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If the Lord wills, Christ's immutability will be our theme this coming Sunday at Grace.
That's because God the Father gives us a window into His own delight into the Immutability of God the Son in Hebrews 1:10-12. Marinate your soul in those words!
Even if you won't be at Grace, or if you will be there, but are working the nursery, don't skip those words. Be unwilling to let go of God until you are granted God's own delight in His immutable Son.
Have you ever been at that, "My mind and heart are about to explode because I can't go any higher or deeper into God's truth at this time" kind of place, only to have someone grab your hand and say, "Sure you can, let's go?" Being that type of tour guide is Steven Charnock's job in his book, The Existence & Attributes of God. He's relentless. No rest stops. No breaks. He keeps climbing. Every, "It can't get any better" paragraph seems to be topped by Charnock's next sentence.
Just when you think, "Ah, there we go, a nice look at God's changeless character," you read another paragraph only to realize the sun's still rising, and heretofore you've only seen God's brightness shining over the horizon, not the sun. I'm being devastated by his tour of God's Immutability. In a good way.
I'm typing now because my mind is stammering. "Uhh, umm, yea, okay." That's the way my soul feels right now. Life application dominatates the pages. Charnock isn't interested in theory. He's interested in being changed into Christ's likeness.
His banner text for the chapter is our text for Sunday. Pray that I'll distill what would be helpful for God's people to hear, and be able to leave behind what should be left behind. Clearly, we can't empty the barrell of God on any given Sunday, and this one is no exception. Where to go. Where to refrain. That's where I need your prayer. Please!
Pray that Hebrews 1:10-12 would be the Jesus that I know and experience and preach. He's more vast than anyone, save God, has ever imagined. No one, save God, will ever exhaust the knowledge of His excellent Person and infinite gospel work.
Sunday I'm going to do my best to display my ignorance. That's because I'm going to be sharing the view I can see of Jesus's Immutability from where I now stand. My sight is woefully short of His complete character.
Please pray for me to see more of Him. Please! To know more of Him. Please!
I'm praying exactly that for you, Grace Church.
PS - Sometime soon sell your car and buy the book.
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