p. 10 | The Immutability of God's Word by JAMES TAPHOUSE

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 1, 1908

The Immutability of God's Word

By JAMES TAPHOUSE

JAMES TAPHOUSE

“Thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” Ps. 138: 2. If it were possible for the word of God to fail, the entire universe would be reduced to chaos. It is no wonder that Jesus said, “It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” Luke 16: 17. The stability of God’s throne, and the honor of his name, rest upon the immutability of his word. We read in Heb. 1: 3 that he (Jesus) upholds “all things by the word of his power; and the fact that we still live, move, and that the earth produces its treasures of fruit and grain, for man's needs, and beautiful flowers for his enjoyment, is an emphatic denial of the pernicious falsehood that God's law is abolished, and the Sabbath changed from the seventh to the first day of the week. There could not be a greater impeachment of God's wisdom and veracity. When men in ministerial office, messengers of the Lord from whose lips the people should seek the law (Mal. 2: 7), advocate the abrogation of this precious document of love (John 5: 3), they step down from the highway of holiness, of which God's law is the perfect standard (James 2: 12), become blind leaders of the blind (Matt. 15: 14), unfaithful shepherds (Ezekiel 34), and God will require his flock at their hand. Verse 10. I am thankful that God has raised up many faithful watchmen, who to-day are exalting the true standard. In the blessed threefold message of Rev. 14: 6-12 we have the gospel in all its fulness and power, the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. This message received into the heart will make us “an impregnable fortress to all the assaults of the enemy.” “The word of God endureth forever.”

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