Bullypulpit
Senior Member
Originally posted by freeandfun1
Wouldn't God changing the scriptures require his having to change his mind after he said that he doesn't?
He Does Not Change
"I am the Lord. I do not change." (Malachi 3:6)
"Jesus the Messiah is the same yesterday, today, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8)
He Will Not Change His Mind
"God is not a man that He should lie, or a son of man that His purpose may be changed." (Numbers 23:19)
"He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world." (Ephesians 1:4)
He Will Not Change His Word
"I tell you the truth, till Heaven and Earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle from the law shall pass away until all is fulfilled." (Matthew 5:18)
"I the Lord have said the word and I will do it. I will not go back...my purpose will not be changed." (Ezekiel 24:14)
He Will Not Change His Plan
"God, by whom you have been marked out in His purpose, is unchanging, and He will make it complete." (I Thessalonians 5:24)
The Quran says in 4:157,
"They said, 'We killed the Messiah Jesus the Son of Mary, the Apostle of God' - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them."
This is an important claim because in the Quran, only Jesus enemies are said to have been fooled into thinking they crucified Him; not Jesus followers!
Naturally, if God wanted to thwart Jesus enemies into thinking this, and Jesus disciples professed Islam, then His disciples would not have been led astray. Why, after all, would God want to deceive those who have professed to believe the truth and follow His Apostle?
The Bible, however, tells a different story. It states that Jesus disciples saw Him die on the cross. John 19:26, 27 says, "When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved (John) standing nearby..."
Women were among Jesus followers; and they saw Him die on the cross. John 19:25 reveals, "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene."
These people all loved and followed Jesus. Those who followed Jesus were His disciples. It is hard to conceive that God, being a God of truth, would want to deceive those [who believe the truth] into thinking that Jesus died when He did not.
Unfortunately, the implications a changelessness are ossification, stagnation, decay, and death.