New Life AG Church
Unchanging God
1st May 2016
Locations & Times
NLAGC @ Little Mount
No. 6, Anna Salai Little Mount, Saidapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600015, India
Sunday 6:00 AM
Sunday 8:15 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Sunday 11:45 AM
Sunday 4:30 PM
CHANGE
•For better or worse
•New information is needed for a change to take place
•For better or worse
•New information is needed for a change to take place
GOD IS IMMUTABLE
•He is Perfect – hence there is nothing to change
•He is Omniscient – all knowing- all wise – there is nothing he has to learn that will trigger a change
•He is Perfect – hence there is nothing to change
•He is Omniscient – all knowing- all wise – there is nothing he has to learn that will trigger a change
OLD TESTAMENT THROUGH NEW
•God of mercy and God of Justice
•God of Grace and God of Truth
•He did not change from being an angry God to being a God of grace in the new testament
•He is complete, perfect and unchanging
•God of mercy and God of Justice
•God of Grace and God of Truth
•He did not change from being an angry God to being a God of grace in the new testament
•He is complete, perfect and unchanging
What God's unchanging nature means to us today
1. GOD’S PLANS NEVER CHANGE
THE PROMISE-PLAN(Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews)
THE PROMISE-PLAN
•God’s plan to make a community in whose midst He will dwell
•Jesus made the plan possible by paying the price for man’s sins
•We, His people/community (Church) have a role to play in this plan
•Within this plan, He makes all things work together for good for those who love Him- Romans 8:28
•God’s plan to make a community in whose midst He will dwell
•Jesus made the plan possible by paying the price for man’s sins
•We, His people/community (Church) have a role to play in this plan
•Within this plan, He makes all things work together for good for those who love Him- Romans 8:28
2. GOD’S PROMISES NEVER CHANGE
ABRAHAM: GENESIS 12, 13, 17, 18
A.I will make you a great nation, I will multiply you as the stars and sand
B.I will give your descendants this land
C.In you all the families of the earth/ nations will be blessed
A.I will make you a great nation, I will multiply you as the stars and sand
B.I will give your descendants this land
C.In you all the families of the earth/ nations will be blessed
3. GOD’S PRINCIPLES NEVER CHANGE
“GOD’S PRINCIPLES ARE AN OUTFLOW OF WHO HE IS - HIS NATURE; THEREFORE THEY WILL NEVER CHANGE
PRINCIPLES ARE GUIDELINES FOR HIS PEOPLE
COMMUNITY vs MOB
-A Community is always governed by principles, a mob has no principles & is destructive
-The Community of God is governed by the principles of God
COMMUNITY vs MOB
-A Community is always governed by principles, a mob has no principles & is destructive
-The Community of God is governed by the principles of God
These principles are the same and will remain the same across time (transgenerational) and across cultures (supracultural) – OT to NT, Israel or India or USA
PRINCIPLES OF LIVING FOR HIS PEOPLE
•Character & Conduct
•Marriage & Family
•Community
•Work
•Character & Conduct
•Marriage & Family
•Community
•Work
CONDITIONS OF THE PROMISE: “IF”
If my people….
If you remain in me….
If you keep my commands….
If you repent…
If you return…
If my people….
If you remain in me….
If you keep my commands….
If you repent…
If you return…
4. GOD’S LOVE FOR US WILL NEVER CHANGE
•God’s Love and pursuit of His people – Hosea
•Seeking the Lost – Luke 15
•Seeking the Lost – Luke 15
THEREFORE
•We have FAITH in Him - salvation
•We HOPE in Him – Eternity
•We have FAITH in Him - salvation
•We HOPE in Him – Eternity
UNCHANGING GOD
1.God’s PLANS never change
2.God’s PROMISES never change
3.God’s PRINCIPLES never change
4.God’s LOVE for us will never change
1.God’s PLANS never change
2.God’s PROMISES never change
3.God’s PRINCIPLES never change
4.God’s LOVE for us will never change
"Ocean Commotion" VBS 2016
We begins VBS on May 1st (tomorrow) at Little Mount Centre.
Sign up your children for Re 300.
Sign up your children for Re 300.
