0194. 191. Christ’s Unchangingness

191. Christ’s Unchangingness

“I Change Not” Mal_3:6

A recent author says: “The universe seems like a clock running down with no mechanism for winding it up again. All the uranium in the world is breaking down, and we know of no source from which new uranium can come. Under these circumstances it seems strange that there should be any uranium. But if, like some insects, we lived only for a single spring day, we should think it strange that there should be any ice in the world, since we should find it always melting and never being formed. Perhaps the universe has long cycles of alternate winding up and running down.”

If men would only turn to the Sacred Page of God’s Word, they would find that it has a good deal to say about God’s world. To take but one passage, namely, Col_1:16-17, we find creation in relation to Christ—

1. “By (“in”—”en”) Him were all things created.” “In Him” as to source and substance.

2. “All things were created by Him” as to means, for the meaning of “by,” dia with the genitive, is an active agent producing things.

3. “All things were created… for Him,” that is, “unto Him,” for the “for” is eis, and signifies the things were for Him as the objective.

4. “He is before all things,” for He is said to be “the Firstborn of every creature,” or, more correctly, “born before all creation” (Col_1:15).

5. “By (“in” en) Him all things consist,” subsist, or are held together. He is the cohesive power which prevents things from being dissipated, or scattered.

Since everything depends upon the unchanging Christ, we may be sure that everything will serve its purpose. Things cannot “run down,” since all depends upon Him who upholds “all things by the Word of His power” (Heb_1:3).

By: DR. F. E. MARSH