191. Christ\u2019s Unchangingness<\/p>\n
\u201cI Change Not\u201d Mal_3:6<\/p>\n
A recent author says: \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
If men would only turn to the Sacred Page of God\u2019s Word, they would find that it has a good deal to say about God\u2019s world. To take but one passage, namely, Col_1:16-17, we find creation in relation to Christ\u2014<\/p>\n
1. \u201cBy (\u201cin\u201d\u2014\u201den\u201d) Him were all things created.\u201d \u201cIn Him\u201d as to source and substance.<\/p>\n
2. \u201cAll things were created by Him\u201d as to means, for the meaning of \u201cby,\u201d dia with the genitive, is an active agent producing things.<\/p>\n
3. \u201cAll things were created… for Him,\u201d that is, \u201cunto Him,\u201d for the \u201cfor\u201d is eis, and signifies the things were for Him as the objective.<\/p>\n
4. \u201cHe is before all things,\u201d for He is said to be \u201cthe Firstborn of every creature,\u201d or, more correctly, \u201cborn before all creation\u201d (Col_1:15).<\/p>\n
5. \u201cBy (\u201cin\u201d en) Him all things consist,\u201d subsist, or are held together. He is the cohesive power which prevents things from being dissipated, or scattered.<\/p>\n
Since everything depends upon the unchanging Christ, we may be sure that everything will serve its purpose. Things cannot \u201crun down,\u201d since all depends upon Him who upholds \u201call things by the Word of His power\u201d (Heb_1:3).<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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