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"God is Eternal & Unchangeable"
* Intro
- Prayer at its foundation is conversation w/ God
- Important to appreciate who He is as we approach Him
- Lord can't be compartmentalized -- no separation twixt love/grace, justice/compassion, et al; can only comprehend individual attributes and hope to better understand the whole
- Lord greater than sum of individual parts
* Our eternal & unchangeable God
- Eternality critical to His character
- Forgiven not just today, but yesterday, today, and forevermore
* God reveals His eternal nature in His name, YHWH
- Precursor in Gen21:33
- I AM {Ex3:13-15}: not even pronounced by Hebrews, so revered
- I AM translates beyond temporal: I AM who I AM can also be I WILL BE who I WILL BE
- Continuity by Christ {John8:58}
* OT refs
- Deut33:27: eternal God our refuge
- Ps90:1-2,4: time in His hands
- Ps102:25-27: Lord will outlast this world
- Isa46:9-10: His will also supersedes time
- Mal3:6: Lord not whimsical like earthly kings
* NT refs
- Rom1:20
- 1Tim1:17
- Heb13:8: Jesus same yesterday, today, forever
- Heb9:14: Spirit eternal
* What on earth also eternal and unchangeable?
- His Word {Ps119:89,160; Prov30:5-6}
- His people {John3:16; 2Thes1:8-9}
* Application
- Receive eternal life {John5:24}
- Worship the eternal, unchangeable God
- Seek His view -- eternal perspective
- 2Cor4:16-18: Trial meant to make you something more eternally beautiful