The Switch
THE
SWITCH
Luke 11:8 5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? 7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity [impôrˈt(y)o͞onÉ™dÄ“: persistence, especially to the point of annoyance.] he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.” There are many interpretations of switch: There is the willow branch that stripes unruly children’s legs (well once did), I switch off my light, I switch from caffeinated coffee, switch bus, plane, or, train, switch professions or curriculum, switch way of life, etc.,etc. However the switch herein mentioned runs a much deeper course. God’s message to you, will though be made whole. Would you switch the old coat and put on the new one. If you have alreade adorned yourself in new clothes, are they washed pure and white in the shed blood of Christ. Has a spot of spilled faith or sin left a stain here and there. The Holy Spirit stands at the ready to bleach away, in the power of God, any transgressions hiding within the stain. Still deeper runs the switch of God’s planned creation. Giving humans freedom to make choices in their life took some control from the hand of God. Add Satan to the plan and switch in human behavior brings death and destruction that reaches far beyond our understanding. It began in Eden. Eve met Satan who enticed her. Genesis 3: 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.” The word not switched the course of God’s plan (history). The credit lays heavy on the shoulders of Adam. It was Adam who God gave directive and Adam failed to drill into Eve the necessity of obedience to God’s word.
There was peace in the garden kindled by God’s great love. Adam changed peace for turmoil when he chose Satan as ruler and gave up life, Gog and tranquility. Then, Cain topped the sin of rebellion with killing. Death came by Adam, Cain was the first to switch life to death. He slew Able (his brother) when there was Peace in the world, now look what a switch. God walked away. No doubt, if He could cry, a tear rolled down His face. His beloved creation had switched from good to evil.
Humankind
switched
to
an ever descending state of corruption.
Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was
great in the earth, and that
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
only evil continually.
7
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the
face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and
the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
God
switched
His plan when He remembered Noah and his family. We have the story of
the ark, flood, new beginning and potential for a change.
Genesis
6: 23
And
every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the
ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl
of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only
remained alive,
and they that were
with him in the ark. 15
And
God spake unto Noah, saying,
16
Go
forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'
wives with thee. 17
Bring
forth with thee every living thing that is
with thee, of all flesh, both
of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be
fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.”
All
depended upon how much the seven survivors loved God and worked His
will. But, nothing had switched
from the evil design of Satan.
He
rode out the flood
atop the ark when it
landed on Ararat. He worked the vineyard with the laborers and He
became their adviser.
Evil
once again began to overtake the thoughts of those growing from the
loins of the flood survivors. The switch
was gradual but almost complete. There was one who walked with God;
Abram, whom God sir named Abraham. Through a covenant with Abraham,
God switched
from suffering with the entire population of the world by selecting
Him A family to multiply and follow Him. There were problems. Always
they were settled by the descendants of Abraham: Isaac, Jacob called
Israel and
the twelve sons (tribes) of Israel. God nurtured these His chosen
ones while those living the life of evil switched
not away
from Lucifer.
- Genesis 17:5 “Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Genesis 17:9 “And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Time
passes and change began to disturb God’s people. Israels youngest
son Joseph was deviously confined in Egypt
according to God’s Plan. God sheltered them there for four hundred
years. Then arrived the time and preparation
of Moses through him God rescued His children and set them on a
course to the promised land. Many
“switches
of mind” of Pharaoh in letting Israel leave Egypt finally
terminated in His total destruction. Genesis
6: 27
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned
to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled
against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the
sea. 28
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen,
and
all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there
remained not so much as one of them.”
In
due time and through many switches
in plans and leadership. Joshua
led God’s chosen ones into the land promised to Abraham; father of
them all.
Gradually
the Mosaic law switched to man made directives which switched the
thinking of some Jews who was looking for a prophesied of in times of
old. He would come and deliver them fro the entirety of Rome. When
Jesus came they did not switch but rather denied Him and rejected
Him. Thus He switched to the Gentiles (us) to accept all who would
come unto Him to come. The mark of the new covenant was his death,
burial
and resurrection
as atonement
for Adams sin and human kind’s adherence to that sin. He
shed his sacrificial blood on the cross at Calvary as a final blood
sacrifice for sin forever. He became our high priest and advocate. He
ascended back to heaven leaving us to teach those on earth to switch
from evil to good. This we must do. Know God,know peace. Amen.
01-30-2020 BLL
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