August 23, 2010 Monday Message:

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

Samuel said, “There is no rock like our God,” and, “Who is our rock, our substance, except our God?”

Moses writes, “God is the rock, our foundation; his works are perfect.”

David’s Psalm 18 encourages us to sing, “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my salvation; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.”

God doesn’t change his mind. The character of God is a constant, something on which you can count, a rock on which you can stand. If God says it is good, it was good a long time ago, and it will be good far into the future. You can count on it. Similarly, if God says not to do something – “thou shalt not…” – He won’t be changing his mind either. If it was wrong a long time ago, it is still wrong today, and will be wrong for our children’s children.

Jesus freed us from certain procedural directions and dietary laws, which were no longer necessary for our safety. But the basic concepts of good and bad, right and wrong, evil and not-evil are still the way God set them out for us 6000 years ago. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one. Therefore what God spoke at the beginning and what Jesus verified 2000 years ago is still true today as the Spirit moves amongst us.

Jesus quotes Aesop’s Fable from 700 BC, as he chastises false teachers of God’s Word, those who would alter, change or “re-interpret” the Bible. “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them." Matthew 7:15-16 Nowadays some wolves are dressed in denominational garb. Jesus says cut down these bad trees with their bad fruit and throw the whole mess into the fire. Sounds pretty severe, but that tells us that Jesus is serious, and God’s not about to change His mind either. “The Father and I are of one mind.”

Don’t mess with God’s writings. That’s what the Bible says.

Norton Lawellin