Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Certain truths challenge and test the faith of the believer. They are doctrines we know to be true. We will claim them, agree with them, and “amen” the preaching of them.
So long as we do not have to live them.
The prophet lived in a time of great affliction. It was as if God had cast them off. The sins of their fathers had slain them and left people like the prophet and his contemporaries to bear the burden of their iniquities. They were suffering because of the sins and mistakes of a generation now past. They were not, by the way, going to escape this burden.
What is it that can comfort a Christian at this stage?
It was not the strength of their fathers
They were dead.
It was not the promise of rescue
God offered no such promise.
It was not the wisdom of their grandfathers
The enemy had shown them no mercy.
It was not the loving arms of their mothers
They had been left widows.
The Word of God offers this truth as their source of strength and comfort, “Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.”
Now the question. Will you remain faithful to the Lord with only this?
We live in a nation bearing the burdens of the sins of our fathers. Spiritually:
- I see some reacting by coming up with new ways to make their faith feel good.
- I see some rejecting their father’s faith as wrong and adjusting to what they believe is better.
- I see others rejecting the faith of their fathers as fruitless false, and foolish.
The Bible says that God changes not.
- Bible faith remains forever because God remains forever.
- Bible truth is valid from one generation to the next because God’s throne remains from one generation to the next.
Will you remain faithful to the Lord with only this?
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