We're continuting to look at God's incommunicable attributes. Today, we will be looking at God's unchangeableness.
25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands. 26 They will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded. 27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end.
Psalm 102:25-27
God doesn't change. His being doesn't change. He is always perfect. His promises do not change. But, how He is expressed in different situations may be as different as the situations are, but even then, He doesn't change in His will.
- It may sometime seem like God changes His mind (which would mean that He is not unchanging). Consider the story of Jonah:
- Jonah is sent to Ninevah to tell them that God is going to destroy them because of their sin
- The Ninevites repent from their sins
- God chooses not to destroy them
- Did God change His mind? No, God wanted the Ninevites to repent. The message He gave Jonah was of the consequences of their sin. The Ninevites repented as God has wanted and thus were spared the consequences of their sin.
- As situations change, how we see God act may change. But how God acts is always in keeping with His character. And because how we see God is colored by our circumstances, how we see God may change - but He doesn't.
- The fact that God is unchanging is good for us. How could we ever hope to get know Him better if He changed all the time.
- Consider this, you both have had the same Sunday School teachers since September. Do you know them better than you did in September?
- Have you learned what they expect of you and what you can expect from them?
- Is it sometimes hard to adjust when you have a different teacher?
- God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. As we get to know Him better, we know more about Him. As we go through different situations, we see different aspects of God.
- Aren't you glad God does not change?
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