BACK FROM THE DEAD!

I am still alive. Just been pretty busy. Here is something I was thinking about today:

"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? (Numbers 23:19)
This verse is full of theology. Yes, that bad word “theology”. It is all about God. It is not man-centered. In fact, it is bringing out the point that man is not to be admired, but that man, unlike God, is sinful and therefore he lies. It also brings out the fact that man is weak and lacking knowledge and wisdom and, therefore, changes his mind about things. It is a thoroughly God-centered verse. It shows that God is true and never lies. It shows that God is omniscient and, therefore has unlimited knowledge of the past present and future in all places. Therefore, He never makes a decision based on a limited amount of knowledge, only to learn that His decision was based on wrong assumptions. That has never happened. It never will. He doesn’t change his mind. He never says that He will do one thing only to decide against it later. He never tells us He will do one thing and decides to do another. He never promises not to do something only to turn around and do it anyway. That has never happened.

The argument I have heard is that theology is not practical or relevant. Therefore, we must find preaching that is practical and nitty gritty. This theology stuff is not relevant and it has nothing to do with how we live our lives. This verse, which is very theological, has immense practical implications and is a testimony to the fact that the argument outlined above is shortsighted. This argument is a perfect reflection that shows how pragmatic, impatient and lazy our culture has become (including most who fill the pews of our churches every Sunday). All one needs to do is ask the question:

“Why does the fact that God never changes His mind and never lies matter to us?”

I answer with another question: What if we really believed that God would never lie and that he never changed his mind?

You guys tell me the implications of such a wonderful truth…