Not Subject to Change

July 18

(Luke 16:17 NIV) “It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.”

(Matthew 5:17-19 NIV) “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. {18} I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. {19} Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

(Isaiah 40:8 NIV) “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

God’s Law is not subject to man’s changes. God’s Law cannot be altered by an emperor’s decree, an executive order, a congressional vote, or a Supreme Court ruling. Yet there are some, even in the church, who would relegate God’s Law to the rubbish heap. They believe God’s Law is archaic, even sinister. They see it as a restrictive form of bondage, rather than as a gift of love from God. They want to erase God’s Law from human memory, even though Christ declared that it would be easier for the Earth and the heavens to disappear than for God’s Law to be altered. Here’s a news flash: Regardless of man’s carnal desire to obliterate it, God’s Law will never be snuffed out. The law of the Lord is eternal -- presidents, lawmakers, and judges are dust, and to dust they will return. Rulers come and go, but “the word of our God stands forever”. -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day