The Same God

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

“I am the LORD and I do not change.” Malachi 3:6 (NLT)

Most of the articles I have written for this blog find their origin in the Old Testament books of the prophets.  Why is that?  Doesn’t God have anything new to say?  How can what happened more than 2,000 years ago be applied to our lives today? That is one of the most amazing things about the Word of God—it is just as relevant today as it was in the time of Isaiah, Jeremiah or Ezekiel. Not only that, but God has not changed in all that time.  He still loves His people, He still gets angry over their sin, and He will bring judgment on them if they do not repent.  How do I know this? Because that is the pattern of the Old Testament, and Hebrews 13 says that Jesus (who is one with God the Father and the Holy Spirit) does not change. Malachi 3:6 expresses the same truth. When we read the Old Testament, we also see that man has not changed—he is still disobedient and rebellious, and treats God with contempt.

1Corinthians 10:11-12 says this about the history of Israel: “These things happened to them as examples for us.  They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.”  Are we paying attention?