Our Unchanging God
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Introduction:
Nature teaches us about change, the weather changes… time changes, seasons change…. Technology has changed us and it has occurred so subtly and we don’t even recognize it.
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Our cell phones that fit in our pockets can do everything! Change can be for good or evil.
Let me tell you what will never change. God is good and He is good all the time, all the time God is good because He is immutable. He cannot change and the writer of Hebrews move into this important doctrine that…
I. God Never Changes
1. So, thank God that in a changing world our heavenly father never changes. James teaches us what a wonderful truth this is. He never changes. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of light with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
— James 1:7
2. Notice He’s called God the Father of lights that is a great statement. That was an ancient Jewish way of referring to God as creator. The lights they have in mind are the sun, moon and the stars. He is the Father of the lights, the celestial bodies. You say, “Why is he choosing that title? He is choosing that title because it fits his illustration.
3. Things change, but God is unchanging. Many Scriptures tell us that God is unchanging. The Bible speaks again and again about the everlasting God.
1. Ps. 102 :27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
2. Malachi 3:6 the Lord says, “For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”
This scripture is saying that God will not be sorry -He is never going to quit. God does not repent of His gifts and callings; He never rues back on a trade. This unchanging God never varies in His giving. God never changes on His providential care and His pouring out of the daily blessings. God wants us to change to conform to Christ. — Phlip. 3;21
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
II CO. 5.17 God has told us how to be saved! Acts 4:12 — gospel
God showed that He loves us by His action of giving His Son for us. God loves you and Jesus died for you. Jesus loves you so much that he has a plan for your life God loves you in this fashion. We need to show our love and respect for Him by listening to what He says. The Bible tells us to honor our parents, to be truthful, to have a good attitude and a lot of other things too. We need to follow these commands because they are God’s commands.
Conclusion:
God doesn’t change he’ll be exactly the same God tomorrow as he is Today. He cannot change. Does God ever need to change for the better or with the times? No! How can He who is perfect change? Psalm 119:89, “Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in heaven.”