Changelessness

 "For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."(Mal 3:6)

" Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with *evil, neither tempteth he any man:

 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.  Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.  Do not err, my beloved brethren.  Every 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."(Jam 1:13-17)

What a thought! Our God does not change there is not even a shadow to indicate a possibility of divergence from the one true path.

God created the worlds from nothing and sustains them by His word. All creation stands in need of His care and provisions, isn't it

assuring to know that He will never change?

But what about after sin and the changes that occurred in our world and the universe? Did it bring about a change in God's character and 

the nature of His dealings with the human family after Adam was tempted and fell? God created His creatures and sustains them, would He 

violently kill them, drown them in a flood, burn them up in brimstone and ashes? Is that consistent?

Man exercised his free choice in the wrong direction must he now suffer the wrath of an offended God? Must death be meted out for his

high treason? The death of Our Lord Jesus Christ shows that God would rather give all than suffer His creatures to be afflicted by sin and death.

In fact, the death of Christ shows without a doubt that sin not God is responsible for suffering, disease and death.

The God-Man

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Numbers 23:12

Many persons are caught in the trap of attributing to God the characteristics of man. Man was made in the image of God

and therefore man was to reflect his maker, but the character that he received after the fall has been warped

and continues to degenerate because of sin. Traditionally, God is seen as vengeful and vindictive. Why? because

humans by fallen nature are. God is seen as needing to be appeased, humans by fallen nature are. God is seen as

oppressive, cruel, dictatorial all aspects of our fallen nature have been attributed to our loving creator. Some persons

even justify this by saying " God is God so He is sovereign" or " The bible says God kills that settles it for me."


But is God like that, humans certainly are but what about God?

⁷Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.  ⁸For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.  ⁹For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55: 7-9)

God's ways are eternally higher than our, and His love is beyond our finite comprehension. Only in eternal will we truly see more than we faintly see

now. God is love, he doesn't react or act like us. His ways and thoughts and mind are free from selfishness.

Separation is Painful

Don't think that the Lord is too weak to save you or too deaf to hear your call for help!² It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you. It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.³ You are guilty of lying, violence, and murder. (Isaiah 59: 1 - 3 GNB)

Sin always causes a separation that is the nature of it. Destruction and death are also the outworking of sin. the bible says "sin produces death,  ... the wages of sin is death, ... death by sin." (James 1:13-15, Romans 6:23, 5:12 KJV)

Separation from God produces death, but why?

When God created He also sustained. He did not back off and let nature run its course as evolutionists want us to believe. God is actively sustaining the greatest to the least atom in the 

universe but His grace. 

After sin occurred, in came death. Death is an "enemy," an intruder, it causes God to "hide His face."

Sin is really an individual telling God that they are ok and they need not His law, protection, love or watch care.

What can God do for such a person? Appeal to their better judgement, and if they persist, ultomately respect

their choice.

If God sustains the universe, what will happen if He stops sustaining a creature? they will fall victim to the 

ravenous onslaught of the devil like Job did, but Job was "hedged" in by God. Imagine when they are not.

God wants His intelligent creatures to see the separation that sin causes and flee from sin into the arms

of their loving misunderstood God. God's character exposes the lies of satan.