Back In My Day [Things Change pt. 4]

Main Idea: Even though everything is always changing, history is also repeating itself. Nothing is actually new, but rather goes through its cycles of generational behaviors. This world is truly temporal and insatiable. Our cravings are never able to be satisfied by this world because it does not have the capacity or ability to satisfy or create anything new. Be that as it may, we constantly find ourselves chasing after the next answer to our problems through either our politics or culture. Today we are going to unpack the idea of promises to change history and analyze how we are actually only repeating history. We are going to focus on the topics of politics and culture as we try to understand their patterns. And we’re going to discuss how the ultimate effect on our way of life is actually the sinfulness of our land. The reason that this topic is so important is because we can be spared so much anguish and disappointment when we learn from the past. If we don’t understand certain patterns of history, we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. While these mistakes are somewhat inevitable to be made again and again until judgment day, they don’t have to be made in our lifetime or our children’s lifetime.  (Ecclesiastes 1:4-8) — 1. Politics [POLITICS WILL CONSTANTLY DISAPPOINT US] No governmental body has the ability to withstand time or the sinfulness/faults of man. While governments have the capacity to do good, man’s desire for power and money will always eventually corrupt it. Even when we truly find people of integrity to lead, they will eventually die or transition out. The Bible shows so much history within the nation of Israel and how difficult it was to keep integrity/godliness in the people of leadership.  (Ecclesiastes 4:13-16; Ecclesiastes 5:8-9) — 2. Culture [MODERN CULTURE IS JUST RE-RINSED HISTORY] Culture is always trying to convince us that we are better than the people before us. And it is also always trying to tell you who you are supposed to be in order to fit into the modern movement. “Don’t be like this, be like this.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9-11) — 3. Sinfulness [UNBRIDLED COLLECTIVE SINFULNESS WILL ALWAYS TURN INTO A MURDEROUS MONSTER] Sinfulness has a way of always growing within society. No matter how many countries start and fall, collective sinfulness is always prevalent amongst the people or the leaders of a country when it falls. The people turn into violent mobs or the government leaders turn into power hungry oppressors because of the insatiable darkness that sin is.  (Genesis 19:3-11; Judges 19:22-26) — To connect, learn more or donate, visit gravetopchurch.com  Follow us on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok by searching @gravetopchurch