Yesterday I shared some thoughts the message our world needs to hear. I have just a bit more I want to share on this topic today.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

While the world needs to hear that message, that is not being proclaimed in all churches that identify themselves as Christian. Many twist and pervert the message of God’s Word to suit their own purposes and needs and desires. We hear and read of teachings in churches that claim to be Christian, but they are changing or adding things that are not Biblical. They will justify their sinful behavior by saying what the Bible calls sinful should no longer be considered a sin. While God calls us to “Walk in the light as He is in the light” many preachers encourage people to go along with the crowd and do whatever makes you feel good.

People who are earnestly seeking God and looking for answers will be disappointed if they go to those churches that blow in the wind, changing their teachings to accommodate the times. In fact, that is why so many who feel a spiritual yearning have abandoned Christianity all together. They are lost and looking for direction, and they don’t find it in churches that have abandoned the Bible.

People are looking for a solid God, an almighty God, an UNCHANGING GOD, and we’ve got Him to share. A Church that believes in what Luther called SOLA SCRIPTURA, Scripture Alone, will have just the thing to share with a world looking for answers. God tells us what we need to hear in His Word. He tells us He loves us and wants us to be with Him. He tells us that our sins have separated us from Him. He tells us that He bridged that gap by sending Jesus to pay for sins in our place. God tells us that all who believe in Jesus will have forgiveness as a gift. He tells us that we should live as though we know we have already been saved, letting the light of Jesus shine for others to see. He tells us sin is wrong and that we should not sin. Nor should we condone sin in the lives of others. That would not be living the new life to which we have been called. All of this is found in the Word of God, which does not change.

Much of what God tells us is difficult for the world to accept. That is why so many churches have tried to water it down for people. What they have succeeded in doing is nothing more than planting doubt. If people have nothing firm, nothing solid, no foundation on which to build, why should they trust you? If a church proclaims a fleeting message, if they preach a god who is “blowing in the wind”, they offer nothing but insecurity. That is not the message of God in the Bible. The true God who is proclaimed in Scripture invites you to a faith that is built on certainty, the secure hope in Jesus Christ who does not change, who is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Father Andrew M. Greeley, a rather prolific and often controversial Roman Catholic Priest, once said: “Only a fool would argue that the church should change its doctrine to keep up with the times. One does not arrive at moral judgments by counting noses. Nor does one derive ethical systems from surveys. The truth of God has not changed since the beginning of time and any church that decides it needs changing now will lose that argument in the eternal perspective.”

We must proclaim the unchangeable, only true God and the message He has given us in His Word. God does not change. His Word does not change. To proclaim anything else would be a disaster. God’s people, the Church, must remain faithful to His Word. As we strive to live as God’s people, we need to remember that we have been called as followers of Jesus to change the world, not be changed by it. God wants to change everyone from lost and condemned creatures to those who walk in the newness of life He provides.