The only person who never changes is God,because He is perfect,so He doesn't need to change,but it goes without saying everyone changes to some degree. I am a Christian a long time,but I still need to change in fact it is part of what being a Christian is all about,in Romans 8 v29,we read ,'For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of' his Son'. Now that is unimaginable yet that is God's purpose for every child of God, he knows we cannot do it in our own strength,so He has given us His Spirit to help us,and His precious word to guide us. Let me say this none us will be the finished article until we reach Heaven. A quotation from Louis Berkhofs book a summary of Christian Doctrine,(it is a very profitable little book) 'Sanctification and Perseverance' Sanctification may be defined as that gracious and continuous operation of the Holy Spirit by which He purifies the sinner, and enables him to perform good works.We will always have to contend with sin, characterized by a constant warfare between the flesh and the Spirit ( Galatians 5 v17),which leads us unto the importance of Perseverance in truth and in holiness, aided by the Holy Spirit.
'So what's it to be ?change for the better or the worse?'
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