

It said this:

“Our platform is not open to the dissemination of such distinctive Charismatic and Pentecostalist views as tongues, healing… etc.”

I stopped right there and knew this was not a platform we would be welcome on.

Why? Because we believe the entirety of God’s word.

You see, God does not change.

He has miraculously healed people down through the centuries, and His healing powers are still alive and well today.

I am living, walking, talking proof of this. Nobody will ever silence me about it.

God healed me and delivered me from asthma at the age of 37. His healing power is real. Amen.

It was disconcerting and disheartening to see that followers of Christ would deny the power of God, and then deny the opportunity for other believers to propagate the truth of who God is via their platform.

But I know this is reality.

Some are not comfortable with things they may not understand. So, instead of gaining understanding, the thing they fail to understand is simply pushed aside, labeled as no longer active or valid in God’s kingdom.

This is akin to saying that the Holy Spirit was only here and active for a season, and then He vacated the premises to go into hiding somewhere while we wait for the return of Jesus.

In light of the fact that the Holy Spirit was here and active in the creation of everything, He was active throughout the centuries leading up to the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and visibly active during the early days of the church, why would He not still be active today?

That line of thought is not at all consistent with who God is; our Rock and Redeemer by Whom all things came into being. The Great I AM. Yahweh. Elohim.

He does not change. It is not in His nature to do so.

Let us take Him at His word in its entirety, including those things that we may not fully understand.

As we do this, we will see Him move more powerfully in our lives and give us deeper understanding through the faith that we allow Him to plant in us, and then water, and grow.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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