Dec. 01, 2024

Series: ATTRIBUTES OF GOD   12-1-24

OUR UNCHANGING GOD

(James 1:17)

Acts 17:16–27 16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens… 18 Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection… 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. 

ALL-LOVING

ALL-POWERFUL - OMNIPOTENT

ALL-EVERYWHERE - OMNIPRESENT

ALL-IN-CONTROL - SOVERIEGN

ALL-KNOWING - OMNISCIENCE

ALL-TRUSTWORTHY

The IMMUTABILITY of God:

God never ____________________.

James 1:17 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.    

Malachi 3:6 6 I the Lord do not change!  

HOLMES STRESS SCALE:

                  LIFE EVENT                              STRESS LEVEL

        Death of a spouse                                                        100 pts

        Divorce     73

        Marriage/Separation     65

        Jail term     63

        Death of a close family member     63

        Personal injury or major illness     53

        Getting married      50

        Fired from work     47

        Marriage reconciliation      45

        Retirement     45

        Major change in health of family member     44

        Pregnancy     40

        Sex difficulties     39

        Gaining a new family member     39

        Major change at work     39

        Major change in financial status      38

        Death of a close friend     37

        Son or daughter leaving home     29

        Trouble with in-laws     29

        Wife begins or stops work     26

        Trouble with boss     23

        Change in residence                                                     20

THINGS ABOUT GOD THAT NEVER CHANGE:

I. GOD'S _____________ FOR ME NEVER CHANGES

Jeremiah 31:3 3 I have loved you with an everlasting love.   

Psalm 119:159 (GN) 159 Your love never changes so save me!  

LIFE PRINCIPAL: I never need to __________ God's love.  

Romans 8:39 (NCV) 39 nothing above us, nothing below us, nor anything else in the whole world will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

II. GOD'S _____________ TO ME NEVER CHANGES

Isaiah 40:8 8 The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.  

Matthew 24:35 35 Heaven and earth will pass away but My words will never pass away. 

Psalm 119:152 152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever. 

Matthew 5:24 24 Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 

LIFE PRINCIPAL: Stability comes from ______________ my 

    life on God's _______________ Word.

Ecclesiastes 10:10 (ESV) 10 If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.

III. GOD'S _____________ FOR MY LIFE NEVER CHANGES

Isaiah 14:24 24 The Lord Almighty has sworn, “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.

“I don't know all that the _____________ holds, 

but I do know who holds the _____________.”

Psalm 33:11 11 the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.

1 Samuel 15:29 (NCV) 29 The Lord… does not lie or change his mind. He is not a human being, so he does not change his mind.

God never changes His will, but He does ___________ a change.

Romans 8:28 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  

LIFE PRINCIPAL: His ways are _________________.

GOD'S PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE:

John 10:10 10 I have come that they might have life and have it to the full. 

1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Micah 6:8 (NKJV) 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?

Romans 8:29 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son.   

Spiritual Anchors for your Soul:

1)  God will Never Stop _______________ you.  

2)  God's _______________ is Always Right.  

3)  God's ____________ for your life is Bigger than your ____________. 

Psalm 125:1 1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.