As Jesus is the cornerstone upon which the Church is built, so are his teachings the unifying cornerstone of Christian doctrine.

When God does Something All at Once

Have you ever had one of those overnight change experiences? How about an amazing and instant change in your life? One minute you have a certain set of circumstances and then very quickly your whole world changes. That can happen for the better or the worse. One minute you have a good situation; the next you don't. One moment you have a difficult and threatening situation; the next you don't.

When God decides to intervene in our world, sometimes the result is instantaneous. When Jesus destroyed the fruitless fig tree in Matthew 21:20, the disciples were amazed and asked, "How did the fig tree wither all at once?" The change from Old Testament legalism to New Testament faith was radical. It involved the death of the old way and the uncertainty of the new. When God brings change in our lives, it is amazing. Are we stuck in a prison of the past, or ready to move forward in faith?

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