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Words had come to them from the heavens of old, obscurely referring to at least one other dispensation that had accomplished itself before man was created. "Your old neighbour? Still, too, He assures His disciples, "I will come again." All is not fleeting, Christ is the same. "He continueth ever." In what department of this universe shall we find immobility? The same constitution of things holds in the higher sphere of man's moral progress and religious life. Expressions of love must be regulated by ideas of Deity;. And these changes will continue — not absolutely, and for ever, but to-morrow, and for days in succession, until the last man, and the last day. This gives undying value to all the offers, invitations, and promises of the gospel.(T. Exhortation to praise and thanksgiving coordinated with exhortation to good works. WHEREIN WE SHOULD IMITATE THESE PATTERNS. To-day, brethren, Jesus Christ is the same as when Peter and Johu rejoiced "that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name" — not counted worthy to wear some crown for His name, unless the crown be a crown of thorns, but " that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name." The yesterday of my text may either be applied to the generations that have passed, and then the "to-day" is our little life; or it may be applied to my own yesterday, and then the to-day is this narrow present. Again the thought of the immutable One bears up out of the confusion of changing things. He is not, as men are, changed by time. He said this yesterday. In what department of this universe shall we find immobility? It is constancy that is the foundation of hope, and civilisation, and everything that is blessed in the world.(H. But the moment a wrong motive is cherished in the heart, or an idle word escapes the lips unjudged, your happy experiences are smashed to pieces, and you are all restless and disturbed within, until in brokenness of spirit before God you confess your sin (the disturbing thing), and thus get restored once more to the calm, sweet joy of communion. 1. Beecher. New they will be, but they will not be strange; the changes will but illustrate the unchangeable.IV. Our text speaks of One who is even now unchanging. Then let us abide in Him to-day. The applications of them vary, but the essential moral qualities themselves never change. The longing for rest, the desire for what is stable and unchanging — THIS IS OUR DEEPEST WANT; IT STRENGTHENS IN US AS WE GROW OLDER, WISER, BETTER MEN. "Yes; but you would not know him, he is so greatly altered." "And did you see such a one?" He is the revealer of what the apostle Paul calls present truth — and in His exhibition of that which it is essential for us to know, and essential for us to believe, He changeth not. "He continueth ever." His eye is the same — bright as a flame of fire, and strong enough to view all things, whether great or small. Let the stableness of His mercy to us work a stableness of our love to Him. The prayer of every Christian heart is: "Oh! ( A) your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. “Be nice to them” – I quite like that. He has got other things to occupy his thoughts since you and he were wont to meet." Let it go; Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever. John Piper Dec 1, 1996 433 Shares Sermon. Yesterday He recalled the maiden scarcely cold in death, the young man some time longer dead, and Lazarus far within the portals of death. In the world to come there may be further dispensations, each fulfilling a thought, and all illustrating the mighty being, of God. So, secondly, I apply these words in another direction. He cannot deny Himself.II. He cannot deny Himself.II. Now, believer, apply the simple figure. Imitate them. His sympathy is the same. Man's systems are the shadows on the hillside. Yesterday the children were like olive plants round about the table — to-day one is not, another withers in the place that still knows him, and others are transplanted to a foreign soil. In view of these statements, I remark, first, that it is such a view of God as this that inspires confidence and trust in Him. Guthrie, D. D.)Christ does not changeJ. I. 1. There will be more familiarity than strangeness there, for " Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Not only did He say, "Believe My words," He said, "Believe in Me." Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. To-day I This is the favourable time — this is the day of Jesus Christ's salvation. Let us give everything up to Him, ourselves and our all. His eye is the same — bright as a flame of fire, and strong enough to view all things, whether great or small. If this idea be impressed on our minds, our faith will never be shaken, at least it will never be destroyed by the vicissitudes of the world, or by those of the Church. It is the condition of the well that reflects her that has changed." )The changelessness of ChristA. For that is the only thought on which a man can build, and, building, be at rest. "All, times are sadly changed with him. All is not fleeting, Christ is the same. "Again a new commandment I write unto you," and every generation will find new impulse, new teaching, new shaping energies, social and individual, ecclesiastical, theological, intellectual, in the old Christ who was crucified for our offences and raised again for our justification, and remains "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."IV. )Jesus always the sameT. In view of these statements, I remark, first, that it is such a view of God as this that inspires confidence and trust in Him. It is best to see the verse as transitional, connecting to both v. 7 and 9, stating the object of the former leaders’ faith and the grounds for the exhortation in v. 9. Youth will wander and explore; but manhood asks a home wherein to dwell. W. Beecher.The unchangeableness of God was taught originally as contrasted with the ever changing views entertained when poets, and mythists, and theologists of antiquity were accustomed to weave just such fancies as they pleased, and twine them about an imaginary God, changing to-day the imaginings of yesterday, as one twines every day fresh flowers about some statue. THE WORDS "FOR EVER" FALL STRANGELY ON OUR EARS; THE SOLEMN FUTURE IS UNKNOWN AND UNIMAGINABLE. The same law holds in providence. 1. Then let us with all our heart confide in Him to-day. He has got other things to occupy his thoughts since you and he were wont to meet." And to-day many of you are found among those who wait for His appearing, and who love His appearing — and as the vision seems to tarry, and as the time appears to be delayed, often do you hear Him say, "I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there ye may be also." I apply these words as a New Year's motto, in two or three different directions, and ask you to consider, first, THE UNCHANGING CHRIST IN HIS RELATION TO OUR CHANGEFUL LIVES. The teaching of Christ is remarkable, not only for what He said, but for what He did not say. Let dispensation succeed dispensation, and age follow age, Jesus Christ is "the same unto the ages." The same may be said of the evidences, on which God hath founded the faith of His Church. His unchangeableness was also taught as opposed to any change of dynasties. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.(J. IN RESPECT OF THE RESOURCES AT HIS COMMAND (Matthew 28:18-20). Their perseverance and constancy even unto the end of their conversation.As to faith, we here understand by it the grace rather than the rule of faith, and by it we mean a constant dependence upon God for the performance of His promises; a being convinced of the truth of those things of which we have no ocular or sensible demonstration. "Lo! In fact, He is not the same yesterday and to-day in the forms and aspects of His existence. The moon is at full, and shining in more than ordinary silver brightness. I ask you to think of THE RELATION BETWEEN THE UNCHANGING CHRIST AND THE DYING HELPERS. unchanging One, let me change from day to day, until I gain Thine image and reach Thy presence!" Now, believer, apply the simple figure. No; "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever," there is nothing He ever did, in saving, blessing, sanctifying, that He cannot do again. The applications of them vary, but the essential moral qualities themselves never change. To promote His cause was the object of their existence. Last, but not least — in some way we cannot understand — Christ is the same to-day in His dying love. To-day I This is the favourable time — this is the day of Jesus Christ's salvation. A Christian minister must be a guide to his flock. The applications of them vary, but the essential moral qualities themselves never change. However, One there is who wears our nature, but is not liable to the variations of mortality. Maclaren, D. D.)Yesterday and to-dayS. I believe he has the same kind heart as ever; but he has not in his power to show it as he was used to do." It has been supposed that the doctrine of God's decrees would repel men, and drive them into infidelity. Jesus Christ, in all that constitutes His personality and in all that pertains to His character, is the same, and cannot change. Represent to yourselves the whole world let loose against Christians; imagine the primitive disciples required to believe the heavenly origin of a religion, which called them first to be baptized in water, then in blood. Nor is there any change in the great moral attributes which form the basis of the Divine character — justice, and truth, and love. That language can only have reference to a Divine Being, and it can only he with regard to His Divine qualities that Jesus Christ can be said to be immutable. So, secondly, I apply these words in another direction. "He hath an unchangeable priesthood." Can He? How comes it that when we are pleased and profited by variety everywhere else, we are conscious of a sublime satisfaction in finding fixedness here? Our text speaks of One who is even now unchanging. Weigh these circumstances against yours, and the balance will appear more equal than ye have imagined. Hebrews 13:7 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Hebrews 13:7, NIV: "Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you.Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith." Well is it for you who trust in Christ. Our life continues the same in many vicissitudes, so long as the persons we have to do with are unchanged. The humanity of Jesus Christ is in all its essential features the same. Maybe it was a parent, a grandparent, or just a faithful preacher of the Word of God. "He hath an unchangeable priesthood." 13:14 The use of the Greek subordinating conjunction gar, “for,” subordinates v. 14 to v. 13. Take your stand on the quietest day in the stillest place you can find — change is going on around you with every moment of time, so restless is nature down to its very heart. He cannot deny Himself.II. On the contrary, it draws men. They were accustomed to look on God's purpose in the universe as unfolding itself in a series of aeons or dispensations. The same law holds in providence. Martin.Employing the word "yesterday" to represent past time in general, we ask, who beside Jesus Christ is the same to-day as yesterday? All instructions and promises must be at hand in the mind when they are wanted. "Of His kingdom there shall be no end." Amidst the flux of things, the flow of events, the heart rests on one unchanging friend. In all respects, and in all aspects, Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." So He is the same, (1)Yesterday to our fathers;(2)To-day to ourselves;(3)For ever to our children.(T. I found his house shut up, and all his family gone away." The one thing of which anticipation may be sure is that nothing continues in one stay. THE WORDS "FOR EVER" FALL STRANGELY ON OUR EARS; THE SOLEMN FUTURE IS UNKNOWN AND UNIMAGINABLE. Guthrie, D. D.)Christ does not changeJ. He has got other things to occupy his thoughts since you and he were wont to meet." I am not going to attempt to explain the Mystery. Again the thought of the immutable One bears up out of the confusion of changing things. THE DUTY WHICH WE OWE TO FAITHFUL DEPARTED MINISTERS. Yesterday kindred and friends were a wide social circle — to-day but a poor segment of that circle is left. He is also Priest, but He has not taken the priesthood upon Himself, for He is the propitiation whom God has set forth for human sin. For that is the only thought on which a man can build, and, building, be at rest. Our Lord Jesus Christ will be changed in no respect throughout the whole of our life. In all respects, and in all aspects, Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." God's unchangeableness was taught, also, as opposed to the caprice of heathen divinities. It had been so in the history of this world; they themselves were living in the end of one dispensation, the old world passing away; a new world, another age, was immediately commencing. And even when He did not speak or work, how eloquent and comforting would be that silent presence and companionship. But in the midst of all is seen one unchanging Christ. Jesus Christ is the same in His influence upon those who believe in Him. "Of His kingdom there shall be no end." We may stand solitary, where once we stood circled with affection, alone but not alone, for He is with us. Behind all changes in nature we press to unchanging power and law, and feel that these can reside only in an unchanging God. You will observe that it is not of a thing that is the same, nor even of a truth conceived to be the same, that our text speaks, BUT OF A PERSON WHO IS THE SAME. The gods of heathen nations made war with each ether, maintaining themselves by the exertion of force against other gods, so that there were revulsions in high and heavenly places, and reigning dynasties were overthrown. Hebrews 13:7 Translation & Meaning. And this is not an hypothesis. Then let us to-day promote the manifestation of the true unity of all believers.(S. To-day Jesus Christ is the same as when it was said, "We are all one in Christ Jesus." Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.(J. They were accustomed to look on God's purpose in the universe as unfolding itself in a series of aeons or dispensations. This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." No, no.(G. Sin will not overmaster you, nor guilt drive you to despair; for He whose blood first cleansed you will cleanse you still, and the ear into which you breathed your first penitence is listening still for your repentant prayer. He gave Himself to it in the beginning; undertook it when man fell; made ready for His advent during four thousand years; came in the fulness of time. It indicates His offices. Raleigh, D. D.)The unchanging ChristA. And who so likely to bring their lives and conversations to an exact conformity with His holy doctrine, as they, who were so thoroughly instructed in it by the best Master, and shown the practice of it in the most perfect example of holiness and virtue? That which was love in the beginning, is love now, and will be love for evermore. And you to whom all your life long He has "stretched out His hands"; you who have still rejected Him, you to whom a Christian life has long seemed only a dream in memory, a possibility left far behind; to you too He is still the same. He is faithful. He is not, as men are, changed by time. But in the midst of all is seen one unchanging Christ. I apply these words as a New Year's motto, in two or three different directions, and ask you to consider, first, THE UNCHANGING CHRIST IN HIS RELATION TO OUR CHANGEFUL LIVES. All is not fleeting, Christ is the same. Words had come to them from the heavens of old, obscurely referring to at least one other dispensation that had accomplished itself before man was created. "And did you see such a one?" STUDYING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LEADERS. Is it not because we are created to find rest and portion only in God? And it is very seldom, after years of absence, that you hear of one whose outward circumstances are nowise different from what they were, and rarer still to hear of one whose dispositions are quite unchanged. What is meant by all the entrancing books and papers published for children to-day? Cutting. But in the midst of all is seen one unchanging Christ. His unchangeableness was also taught as opposed to any change of dynasties. LET ME SPEAK TO YOU PERSONALLY OF THE UNCHANGING SAVIOUR. must we ever be restless? The same law holds in providence. You will not sink in weakness, for He is the unchanging Strength. What changes need we now fear? And the first thing which offers itself to our observation herein, is, his doctrine — sound and true; perfectly agreeable to the oracles of God with which he is entrusted, and which he has taken in charge to deliver to the souls of men. Again the thought of the immutable One bears up out of the confusion of changing things. If He be always the same, here is a rock that cannot be moved; build on it. Yesterday it was testified, "The love of Christ constraineth us "-it carries us out of the course of the world. Effectually in His grace and mercy. We need not fear change within the limits of His Church or of His world. He comes not as a prophet who assumes office, but God hath anointed Him to preach glad tidings to the poor, and to come among His people with the welcome news of eternal love. "And did you see such a one?" Yesterday our fathers and our mothers were young, and hale, and strong — to-day they lean towards the earth like half-felled trees, or they lie prostrate as trees wholly cut down. Some such change may be suggested in 1 Corinthians 15:24, 28. He is also the same in His office (Hebrews 7:24). For that is the only thought on which a man can build, and, building, be at rest. It is the condition of the well that reflects her that has changed." It is not peculiarities in a man's teaching, commanding influence of a personality, that should make him a leader. Yet to an eminence where all can see Him. I apply these words as a New Year's motto, in two or three different directions, and ask you to consider, first, THE UNCHANGING CHRIST IN HIS RELATION TO OUR CHANGEFUL LIVES. He will not be unknown; He will be recognised who quickened, and guided, and sustained us, who was the steadfastness and identity of our passing earthly life. Yesterday kindred and friends were a wide social circle — to-day but a poor segment of that circle is left. Then to-day let us boldly confess Him. The Divine in Jesus Christ is ever the same, His power in heaven, in earth, and in hell — His knowledge — all that hath been, all that is, and all that will be — His wisdom for device and design, for ruling and over-ruling, for ordering all beings and things — His presence in all places — His spotless purity, and undeviating righteousness — His unbounded love — are all "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Lastly, look at these words in their application to THE RELATION BETWEEN THE UNCHANGING CHRIST AND THE ETERNAL LOVE OF HEAVEN. This gives undying value to all the offers, invitations, and promises of the gospel.(T. Will He fulfil these words? The same constitution of things holds in the higher sphere of man's moral progress and religious life. is the astonished rejoinder of his companion. Truest companion, trustiest guide; He who "laid down His life for His friends"; Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."V. The text is a declaration of the immutability of Jesus Christ, and so takes for granted His divinity. The one thing of which anticipation may be sure is that nothing continues in one stay. We want to feel that though there are endless variations in goodness and justice, and endless degrees of these things in the Divine mind, yet there is nothing there that traverses justice or good, or that changes these qualities, making that which is evil and unjust in this age just and good in the next age. When the heavens were opened to the seer of Patmos, he beheld that which made him think of a Lamb newly slain, yet slain from the foundation of the world. However, One there is who wears our nature, but is not liable to the variations of mortality. II. Christians have an altar where the permanent effects of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross render the temple sacrifices ineffective. "He hath an unchangeable priesthood." This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." God's changeful providence comes into all our lives, and parts dear ones, making their places empty that Christ Himself may fill the empty places, and, striking away other props, though the tendrils that twine round them bleed with the wrench, in order that the plant may no longer trail along the ground, but twine itself round the Cross and climb to the Christ upon the throne. "Did he remember me?" But the time shall never come when it can be said of Jesus, His hand is shortened that it cannot save. "Again a new commandment I write unto you," and every generation will find new impulse, new teaching, new shaping energies, social and individual, ecclesiastical, theological, intellectual, in the old Christ who was crucified for our offences and raised again for our justification, and remains "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."IV. 13:7 A new discourse unit begins with v. 7 with the command to “remember your leaders.”. No; "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever," there is nothing He ever did, in saving, blessing, sanctifying, that He cannot do again. In what department of this universe shall we find immobility? Man's systems are the shadows on the hillside. )The unchanging ChristA. Those shoulders will not bend, and that empire will subsist for ever. Hamilton, D. D.Earthly friends are apt to change, and if they do not change they die. The "for ever" of my text is not to be limited to this present life, but it runs on into the remotest future and boundless prospect of an eternal unfolding and reception of new beauties in the old earthly Christ. In all respects, and in all aspects, Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." 2. The Divine in Jesus Christ is ever the same, His power in heaven, in earth, and in hell — His knowledge — all that hath been, all that is, and all that will be — His wisdom for device and design, for ruling and over-ruling, for ordering all beings and things — His presence in all places — His spotless purity, and undeviating righteousness — His unbounded love — are all "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." As opposed to such a view of God, a creature of fancy, that changed with all the moods of the imagination, God was declared to be unchangeable. Where, you will ask me, was this sanctifying influence in the days of Constantine, and of Clovis, or, later on, in Christian Gaul when the Merovingian kings illustrated all the infamies of life? Death has no terror for you, and the endless ages will not see you shaken; for He is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Another particular which a faithful minister leaves to be remembered, is his injunctions and admonitions. Death has no terror for you, and the endless ages will not see you shaken; for He is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." "And what of such another?" Our text speaks of One who is even now unchanging. Let the fleeting proclaim to you the permanent; let the world with its revolutions lead you up to the thought of Him that is the same for ever. Words had come to them from the heavens of old, obscurely referring to at least one other dispensation that had accomplished itself before man was created. No, no.(G. Much in the popular conception of Christianity is in the act of passing. Paul speaks of worlds and epochs, of which we now know nothing, that are all to be gathered together, and seen fulfilled in Christ. 3. It can be said of no creature that he is the same yesterday and to-day. And His heart is the same — sympathetic, patient, generous, tender as a woman's, strong in its personal attachment, and filled with a love which surpasseth knowledge. In the person of Jesus Christ there are two Beings in unity, the Son of God and the Son of Man, the visible image of the invisible God, and the ideal type of humanity. Lastly, look at these words in their application to THE RELATION BETWEEN THE UNCHANGING CHRIST AND THE ETERNAL LOVE OF HEAVEN. It is in our personal relations that we feel the identity or the changes of life. Take your stand on the quietest day in the stillest place you can find — change is going on around you with every moment of time, so restless is nature down to its very heart. But if we will only realise that all that sparkling lustre and all that more than mortal tenderness of pity and of love with which Jesus Christ has irradiated and sweetened any past is verily here with us amidst the commonplaces and insignificant duties of the dusty to-day, then we need look back to no purple distance, nor forward to any horizon where sky and earth kiss, but feel that here or nowhere, now or never, is Christ the all-sufficient and unchanging Friend. The yesterday of my text may either be applied to the generations that have passed, and then the "to-day" is our little life; or it may be applied to my own yesterday, and then the to-day is this narrow present. It centers on and exalts the unchanging Christ (13:8). This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." In the world to come there may be further dispensations, each fulfilling a thought, and all illustrating the mighty being, of God. Man's systems are the shadows on the hillside. To-day Jesus Christ is the same as when Paul said, "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him until that day." Standing one day in view of the Temple, He said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away." "And our old neighbour, who lived next door?" )The changelessness of ChristA. "He ever liveth to make intercession for us." He was "with God," then with man, now with God again. 2. And may we not believe this to be the prayer of angels too? Much in the popular conception of Christianity is in the act of passing. And is He the same in His devotedness to the work of redemption? You might as well say that the laws of nature are repulsive, as to say that God's decrees are so. We are to imitate them, in the stability and firmness of our faith, and not suffer ourselves to be shaken, and removed from it, by every wind of new doctrine; the faith of Christ being unchangeable as Christ Himself. )Jesus always the sameT. IV. Will He fulfil these words? To-day, moved by His love, multitudes are acting and suffering as those only can work and endure who live, not unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again. In this hope, in this faith, in this rest, in this communion of the Universal Church, let us sing the Te Deum of the Christians of old, "Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.". These things constitute being and character, and these in Him are without change.(A. I. Indeed, there could be no providence without change; no providing and no rule would be possible if no new circumstances arose. He claims also of us next, that we should trust Him. "And our old neighbour, who lived next door?" Indeed, there could be no providence without change; no providing and no rule would be possible if no new circumstances arose. There was perpetual change. 1. We are always tempted to think that this moment is commonplace and insignificant. III. Effectually in His grace and mercy. This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." You will not sink in weakness, for He is the unchanging Strength. If possible, find that person and thank him for his faithfulness in your life. It is in our personal relations that we feel the identity or the changes of life. I found his house shut up, and all his family gone away." Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Martin.Employing the word "yesterday" to represent past time in general, we ask, who beside Jesus Christ is the same to-day as yesterday? But when your heart is thus all unrest, need I ask, Has Christ's work changed? In these various degrees of knowledge, communicated by God to men, I see that uniformity which is the distinguishing character of His actions, and the inviolable rule of His government. God's unchangeableness was taught, also, as opposed to the caprice of heathen divinities. It can be said of no creature that he is the same yesterday and to-day. Without revelation, without even the fixed data which science affords, men formed ideal images and called them God. Time changes us. In either application the words of my text are full of hope and of joy. Circumstances change us. The moon is at full, and shining in more than ordinary silver brightness. The deep reality of life abides the same; Jesus Christ the same to-day as yesterday.III. (Dual function: grounds for, II. If they spoke their own word then it would not be right to follow them. The blind only can deny that this consolation exists. Martin. 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Words had come to them from the heavens of old, obscurely referring to at least one other dispensation that had accomplished itself before man was created. "Your old neighbour? Still, too, He assures His disciples, "I will come again." All is not fleeting, Christ is the same. "He continueth ever." In what department of this universe shall we find immobility? The same constitution of things holds in the higher sphere of man's moral progress and religious life. Expressions of love must be regulated by ideas of Deity;. And these changes will continue — not absolutely, and for ever, but to-morrow, and for days in succession, until the last man, and the last day. This gives undying value to all the offers, invitations, and promises of the gospel.(T. Exhortation to praise and thanksgiving coordinated with exhortation to good works. WHEREIN WE SHOULD IMITATE THESE PATTERNS. To-day, brethren, Jesus Christ is the same as when Peter and Johu rejoiced "that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name" — not counted worthy to wear some crown for His name, unless the crown be a crown of thorns, but " that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name." The yesterday of my text may either be applied to the generations that have passed, and then the "to-day" is our little life; or it may be applied to my own yesterday, and then the to-day is this narrow present. Again the thought of the immutable One bears up out of the confusion of changing things. He is not, as men are, changed by time. He said this yesterday. In what department of this universe shall we find immobility? It is constancy that is the foundation of hope, and civilisation, and everything that is blessed in the world.(H. But the moment a wrong motive is cherished in the heart, or an idle word escapes the lips unjudged, your happy experiences are smashed to pieces, and you are all restless and disturbed within, until in brokenness of spirit before God you confess your sin (the disturbing thing), and thus get restored once more to the calm, sweet joy of communion. 1. Beecher. New they will be, but they will not be strange; the changes will but illustrate the unchangeable.IV. Our text speaks of One who is even now unchanging. Then let us abide in Him to-day. The applications of them vary, but the essential moral qualities themselves never change. The longing for rest, the desire for what is stable and unchanging — THIS IS OUR DEEPEST WANT; IT STRENGTHENS IN US AS WE GROW OLDER, WISER, BETTER MEN. "Yes; but you would not know him, he is so greatly altered." "And did you see such a one?" He is the revealer of what the apostle Paul calls present truth — and in His exhibition of that which it is essential for us to know, and essential for us to believe, He changeth not. "He continueth ever." His eye is the same — bright as a flame of fire, and strong enough to view all things, whether great or small. Let the stableness of His mercy to us work a stableness of our love to Him. The prayer of every Christian heart is: "Oh! ( A) your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. “Be nice to them” – I quite like that. He has got other things to occupy his thoughts since you and he were wont to meet." Let it go; Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever. John Piper Dec 1, 1996 433 Shares Sermon. Yesterday He recalled the maiden scarcely cold in death, the young man some time longer dead, and Lazarus far within the portals of death. In the world to come there may be further dispensations, each fulfilling a thought, and all illustrating the mighty being, of God. So, secondly, I apply these words in another direction. He cannot deny Himself.II. He cannot deny Himself.II. Now, believer, apply the simple figure. Imitate them. His sympathy is the same. Man's systems are the shadows on the hillside. Yesterday the children were like olive plants round about the table — to-day one is not, another withers in the place that still knows him, and others are transplanted to a foreign soil. In view of these statements, I remark, first, that it is such a view of God as this that inspires confidence and trust in Him. Guthrie, D. D.)Christ does not changeJ. I. 1. There will be more familiarity than strangeness there, for " Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Not only did He say, "Believe My words," He said, "Believe in Me." Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. To-day I This is the favourable time — this is the day of Jesus Christ's salvation. Let us give everything up to Him, ourselves and our all. His eye is the same — bright as a flame of fire, and strong enough to view all things, whether great or small. If this idea be impressed on our minds, our faith will never be shaken, at least it will never be destroyed by the vicissitudes of the world, or by those of the Church. It is the condition of the well that reflects her that has changed." )The changelessness of ChristA. For that is the only thought on which a man can build, and, building, be at rest. "All, times are sadly changed with him. All is not fleeting, Christ is the same. "Again a new commandment I write unto you," and every generation will find new impulse, new teaching, new shaping energies, social and individual, ecclesiastical, theological, intellectual, in the old Christ who was crucified for our offences and raised again for our justification, and remains "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."IV. )Jesus always the sameT. In view of these statements, I remark, first, that it is such a view of God as this that inspires confidence and trust in Him. It is best to see the verse as transitional, connecting to both v. 7 and 9, stating the object of the former leaders’ faith and the grounds for the exhortation in v. 9. Youth will wander and explore; but manhood asks a home wherein to dwell. W. Beecher.The unchangeableness of God was taught originally as contrasted with the ever changing views entertained when poets, and mythists, and theologists of antiquity were accustomed to weave just such fancies as they pleased, and twine them about an imaginary God, changing to-day the imaginings of yesterday, as one twines every day fresh flowers about some statue. THE WORDS "FOR EVER" FALL STRANGELY ON OUR EARS; THE SOLEMN FUTURE IS UNKNOWN AND UNIMAGINABLE. The same law holds in providence. 1. Then let us with all our heart confide in Him to-day. He has got other things to occupy his thoughts since you and he were wont to meet." And to-day many of you are found among those who wait for His appearing, and who love His appearing — and as the vision seems to tarry, and as the time appears to be delayed, often do you hear Him say, "I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there ye may be also." I apply these words as a New Year's motto, in two or three different directions, and ask you to consider, first, THE UNCHANGING CHRIST IN HIS RELATION TO OUR CHANGEFUL LIVES. The teaching of Christ is remarkable, not only for what He said, but for what He did not say. Let dispensation succeed dispensation, and age follow age, Jesus Christ is "the same unto the ages." The same may be said of the evidences, on which God hath founded the faith of His Church. His unchangeableness was also taught as opposed to any change of dynasties. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.(J. IN RESPECT OF THE RESOURCES AT HIS COMMAND (Matthew 28:18-20). Their perseverance and constancy even unto the end of their conversation.As to faith, we here understand by it the grace rather than the rule of faith, and by it we mean a constant dependence upon God for the performance of His promises; a being convinced of the truth of those things of which we have no ocular or sensible demonstration. "Lo! In fact, He is not the same yesterday and to-day in the forms and aspects of His existence. The moon is at full, and shining in more than ordinary silver brightness. I ask you to think of THE RELATION BETWEEN THE UNCHANGING CHRIST AND THE DYING HELPERS. unchanging One, let me change from day to day, until I gain Thine image and reach Thy presence!" Now, believer, apply the simple figure. No; "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever," there is nothing He ever did, in saving, blessing, sanctifying, that He cannot do again. The applications of them vary, but the essential moral qualities themselves never change. To promote His cause was the object of their existence. Last, but not least — in some way we cannot understand — Christ is the same to-day in His dying love. To-day I This is the favourable time — this is the day of Jesus Christ's salvation. A Christian minister must be a guide to his flock. The applications of them vary, but the essential moral qualities themselves never change. However, One there is who wears our nature, but is not liable to the variations of mortality. Maclaren, D. D.)Yesterday and to-dayS. I believe he has the same kind heart as ever; but he has not in his power to show it as he was used to do." It has been supposed that the doctrine of God's decrees would repel men, and drive them into infidelity. Jesus Christ, in all that constitutes His personality and in all that pertains to His character, is the same, and cannot change. Represent to yourselves the whole world let loose against Christians; imagine the primitive disciples required to believe the heavenly origin of a religion, which called them first to be baptized in water, then in blood. Nor is there any change in the great moral attributes which form the basis of the Divine character — justice, and truth, and love. That language can only have reference to a Divine Being, and it can only he with regard to His Divine qualities that Jesus Christ can be said to be immutable. So, secondly, I apply these words in another direction. "He hath an unchangeable priesthood." Can He? How comes it that when we are pleased and profited by variety everywhere else, we are conscious of a sublime satisfaction in finding fixedness here? Our text speaks of One who is even now unchanging. Weigh these circumstances against yours, and the balance will appear more equal than ye have imagined. Hebrews 13:7 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Hebrews 13:7, NIV: "Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you.Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith." Well is it for you who trust in Christ. Our life continues the same in many vicissitudes, so long as the persons we have to do with are unchanged. The humanity of Jesus Christ is in all its essential features the same. Maybe it was a parent, a grandparent, or just a faithful preacher of the Word of God. "He hath an unchangeable priesthood." 13:14 The use of the Greek subordinating conjunction gar, “for,” subordinates v. 14 to v. 13. Take your stand on the quietest day in the stillest place you can find — change is going on around you with every moment of time, so restless is nature down to its very heart. He cannot deny Himself.II. On the contrary, it draws men. They were accustomed to look on God's purpose in the universe as unfolding itself in a series of aeons or dispensations. The same law holds in providence. Martin.Employing the word "yesterday" to represent past time in general, we ask, who beside Jesus Christ is the same to-day as yesterday? All instructions and promises must be at hand in the mind when they are wanted. "Of His kingdom there shall be no end." Amidst the flux of things, the flow of events, the heart rests on one unchanging friend. In all respects, and in all aspects, Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." So He is the same, (1)Yesterday to our fathers;(2)To-day to ourselves;(3)For ever to our children.(T. I found his house shut up, and all his family gone away." The one thing of which anticipation may be sure is that nothing continues in one stay. THE WORDS "FOR EVER" FALL STRANGELY ON OUR EARS; THE SOLEMN FUTURE IS UNKNOWN AND UNIMAGINABLE. Guthrie, D. D.)Christ does not changeJ. He has got other things to occupy his thoughts since you and he were wont to meet." I am not going to attempt to explain the Mystery. Again the thought of the immutable One bears up out of the confusion of changing things. THE DUTY WHICH WE OWE TO FAITHFUL DEPARTED MINISTERS. Yesterday kindred and friends were a wide social circle — to-day but a poor segment of that circle is left. He is also Priest, but He has not taken the priesthood upon Himself, for He is the propitiation whom God has set forth for human sin. For that is the only thought on which a man can build, and, building, be at rest. Our Lord Jesus Christ will be changed in no respect throughout the whole of our life. In all respects, and in all aspects, Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." God's unchangeableness was taught, also, as opposed to the caprice of heathen divinities. It had been so in the history of this world; they themselves were living in the end of one dispensation, the old world passing away; a new world, another age, was immediately commencing. And even when He did not speak or work, how eloquent and comforting would be that silent presence and companionship. But in the midst of all is seen one unchanging Christ. Jesus Christ is the same in His influence upon those who believe in Him. "Of His kingdom there shall be no end." We may stand solitary, where once we stood circled with affection, alone but not alone, for He is with us. Behind all changes in nature we press to unchanging power and law, and feel that these can reside only in an unchanging God. You will observe that it is not of a thing that is the same, nor even of a truth conceived to be the same, that our text speaks, BUT OF A PERSON WHO IS THE SAME. The gods of heathen nations made war with each ether, maintaining themselves by the exertion of force against other gods, so that there were revulsions in high and heavenly places, and reigning dynasties were overthrown. Hebrews 13:7 Translation & Meaning. And this is not an hypothesis. Then let us to-day promote the manifestation of the true unity of all believers.(S. To-day Jesus Christ is the same as when it was said, "We are all one in Christ Jesus." Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever.(J. They were accustomed to look on God's purpose in the universe as unfolding itself in a series of aeons or dispensations. This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." No, no.(G. Sin will not overmaster you, nor guilt drive you to despair; for He whose blood first cleansed you will cleanse you still, and the ear into which you breathed your first penitence is listening still for your repentant prayer. He gave Himself to it in the beginning; undertook it when man fell; made ready for His advent during four thousand years; came in the fulness of time. It indicates His offices. Raleigh, D. D.)The unchanging ChristA. And who so likely to bring their lives and conversations to an exact conformity with His holy doctrine, as they, who were so thoroughly instructed in it by the best Master, and shown the practice of it in the most perfect example of holiness and virtue? That which was love in the beginning, is love now, and will be love for evermore. And you to whom all your life long He has "stretched out His hands"; you who have still rejected Him, you to whom a Christian life has long seemed only a dream in memory, a possibility left far behind; to you too He is still the same. He is faithful. He is not, as men are, changed by time. But in the midst of all is seen one unchanging Christ. I apply these words as a New Year's motto, in two or three different directions, and ask you to consider, first, THE UNCHANGING CHRIST IN HIS RELATION TO OUR CHANGEFUL LIVES. All is not fleeting, Christ is the same. Words had come to them from the heavens of old, obscurely referring to at least one other dispensation that had accomplished itself before man was created. "And did you see such a one?" STUDYING THE EXPERIENCE OF THE LEADERS. Is it not because we are created to find rest and portion only in God? And it is very seldom, after years of absence, that you hear of one whose outward circumstances are nowise different from what they were, and rarer still to hear of one whose dispositions are quite unchanged. What is meant by all the entrancing books and papers published for children to-day? Cutting. But in the midst of all is seen one unchanging Christ. His unchangeableness was also taught as opposed to any change of dynasties. LET ME SPEAK TO YOU PERSONALLY OF THE UNCHANGING SAVIOUR. must we ever be restless? The same law holds in providence. You will not sink in weakness, for He is the unchanging Strength. What changes need we now fear? And the first thing which offers itself to our observation herein, is, his doctrine — sound and true; perfectly agreeable to the oracles of God with which he is entrusted, and which he has taken in charge to deliver to the souls of men. Again the thought of the immutable One bears up out of the confusion of changing things. If He be always the same, here is a rock that cannot be moved; build on it. Yesterday it was testified, "The love of Christ constraineth us "-it carries us out of the course of the world. Effectually in His grace and mercy. We need not fear change within the limits of His Church or of His world. He comes not as a prophet who assumes office, but God hath anointed Him to preach glad tidings to the poor, and to come among His people with the welcome news of eternal love. "And did you see such a one?" Yesterday our fathers and our mothers were young, and hale, and strong — to-day they lean towards the earth like half-felled trees, or they lie prostrate as trees wholly cut down. Some such change may be suggested in 1 Corinthians 15:24, 28. He is also the same in His office (Hebrews 7:24). For that is the only thought on which a man can build, and, building, be at rest. It is the condition of the well that reflects her that has changed." It is not peculiarities in a man's teaching, commanding influence of a personality, that should make him a leader. Yet to an eminence where all can see Him. I apply these words as a New Year's motto, in two or three different directions, and ask you to consider, first, THE UNCHANGING CHRIST IN HIS RELATION TO OUR CHANGEFUL LIVES. He will not be unknown; He will be recognised who quickened, and guided, and sustained us, who was the steadfastness and identity of our passing earthly life. Yesterday kindred and friends were a wide social circle — to-day but a poor segment of that circle is left. Then to-day let us boldly confess Him. The Divine in Jesus Christ is ever the same, His power in heaven, in earth, and in hell — His knowledge — all that hath been, all that is, and all that will be — His wisdom for device and design, for ruling and over-ruling, for ordering all beings and things — His presence in all places — His spotless purity, and undeviating righteousness — His unbounded love — are all "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Lastly, look at these words in their application to THE RELATION BETWEEN THE UNCHANGING CHRIST AND THE ETERNAL LOVE OF HEAVEN. This gives undying value to all the offers, invitations, and promises of the gospel.(T. Will He fulfil these words? The same constitution of things holds in the higher sphere of man's moral progress and religious life. is the astonished rejoinder of his companion. Truest companion, trustiest guide; He who "laid down His life for His friends"; Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."V. The text is a declaration of the immutability of Jesus Christ, and so takes for granted His divinity. The one thing of which anticipation may be sure is that nothing continues in one stay. We want to feel that though there are endless variations in goodness and justice, and endless degrees of these things in the Divine mind, yet there is nothing there that traverses justice or good, or that changes these qualities, making that which is evil and unjust in this age just and good in the next age. When the heavens were opened to the seer of Patmos, he beheld that which made him think of a Lamb newly slain, yet slain from the foundation of the world. However, One there is who wears our nature, but is not liable to the variations of mortality. II. Christians have an altar where the permanent effects of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross render the temple sacrifices ineffective. "He hath an unchangeable priesthood." This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." God's changeful providence comes into all our lives, and parts dear ones, making their places empty that Christ Himself may fill the empty places, and, striking away other props, though the tendrils that twine round them bleed with the wrench, in order that the plant may no longer trail along the ground, but twine itself round the Cross and climb to the Christ upon the throne. "Did he remember me?" But the time shall never come when it can be said of Jesus, His hand is shortened that it cannot save. "Again a new commandment I write unto you," and every generation will find new impulse, new teaching, new shaping energies, social and individual, ecclesiastical, theological, intellectual, in the old Christ who was crucified for our offences and raised again for our justification, and remains "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever."IV. 13:7 A new discourse unit begins with v. 7 with the command to “remember your leaders.”. No; "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever," there is nothing He ever did, in saving, blessing, sanctifying, that He cannot do again. In what department of this universe shall we find immobility? Man's systems are the shadows on the hillside. )The unchanging ChristA. Those shoulders will not bend, and that empire will subsist for ever. Hamilton, D. D.Earthly friends are apt to change, and if they do not change they die. The "for ever" of my text is not to be limited to this present life, but it runs on into the remotest future and boundless prospect of an eternal unfolding and reception of new beauties in the old earthly Christ. In all respects, and in all aspects, Jesus Christ is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." 2. The Divine in Jesus Christ is ever the same, His power in heaven, in earth, and in hell — His knowledge — all that hath been, all that is, and all that will be — His wisdom for device and design, for ruling and over-ruling, for ordering all beings and things — His presence in all places — His spotless purity, and undeviating righteousness — His unbounded love — are all "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." As opposed to such a view of God, a creature of fancy, that changed with all the moods of the imagination, God was declared to be unchangeable. Where, you will ask me, was this sanctifying influence in the days of Constantine, and of Clovis, or, later on, in Christian Gaul when the Merovingian kings illustrated all the infamies of life? Death has no terror for you, and the endless ages will not see you shaken; for He is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." Another particular which a faithful minister leaves to be remembered, is his injunctions and admonitions. Death has no terror for you, and the endless ages will not see you shaken; for He is " the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." "And what of such another?" Our text speaks of One who is even now unchanging. Let the fleeting proclaim to you the permanent; let the world with its revolutions lead you up to the thought of Him that is the same for ever. Words had come to them from the heavens of old, obscurely referring to at least one other dispensation that had accomplished itself before man was created. No, no.(G. Much in the popular conception of Christianity is in the act of passing. Paul speaks of worlds and epochs, of which we now know nothing, that are all to be gathered together, and seen fulfilled in Christ. 3. It can be said of no creature that he is the same yesterday and to-day. And His heart is the same — sympathetic, patient, generous, tender as a woman's, strong in its personal attachment, and filled with a love which surpasseth knowledge. In the person of Jesus Christ there are two Beings in unity, the Son of God and the Son of Man, the visible image of the invisible God, and the ideal type of humanity. Lastly, look at these words in their application to THE RELATION BETWEEN THE UNCHANGING CHRIST AND THE ETERNAL LOVE OF HEAVEN. It is in our personal relations that we feel the identity or the changes of life. Take your stand on the quietest day in the stillest place you can find — change is going on around you with every moment of time, so restless is nature down to its very heart. But if we will only realise that all that sparkling lustre and all that more than mortal tenderness of pity and of love with which Jesus Christ has irradiated and sweetened any past is verily here with us amidst the commonplaces and insignificant duties of the dusty to-day, then we need look back to no purple distance, nor forward to any horizon where sky and earth kiss, but feel that here or nowhere, now or never, is Christ the all-sufficient and unchanging Friend. The yesterday of my text may either be applied to the generations that have passed, and then the "to-day" is our little life; or it may be applied to my own yesterday, and then the to-day is this narrow present. It centers on and exalts the unchanging Christ (13:8). This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." In the world to come there may be further dispensations, each fulfilling a thought, and all illustrating the mighty being, of God. Man's systems are the shadows on the hillside. To-day Jesus Christ is the same as when Paul said, "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him until that day." Standing one day in view of the Temple, He said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away." "And our old neighbour, who lived next door?" )The changelessness of ChristA. "He ever liveth to make intercession for us." He was "with God," then with man, now with God again. 2. And may we not believe this to be the prayer of angels too? Much in the popular conception of Christianity is in the act of passing. And is He the same in His devotedness to the work of redemption? You might as well say that the laws of nature are repulsive, as to say that God's decrees are so. We are to imitate them, in the stability and firmness of our faith, and not suffer ourselves to be shaken, and removed from it, by every wind of new doctrine; the faith of Christ being unchangeable as Christ Himself. )Jesus always the sameT. IV. Will He fulfil these words? To-day, moved by His love, multitudes are acting and suffering as those only can work and endure who live, not unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again. In this hope, in this faith, in this rest, in this communion of the Universal Church, let us sing the Te Deum of the Christians of old, "Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.". These things constitute being and character, and these in Him are without change.(A. I. Indeed, there could be no providence without change; no providing and no rule would be possible if no new circumstances arose. He claims also of us next, that we should trust Him. "And our old neighbour, who lived next door?" Indeed, there could be no providence without change; no providing and no rule would be possible if no new circumstances arose. There was perpetual change. 1. We are always tempted to think that this moment is commonplace and insignificant. III. Effectually in His grace and mercy. This glory — the fulness of grace and truth — is "the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." You will not sink in weakness, for He is the unchanging Strength. If possible, find that person and thank him for his faithfulness in your life. It is in our personal relations that we feel the identity or the changes of life. I found his house shut up, and all his family gone away." Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Martin.Employing the word "yesterday" to represent past time in general, we ask, who beside Jesus Christ is the same to-day as yesterday? But when your heart is thus all unrest, need I ask, Has Christ's work changed? In these various degrees of knowledge, communicated by God to men, I see that uniformity which is the distinguishing character of His actions, and the inviolable rule of His government. God's unchangeableness was taught, also, as opposed to the caprice of heathen divinities. It can be said of no creature that he is the same yesterday and to-day. Without revelation, without even the fixed data which science affords, men formed ideal images and called them God. Time changes us. In either application the words of my text are full of hope and of joy. Circumstances change us. The moon is at full, and shining in more than ordinary silver brightness. The deep reality of life abides the same; Jesus Christ the same to-day as yesterday.III. (Dual function: grounds for, II. If they spoke their own word then it would not be right to follow them. The blind only can deny that this consolation exists. Martin. 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