George Fox emphasizes the unchangeable nature of God's power and the kingdom of Christ, encouraging listeners to abide in this unchanging life.
George Fox emphasizes the importance of dwelling in the stillness and silence of God's unchanging power, which transcends all earthly changes in worship, religion, and authority. He encourages believers to remain rooted in the everlasting kingdom of Christ, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and to embrace the unchangeable life and wisdom that comes from Him. By doing so, they will experience the presence and blessing of God, becoming heirs to His eternal promises and power. Fox urges the faithful to resist worldly influences and to abide in the divine kingdom that offers eternal life and grace.
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Dear Friends,--In the stillness and silence of the power of the Almighty dwell, which never varies , alters, nor changes [James 1:17], but preserveth over and out of, and above all the changeable worships, religions, ministers, churches, teachings, principalities, and powers [various, e.g. Col 2:15], with the power of God, which keepeth over all this, to the kingdom of Christ, that is everlasting, in which there is no changing, who is King of kings, and Lord of lords [Rev 19:16]. All power in heaven and earth is given unto him [Mat 28:18], of whose light, life, power, and wisdom, grace, and riches have ye received [John 1:16f], which comes from him, that doth not change.
So in that live, that doth not change, the unchangeable life, the unchangeable mind, the unchangeable spirit and wisdom, and the unchangeable worship and church, of which Christ is the unchangeable head, who remains the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever [Heb 13:8]; in that ye will feel the blessing and presence of the Lord God of life amongst you, as ye all abide in the unchangeable kingdom, dominion, power, and life, who are heirs of it according to your measures, who have received the light, and received <199> the life and grace, and the power of a kingdom and a world that hath no end [Luke 1:33].
So wait all in it, that ye may be possessors and inheritors of the kingdom, and of the life and power which hath no end, and of the promises, that are yea and amen [2 Cor 1:20]; and let nothing, that is of the world, alter you, but keep ye in that which keepeth you in the everlasting kingdom of God [e.g. Dan 4:3].
G. F.
Sermon Outline
- The Unchangeable Life of God
- The Kingdom of Christ is Unchangeable
- Abiding in the Unchangeable Kingdom
- The power of God is unchanging
- This power preserves us above all changeable things
- Christ is the unchangeable head of the church
- The kingdom has no end
- We must wait in the unchangeable life
- We must not let the world alter us
Key Quotes
“All power in heaven and earth is given unto him [Mat 28:18], of whose light, life, power, and wisdom, grace, and riches have ye received [John 1:16f], which comes from him, that doth not change.” — George Fox
“So wait all in it, that ye may be possessors and inheritors of the kingdom, and of the life and power which hath no end, and of the promises, that are yea and amen [2 Cor 1:20];” — George Fox
Application Points
- We must wait in the unchangeable life to experience the blessing and presence of the Lord God of life.
- We must not let the world alter us, but keep us in the everlasting kingdom of God.
- We are heirs of the unchangeable kingdom according to our measures, and we have received the light, life, and power of a kingdom and a world that has no end.
