The Same: June 2004

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We live in a changing world. And it seems to be changing faster and faster. We think, “If only things would slow down a bit and stay the same as they were before.” Nations change their names, people change their address, friends in the neighborhood come and go, and as we grow older, we change too. Will it always be this way? Will nothing ever remain the same? Thank God, there are some things that will never change! The Bible says, “Jesus Christ [is] the same, yesterday, and today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:88Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (Hebrews 13:8)). Sometimes we sing the words, “All may change, but Jesus never; glory to His name.” Concerning the heavens, we read, “They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed: but Thou art the same” (Psalm 102:26-2726They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. (Psalm 102:26‑27)).
The fact that God is changeless has been a comfort to His people down through the ages. In our measure, we too should be stable, not vacillating and fickle. We are exhorted in 1 Corinthians 15:5858Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:58) to be “steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” James 1:1717Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (James 1:17) describes our God as “the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” God is always the same. He does not change in His essential being, His attributes or the principles by which He operates.
1. Why did not the Lord consume the sons of Jacob? Malachi 3:___
2. Although the heavens shall perish, wax old and be changed, what does it say about His years? Psalm 102:___
3. Who has wrought and done and called generations from the beginning?
Isaiah 41:___
4. The glory of God can never be corrupted, but what has man changed?
Romans 1:___
5. How is it that this Man (Jesus) has an unchangeable priesthood?
Hebrews 7:___