“God does not change.”

This is a statement often made but rarely understood. Just what does it mean that God never changes?

There are actually several possible meanings of this simple phrase:

• God’s basic nature and character are fixed and will never change.
• God is perfect and complete as he is so he cannot change in any way.
• God’s ways of interacting with humans will remain the same because God never changes.
• What it means to be a Christian never changes because God never changes.
• What it means to be the Church never changes because God never changes.
• God’s “rules” will never change because God never changes.
• Our worship of God should not change “with the times” because God never changes.
• Christians should not accommodate to the changing culture around them because God never changes.
• What was true in the days of Noah, Abraham, Moses or Paul remains true today because God never changes.
• We already know everything there is to know about God (this side of heaven) because God never changes.
• What the Bible means never changes because it is God’s Word and God never changes.
• Any new way of understanding the Bible is misguided because God never changes.
• God cannot change his mind because he never changes.
• God will never go back on his word because he never changes.
• Any “innovation” in theology is a departure from the truth because God never changes.

You may be able to come up with even more possible meanings for this statement. If you do, please add them as a comment.

So what do you think? Do you agree with all these statements? Over the next several days we will examine this in detail. In the meantime, I’d like to hear your thoughts.

Pastor Rod

“Helping you become the person God created you to be”