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Todd Gaddis

and any city or house divided against itself will not stand” (Matthew 12:25). This is just one of the many times, as fully God, that Jesus demonstrated His omniscient capabilities. Observe also, that God is immutable, unchanging. In my 26 years as a pastor, I’ve been heartbroken on those rare but saddening occasions when someone to whom I was very close turned against me. No doubt, some of those who shouted “Hosanna in the highest” (Mark 11:9) when Jesus made His entry into Jerusalem, screamed “Crucify Him!” (Mark 15:14) days later. One can only imagine the pain Jesus must have felt when one of His dearest friends, Peter, denied even knowing Him. Thankfully, God doesn’t vacillate. That’s hard to wrap our minds around in a world where things constantly change. Yet the Bible confirms this truth. As God spoke through one of His prophets, “For I, the LORD, do not change” (Malachi 3:6). “Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). According to our Lord’s half- brother, “Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with who there is no variation or shifting shadow” (James 1:17). Not only is God unwavering, but He is eternal . Simply said, there has never been a time when He did not exist. Since He created time, He was obviously there before it existed. He was, is, and always will be. Every human being has a beginning, but no end. Each of us will spend eternity somewhere. One hundred million years from now, our souls will still be alive, either in heaven or hell. The choice is ours, as we’ll later see. God, on the other hand, is an eternal being with neither a beginning nor end. As Scripture says, “The eternal God is a dwelling place” (Deuteronomy 33:27). Next, understand that God is sovereign. “But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases” (Psalm 115:3). He controls everything in the universe, governing all that happens. Nothing can

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