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Hebrews 13:8, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

 

David Wilkerson wrote the following, “This book (the Bible) tells me who God is.  It describes His attributes, nature, promise, and judgments.  It is His rule of law, from His own mouth, by which He rules and reigns.  And it is a Word to which He has bound Himself.”  He went on, “God rules and judges everything before Him according to the eternal law – that is, His own established Word. When the Lord makes a ruling, He speaks by His living Word, a Word to which He has bound Himself.”

 

The unchangeableness of God and Jesus Christ is seen throughout Scriptures.  What does it mean?  He can be trusted to do what He has said He will do.  He does not make a different set of rules or standards to live by for different groups of people or for different generations of people.  In the David Jeremiah Study Bible, he has stated, “Christians can trust God to save them, provide for them, and enable them to preserve to the end.”

 

Hebrews 13:6, So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my Helper; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?”  No matter how limited my earthly resources are or how difficult my circumstances seem to be, I know God will never leave me by myself; He has committed Himself to be with me (all Believers) during their journey on the narrow way.  That was His promise to Joshua (1:5) and the promise becomes even greater through Jesus Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit.  Because of this all believers can say the Lord is my Helper and I will not be afraid. 

 

The Lord promised to be with Joshua as He took the possession of the Promised Land.  He was with Daniel in the Lion’s Den.  He was with David as He faced Goliath and was chased by Saul.  He was with the Apostle Paul throughout His travels and the many Christians killed in the Roman Coliseum. 

 

Because of what we can read in His Word, we can believe the truth that God, the Father, Jesus Christ, the Son do not change and that provides an answer to our faith.  I wonder if we have forgotten that the power we have as Christians is not material or political power – it is spiritual power.  God’s kingdom is not meant to reform this country or the world through social or political activism, not even through violent actions.  This world will remain an enemy of God and His followers until His judgment occurs at the end of the age.

 

Because God does not change, you and I can know and believe He is still on His throne, still in charge, and still with Believers today.  That means I respect a virus called Covid-19, but I do not fear it.  It means I live within the means God has provided for me and help others in the way He leads me to.  It means I can be content with what I have.  It means I do whatever I can to further His kingdom even in the face of opposition.  It means whatever I do I can know He is with Me; I can agree with the Psalmist when he said, “The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear.” (Psalm 118:6).

 

Consider, today, the goodness of knowing that God never changes.  Because of that you can trust Him to do just what He has said He would do.

 

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