CHANGING SEASONS,
UNCHANGING LORD
AND SAVIOR
Hebrews 13:5-9
I. WE LIVE IN
CHANGING TIMES
But we have an
unchanging Lord!
1 Samuel 7:12
Heb. 12:2a
With the passing of years
and the changing seasons
of our lives, only one
thing is constant in which
we Christians should be
grounded upon - our Lord
Jesus Christ!
Hebrews 13:8
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS
THE UNCHANGING
REALITY…AND OUR
CONSIDERATION OF HIM
GIVES GREAT
ENCOURAGEMENT and
STRONG SUPPORT UNDER
ALL THE DIFFICULTIES AND
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES
OF OUR LIVES.
Three important truths we
need to consider:
1)OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
IS ALWAYS THE SAME
2)OUR TIMES ARE IN HIS
HANDS
3)OUR LIVES ARE
STRENGTHENED AS WE
TRUST IN HIS
UNCHANGING CHARACTER
1) OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
IS ALWAYS THE SAME
a. The immediate context:
(v.7) remember… consider…
imitate…
Christ as the Head of the
church lives to fulfill His
word (Matt 16:16-18; Heb
7:23-25; 2 Tim 2:10-13)
b. In what sense is Jesus
Christ always the same?
1. His Name: Jesus Christ
Matthew 1:21; John 1:41
He is Savior and Lord for us
since He vanquished the last
enemy that we, having been
saved from sin by His death,
should be saved from death
through His resurrection.
Acts 4:12; Acts 5:31;
Titus 2:13
2. He is God – for only God
is unchanging.
Isa 44:6
His Sameness Is the
Sameness of God.
Heb 1:10-12
3. While He grew up as to His
human nature (Luke 2:52),
His Divine nature never
changes.
Mal 3:6
I Sam 15:29
4. He came and revealed
Himself in space and time.
John 1:1, 14; Heb 1:1-2:
Heb 4:15; Phil. 2:5-11
5. He is unchanging His
Person and attributes.
John 17: 5; 24
6. He is unchanging in His
doctrine and work.
HIS GOSPEL STANDS FOREVER
AS THE LIVING EXPRESSION OF
HIMSELF.
1 Cor 2:2; Gal 1:8-9
7. He is absolutely reliable.
Hebrews 13:5b-6
James 1:17
8. He is our stable Rock who
keeps us from being led
astray.
Heb 13:9; 13:15-16;
Jude 24-25
2) OUR TIMES ARE IN HIS
HANDS – “yesterday, today
and forever”
Rev 1:5, 8
Yesterday: Jesus Christ
showed us in history who he
is really like and what he did.
God the Eternal Son, Who
created all things, identified
with us by becoming a man.
He fulfilled the law by living
a perfect life; then died on
the cross as our substitute
making propitiation for our
sins; and was raised from
the dead (Heb 10:12).
Today: we have fellowship
with him and relate to him
as the person we know
and love.
1 Peter 1:8
Hebrews 13:5b
Now - He sits at the Father’s
right hand interceding for us.
Tomorrow: All our hope for
everlasting joy hangs
ultimately on relating to
him, not just his gifts. He
will come back to establish
His everlasting Kingdom in
which we will dwell and
reign with Him forever.
Hebrews 12:28
3) OUR LIVES ARE
STRENGTHENED AS WE
TRUST IN HIS UNCHANGING
NATURE/CHARACTER
a. There is no other
anchor for the soul but
Christ.
Heb 6:17-20
“The sum of Divinity is
the Scripture; the sum
of the Scripture is the
gospel; the sum of the
gospel is Jesus Christ.”
– Charles Spurgeon
b. We have complete
redemption in His finished
work.
Col 2:9-10; 1 Cor 1:30;
Romans 8:37-39
c. We are warned against
putting our confidence in
worldly things because
they are inconstant.
Heb 13: 5
1 John 2:15-17
d. Our faith will never be
shaken because of His
unchanging promises.
Rom 4:20-21
Heb 4:16; 13:5b-6
e. We are to imitate
Christ's constancy and
consistency.
Heb 12:2; 13:7
f. We are to be steadfast in
the truth and be on guard
against the tendency to
fall away from the faith.
Heb 12:1; 13:8
Jude 24-25
g.Because the Lord never
changes our hope and
eternal destiny is secure.
We, his children are
eternally blessed.
(A warning to the unbelieving
and unrepentant …).
Christ is worth to be
followed to the end. If the
Lord is still the same,
follow Him till you reach
Him. Your exit out of this
life shall bring you where
He is, and you will find Him
then what He always was.
If Jesus Christ is
unchanging, He has
an evident claim to
our most solemn
worship. Let rejoice
forever in Him, and
rejoice always.