God Does He Change or Does He Not

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THINKING POINTS FOR BIBLE CHRISTIANS

GOD

Does He Change?OrDoes He Not Change?

A Consideration of

Biblical Passages

About God, Jesus, & Us

By Ronnie Bray


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God:Does He change

Does He Not Change?

When the Bible says God doesn't change, have you asked

yourself what that means?

For example, if God had never been incarnated before, and

then, suddenly, he was incarnated, would that be a change?

If God is also Jesus, as taught in historical Christianity

since the fourth century, what changes did God have to go

through to take on himself a body of flesh and bones?

Then, when he was crucified, if God the Father is also

Jesus the Son of Himself, what changes did he have to

undergo for his spirit to leave his body?

Later, when his spirit came back into his body and made it

live again, incorruptible, never again to die, what changes

did that involve?

There is so much in the Bible that goes unnoticed about

Jesus, but I invite you to read one passage and consider its

implications for you, as a Christian.

Now, if, as the RCC and Mainstream Protestant

denominations teach, Jesus is God the Father, and God the

Father is Jesus Christ, and there is only one of him,


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including the Holy Ghost, then God the Father was born as

a baby, grew to manhood, taught for three years, was

crucified, died, and rose from the dead to sit at the right

hand of God the Father in heaven, how many changes isthat and why is it wrong to think of God-Jesus as an exalted

man?

Isnt that what we read about Jesus in the creeds?

You can either look at God through the Bible with a

Mormon hat on, or you can look at God through the creeds

with a Catholic/Protestant, etc, hat on, but you can't do bothat the same time.

There is so much in the Bible that goes unnoticed about

Jesus, Christ the Son of God the Father, but I invite you to

read one passage and consider its implications for you, as a

Christian.

Philippians 2:9-11

9. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him [this refers

to Jesus] and given Him the name which is above everyname,

10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of

those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those underthe earth,


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11. and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ

is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Notice first of all that God the Father has exalted JesusChrist the Son. Jesus did not exalt himself! Therefore

God also has highly exalted Him.

There is a reason God exalted Him. The reason is given in

verse 8.

8 And [Jesus] being found in appearance as a man, He

humbled Himself and became obedient to the point ofdeath, even the death of the cross.

Christ humbled Himself in obedience in obedience to

whom? to the death of the cross.

Jesus set the example that we are to follow, and God exalts

those who humble themselves. A few passages make thispoint very clearly.

Matthew 23:12 "And whoever exalts himself will behumbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,

and He will lift you up.

1 Peter 4:6 Therefore humble yourselves under themighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.


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Christ humbled Himself to die on the cross and this is the

reason that God exalted Him. We need to follow His

example and humble ourselves as well and God will be the

One to exalt us in due time. There is nothing in the Biblethat tells us that the exaltation of Christ is different than the

way we will be exalted by God.

In Acts 2:32, we read:

"This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all

witnesses. 33 "Therefore being exalted to the right hand of

God, and having received from the Father the promise ofthe Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see andhear. 34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but

he says himself:

'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."' 36 "Therefore let

all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has madethis Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

This is the way and position to which God exalted and

glorified Jesus, and according to the word of God this is the

lot of the faithful in Christ.

Romans 8:14-17

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are thesons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage

again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,whereby we cry, Abba, Father.


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The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we arethe children of God:

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs

with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we maybe also glorified together.

Nothing could be plainer to the Christian mind that hears

Gods word through the Holy Spirit. For God has promised

us through Jesus Christ that the Spirit will lead us to his

truths.

John 14:8-31

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and itsufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time

with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he thathath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou

then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in

the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speakunto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth

in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in theFather, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the

very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He thatbelieveth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and

greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto myFather. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I

do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shallask any thing in my name, I will do it.


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If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray theFather, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he

may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth;whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,

neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth withyou, and shall be in you.

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a

little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:

because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know

that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it

is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of

my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself

to him.

Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thouwilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus

answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep

my words: and my Father will love him, and we will comeunto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me

not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear isnot mine, but the Father's which sent me.

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with

you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom theFather will send in my name, HE SHALL TEACH YOU

ALL THINGS, and bring all things to your remembrance,whatsoever I have said unto you.


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Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not asthe world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be

troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I saidunto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved

me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father:for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you

before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, yemight believe.

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of

this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that theworld may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go

hence.

By these passages in the Holy Bible we see that not only

did God the Son undergo some changes, but that humanity

that faithfully follows the example of Jesus Christ the Sonof God will also be subject to the same changes.

It is a lot to take in, but think what it signifies. It signifies

the Divine Destiny of the children of God that obey him.

If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father

will love him, and we will come unto him, and make ourabode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my

sayings.

What glorious truths mine eyes behold! What blessings

hath God reserved for those that serve him and obey him!

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