One of the great texts of all Scripture soon follows Hebrews 11, the list of the spiritual and the not so spiritual (Samson) giants of the past. One thing is evident that despite their significance, and all they had done, all of them were dead. Now comes the really good part. Chapter 13:8. “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” In Chapter 1 Paul told us that Jesus was the exact representation of the Father. Now he assures us that others die but our Jesus lives and not just for today but forever. We have an advocate with the Father and He never changes.
We never have to worry about Him being moody. When a volcano erupts it isn’t because He is angry with us. That’s pagan stuff. We can count on the consistency of His love, care and mercy. He is so concerned with saving people He keeps careful records of lives; by doing so He can then vouch for us by finding some one moment in our lives when we gave Him an opportunity to shower us with grace. He can shut down Satan’s accusations against us by actually producing evidence. Satan can produce a mountain of evidence to verify his claims against us. All Jesus needs for grace to abound is a moment. He will squeeze as many into the Kingdom as possible.
And why is He so jealous for us? It’s because He is exactly like His Father who spared not His Son that we might be saved. Don’t you just love Romans 8 where Paul says if He did that, who can be against us. So fear not. He is in the saving business and He never changes.
Written by Roger Bothwell on November 19, 2010
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