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Psalm 102:25-27
We invite you to join us for worship each Sunday morning at 9:30. You can also download our service at Baptist-Christian at iTunes. We live in a world where change often happens faster that we can click the remote. We often buy things that are obsolete by the time we get them home. The one comforting truth to us is that in all the changes that ravage this world, the one unchanging constant is God! The Lord told Malachi “I The Lord do not change.” I like the way Wayne Grudem defines the truth that God never changes; “God is unchanging in His being, perfections, purposes, and promises, yet God does act and feel emotions and He acts and feels differently in response to different situations.” (Systematic Theology, P.163). Let’s consider how
- GOD DOES NOT CHANGE IN HIS PERSONALITY! This means God doesn’t change in His Person, or Who He is in His nature and character. In our focal passage David explains God’s unchanging Person (His immutability) and God’s eternity in one sentence. One of the most wonderful truths about God’s immutability is that God always responds to us, He never reacts! His response always provides His very best for us. Because God doesn’t change, we can always know how He is going to respond to us. We shouldn’t be surprised when He is displeased because of our sinfulness; nor should we be surprised at His benevolence at our obedience.
- GOD DOES NOT CHANGE IN HIS PERFECTIONS! This means He doesn’t change in His attributes, nature, or character. Read Ps. 18:30 where David explains this very simply. To a true Christian this means you will never catch God or a bad day, in a bad mood, or too busy to give you His undivided attention. We can always count on God to be God exactly as we need Him to be, not always as we want Him to be! He will never contradict Himself, His Word, or His will in any way!
- GOD NEVER CHANGES IN HIS PURPOSES! God’s purposes have to do with His will, His desires, and His reasons for acting as He does. See Isa. 14:27; Acts 26:17; Eph. 1:7-10. Because God is driven by His love for us, He is compelled to create, share, direct, provide, protect and even redeem! God’s unchanging purposes mean He will never lead us wrong, cause us harm, or fail us in any way. And,
- GOD NEVER CHANGES IN HIS PROMISES. All God promises, He has or will deliver. Depending on your personal relationship with Him, that can be negative or positive. God’s promises are allequal opportunity promises. Whosoever will, may be a recipient of the benefits of God’s promises, according to His Word of course! All this is important to us because if God could change, He would be unreliable as God. We would never know with any certainty what kind of “mood” God might be in at any given time. Therefore, we would not be sure how He might act toward us! We can find great comfort and peace because God has made it clear to us, He is a God Who does not change in His Personality, Perfections, Purposes, and Promises. Therefore, we rest assured that “He Who began a good work in you will continue it until Jesus comes to get us, or God calls us to heaven.
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