The same yesterday, today, and forever

 It's become very blatantly obvious that people don't always understand the Lord. I'm going to say that I'm one of those people. There are things I don't understand about the Lord. I have a point though. Please follow along carefully.

Hebrews 13:8-16 NKJV

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.


So why do Christians try and change what the Lord is already? Cultures and times change; we all know that's true. The verse speaks of the blood of Christ and the sacrifice He made. Who doesn't want to share the love of Christ? That's a question I've always wanted to know the answer.  We don't know when He's coming back. 


The Lord is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow... and forever. Not sure why people say that the culture is different and they correlate that with the Lord. As true as it is that the culture has changed, the Lord HASN'T changed. Jesus Christ came to perfect the law; not to add to it or change it. What makes no sense to me is that people put the Lord in a box. He's everywhere. He doesn't fit in a box. He's too big. 

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