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Changeless Truth In Changing Times

What amazing changes have occurred in our lifetime!

Consider the changes in population. We reached our first billion in 1850. The next eighty years (1930) we doubled to two billion. Then in only thirty years, we reached three billion by 1960. The next thirty years brought us to the five billion mark, and those who study such matters tell us that by the end of this century we'll reach 7 billion.

Look at knowledge! From 1492 until 1900 only about 35, 000 books had been published. Now, we are publishing over 400, 000 books annually just in the U. S. A. Ours is an age of knowledge explosion. If knowledge could be measured by inches, from the beginning until 1845 would represent one inch; from 1845 until 1945 would expand to three inches; but, from 1945 until now the spurt would be represented by the height of the Washington Monument.

And besides, what about the advances in transportation, communication, technology, and medicine? Everyday new break-throughs are experienced. Unbelievable and incredible things are brought to our attention each day. We live in this fascinating world of change But, in spite of all these amazing changes, there are some things that change not.

GOD HAS NOT CHANGED! (Malachi 3: 6)

HUMAN NATURE IS THE SAME!

THE BASIC HUMAN NEED IS UNCHANGED!

THE GOSPEL HAS NOT CHANGED!

THE KINGDOM OF GOD REMAINS! (Hebrews 12: 28).

What should be our reaction to the changes in our world? Thank God for good changes! Use the changes to serve God better! Don't live in the past! Be current! Don’t feel threatened by them! Remember, none of these changes surprise God! Stay fixed in those areas that God has fixed: truth and righteousness! Be flexible in method and outreach!

God has arranged things in such a manner that Christians can be current and effective in any age—the first century or the 21st. The message is always relevant, but we could be very irrelevant if we insist upon "horse-and-buggy methods" in a "computer age."

And, by all means, let us pray for wisdom and spiritual discernment to know the difference between truth and tradition—to know when to turn loose and hold on.

... Clarence DeLoach, Jr. ...