We Cannot Change Ourselves. We Can Be Changed By God.

Jeremiah 39:1-18
You can take the man out of Babylon, but you can’t take Babylon out of the man! We may have never set foot in the ancient city of Babylon, but we know all about the spirit of Babylon! ‘The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt’(17:9) - This is the spirit of Babylon, ‘the spirit of disobedience’, the spirit which is ‘at work’ in every one of us: ‘All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God’(Ephesians 2:2; Romans 3:23). Is there any hope for us? We cannot change ourselves: ‘Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil’(13:23). We can be changed by God. To those who ‘trust’ in Him, the Lord says, ‘I will save you’(18). God wants to bless you. Put your trust in Him. Let His blessing flow into your heart (17:7).
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