Over the years Sue and I have known a handful of people that lived to be 100 years old. What an amazing milestone: a complete century of life. Each time we have been able to celebrate such a life we have reflected on all the changes that person must have seen in 100 years of living.  The reality is our world is in a constant state of change, and you don’t have to be 100 years old to experience it. Think of the changes over the last 4 years because of COVID-19. In the last 2 years our world has changed because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the last few months our world has changed because of Chat Gpt and the advancements of Artificial Intelligence. In the last two weeks our world has changed yet again because of the terrorist attacks against Israel and the resulting war. And just this morning, when Sue and I walked our dog Abby on the beach we noticed how the shore line of the beach had changed since yesterday. 

Change is even something that society tries to impose on the personhood of God and His word. It is suggested that God, the Bible and the Church should all be viewed through a progressive lens to stay relative with all the changes in society. I would respectfully submit to you that no one would really want a God that is progressively morphing to reflect the changes in society. That would be a case of “The tail wagging the dog.” An essential aspect of Theology Proper (the study of God) is that He does not and cannot change. The moment God changes he would cease to be God because it would mean that some aspect of His being was less than perfect and required a change. Hebrews 6 points out to us that God is unchanging in both His promises to us and the oath by which He keeps His Word. It is in that unchanging nature of God that we find hope. It is God who promised us the forgiveness of our sins in Christ Jesus and an eternal home in heaven with Him. Hebrews 6 tells us this is an anchor for the soul. What an anchor does for a boat that is in changing waters, the hope we have because of God’s constancy does the same for our souls: it keeps us from making a shipwreck in life. 

Join us this Sunday as we look at this amazing passage that describes for us a hope that is an anchor for the soul.