“Jesus Will Never Change” Hebrews 13:8
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Change is, perhaps, the only permanent reality that we have to deal with. Everything on this earth is always changing. One thing that we can depend on in the midst of all of the change going on around us is that Jesus Christ will not change. A lot of changes take place because certain things need to be better; therefore, they need to change. Jesus is perfect and there is no need for Him to change. The Jesus that is prophesied in the Old Testament, the Jesus that we read about in the New Testament, and the Jesus that we expect to return at any moment, is the same Jesus that we worship and serve today. The love that Jesus has for us will never change. It is difficult for us to realize that Jesus loves us as much as He does, because we know that we occasionally, or often, let Him down. Because Jesus loves us, does not mean that He doesn’t care what we do. In fact, it is the opposite. We can use our relationships with our children as an example. We love our children and grandchildren, but we do not want them to do whatever they want to do, because we know that a lot of things that they want to do will harm them. Out of love, we discipline our children, because we want them to do what is best for them. Hebrews 12:6 reminds us, “For whom the Lord loves, He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives.” The love that Jesus has for us that drove Him to the cross is the same love that He bestows upon us in our daily lives, and we can rest assured in that love. The power of Jesus to save all of those who come to Him by faith will never change. John 6:37 is still true, “All that the Father gives me shall come to me: and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.” It is written in the Bible that all who believe in Jesus will be saved. Of course, to believe in Jesus is not just giving mental assent to His reality. This kind of belief, or faith, means that we have surrendered our lives to Him to be used by Him for His purposes in our lives. He had the power to save the wicked tax collector, Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus did not deserve the salvation that Jesus brought to His house, but He received it anyway. Evidently, Zacchaeus had been cheating the people from whom he collected taxes for many years, but of all the people in Jericho, Jesus went home with him and saved him. No one who comes to Jesus to be saved deserves it. It is all made possible by God’s grace. It could be that someone reading this does not believe that Jesus will save them. Let me assure you that if you come to Jesus in repentance and faith, He will save you. His power to save people from their sins will never change. The providential care of Jesus will never change. This means that Jesus will always be interested in our lives and in the problems that we encounter. Matthew 11:28-30 will never change: “Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. 30. for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” No one lives a problem free life. We live in a fallen world and bad things are bound to happen, but that doesn’t mean that we should give in to despair. Jesus has promised to go through all of the things that we have to go through in life with us. He is really that friend that, “sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24) Inevitably, when we think of His closeness to us we think of Psalm 23:4, “Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” All of this, and more, is true for you if you will come to Jesus by faith. Bro. Joe
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