Do I Have To Change?

Judges chapters 2 & 3 will be where I begin today. I have gotten a little behind here but I don’t want to skip what is occurring as I am reading my bible.
Do I Have To Change?

God is so careful with us, he wants us to really get a hold of his full council as we come to the scriptures and so picture after picture is painted for us to understand the heart dealings of the Holy Ghost. It just so happens…hehe….that where I am reading in Luke now provides us with some comparisons as well as some contrasts with these two chapters in Judges. I may just go ahead and mingle the two instead of using two different posts. Yep, that’s exactly what I will do.

Judges 2

1. And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
2. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

Echem… Their reaction?

3. And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

Let’s Check out Luke chapter 3:6-7
7. Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8. Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

This is a correction, or a challenge or a warning that is repeated over and over again through out the scriptures. I think I will summarize it in the form of a question, here goes.
Is our experience with God actually changing our heart to understand and do things God’s way, or is our experience with God merely platform of comparison so we can say: My God is Better Than Your God, yet our identity is with the world around us.

Back to Judges chapter 2…

11. And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:
12. And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

Now Luke 3…

9. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10. And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

This is a good sign! The people in Luke would like some clarification on what John is talking about. The folks in Judges were given clarification too, but I don’t recall seeing where they really wanted to know.

Judges 3

1. Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;


You may be asking yourself why do I write about repenting and repentance so much, Hey… I’m just reading the bible, the bible is the one talking about it and giving different pictures concerning it and since it is a subject that God brings over and over, I suspect that it is something that we need to hear.

Luke chapter 3
13. And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
14. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

I love the gospel of Luke, it is so very unique, as Luke was gathering his information he was sure to include verses 13 and 14, which are unique to all the other gospels. So before we can get all spiritual about repentance, the simple truth is laid out before us.

I have to quit for today, I’m still behind, but that’s O.K. I know where I’m at.