Sunday
09-27-2026
By: Brenda
“Never Changing”
I had started working on a Bible study this morning when God took me in a whole other direction. It started with a conversation with a longtime friend and a common mis- understanding so many have.
Some say: “The God of the Old Testament is harsh, but the God of the New Testament is loving.” But God has always been the same – merciful, patient, just, and loving – from Genesis to Revelation.
Jesus did not come to reveal a different God. He came to reveal the same God, the Father, whose character has been consistent from the very beginning. Scripture teaches that God does not change. His nature, His mercy, His justice, His holiness – these remain constant. Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change not;…
The Old Testament is filled with mercy, warnings, patience, and calls to repentance. The New Testament is filled with the same.
Old Testament God warned Cain before Cain sinned (Genesis 4:6–7). God waited 120 years while Noah preached repentance (Genesis 6:3). God spared Nineveh when they repented (Jonah 3:10). God repeatedly sent prophets to plead with Israel to return to Him.
New Testament Jesus forgave sinners, healed the broken, restored the outcast. Jesus in the New Testament warned of consequences, just like the Father did in the Old Testament. Jesus preached repentance, just like the prophets did. Jesus had the same heart, the same desire to save, not destroy just as His Father did.
Philip asked; “Show us the Father.”
And Jesus answered, “He that has seen Me has seen the Father.”
(John 14:8–9)
Jesus was not God. But He was the image, the expression, the representation of His Father’s character. Everything Jesus said and did came from the Father above:
“The words I speak are not Mine, but the Father’s.” (John 14:10)
“I do nothing of Myself.” (John 5:30)
So when people saw Jesus: They saw the Father’s compassion. They saw the Father’s patience. They saw the Father’s warnings.They saw the Father’s love. And they saw the Father’s holiness. Jesus was the visible revelation of the same God who spoke in Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, and the prophets.
Some say in the Old Testament God was “vengeful.” But judgment in Scripture is never impulsive or cruel. It is always preceded by warning, rooted in justice, measured, and aimed at stopping wickedness that destroys others. God Himself says: “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked.” (Ezekiel 33:11)
Even when judgment came, it was because: People rejected God repeatedly. They worshiped idols. They harmed the innocent. They persecuted the righteous. And they refused every warning.
(Just like an earthly father warns his children, God warned His people again and again.)
Judgment is not the opposite of love.
Judgment is the protection of love.
Some ask: “Why did God make us at all?
Why not leave everything alone?”
Scripture answers this clearly.
We were created for relationship.
“Let Us make man in Our image.”
(Genesis 1:26)
God desired beings who could know Him, love Him, walk with Him, and reflect His character.
We were created for fellowship. “I will walk among you and be your God.”
(Leviticus 26:12)
We were created for His glory. “Everyone… whom I have created for My glory.”
(Isaiah 43:7)
We were created for His pleasure.
“For Thy pleasure they are and were created.” (Revelation 4:11)
God did not create out of boredom or need. He created out of love, purpose, and desire for relationship.
Then came the fall in the garden. Eve was deceived. But Adam sinned with full knowledge. Scripture confirms this: “Adam was not deceived.”
(1 Timothy 2:14)
This matters because it show us that humanity did not fall because God failed. Humanity fell because man chose rebellion. Yet even after the fall, God responded with: Mercy (covering them with skins).
Promise (the Seed who would crush the serpent). Hope (continued relationship). And warning (consequences of sin).
The same pattern continues throughout Scripture. “If we have read the Word and believe, then the thoughts that come after – the whys, the how-dares- are mocking our Creator.”
Job learned this firsthand. God never rebuked Job for asking honest questions. But He did rebuke Job for accusing God or assuming that God was unjust.
The moment we question God’s goodness, we step into the serpent’s whisper: “Has God really said? Is God really good?”
Our Faith says: God is good. God is just. God is wise. God is love. God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The God of the Old and New Testament is the same. And Scripture calls us to see, hear, and understand the unchanging character of God.
God is, and will always be the same God…
“Never Changing”
Oh, how God loves us ❤️
Dear Father in heaven,
Open our eyes to see Your goodness from Genesis to Revelation. Let us behold You in the face of Jesus Christ, the perfect image of Your character. Teach us to trust Your mercy, Your justice, and Your love. Remove every whisper of doubt that questions Your goodness. Give us ears willing to hear and hearts ready to understand. May Your Spirit guide us into all truth, and may Your Word anchor our faith.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Have a blessed day
God loves you ❤️
and so do I ❤️