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Today, the 9th September 2015, is the day the
Queen becomes the longest serving monarch in British history. She has served
the country for over sixty years, a fixture in the midst of a period of rapid
and bewildering change. Prime Ministers have come and gone. Other world leaders
have come and gone. Only the Queen has remained as the head of state in the
United Kingdom and Commonwealth. All should readily admit the tremendous achievement,
especially for someone who will soon be ninety years of age!
However, the Queen’s reign and the stability that has
offered to the nation amidst the tide of change is only figurative. Only one
can truly be classified as unchanging, and that is God. He states, ‘I am the
Lord, I change not’. Mal. 3. 7. The Queen has seen many different aspects of
change in her long reign, changing attitudes being one of them. Things that
were once frowned upon are now viewed as acceptable and normal. Indeed, for
some, those who question the validity of such behaviour would be classified as
bigots. Sadly, those who welcome the changing attitudes to immorality and other
aspects of behaviour fail to remember the unchanging God to whom we will all
answer in a coming day.
God does not change. His attitude to sin is the same today
as it was sixty or 600 years ago. His standards have not altered. Whatever
successive governments may legalise and attitudes of society accept does not
change or affect a holy God. Sin is still a failure to do what God wants us to
do!
Against that background of the unchanging holiness of God, there
is another aspect of God’s character that is unchanging – His love for guilty
sinners! Although God hates sin, He loves the sinner and wants to provide a way
of salvation for all. Through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ, He has done
just that. Jesus bore God’s judgement upon sin. If we are prepared to accept
that truth, turn away from our sin and make Him our Saviour, we can be saved.
If you want a relationship with God, and forgiveness for your sin, here is the
answer.
