The Never Changing Jesus

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have.  For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."  So we may boldly say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear.  What can man do to me?"  Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Hebrews 13: 5 - 8 NKJV

I used to wonder to myself just how Jesus adapted to the ever changing world in which we live.  From our various political storms to whatever trials we seem to be facing at the moment, surely Jesus must be able to adapt to these changes in order to keep up with His children?  As christians, we often tend to modify Christ Jesus to whatever we may be facing at any given moment.  Are we angry at our boss for denying us a promotion?  We naturaly assume that Jesus Himself caries this anger with Him towards him as well.  Are we fearfull because of a situation we are facing?  We assume Jesus is afraid as well.  However, this could not be farther from the truth.  For as Paul tells us in Hebrews 13, Jesus is the same "Yesterday, today, and forever."  With Jesus there is no wavering in His love, caring or attitude for all of Gods children.  Although it may be natural for us to personalize "Our" Jesus to fit our own situations, it is a fact that Jesus does not adapt to us, we adapt to Him!  When one accepts Christ Jesus, it is no longer about "me," but about "He."  Whether it is by ego or simply our own arrogance, we nevertheless have that tendency to mold Christ Jesus into just how we want to see Him.  Do we want a compassionate Jesus?  Then we will see Him this way.  Do we wish for a vengeful Savior to erase our adversaries?  Well, we will certainly make Him out to be that way.  Not only is this kind of thinking dangerous, it is false and flies in the very face of the true nature of Christ Jesus.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.  They are of the world.  Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.  We are of God.  He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us.  By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.  Beloeved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His holy begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4: 4 - 11 NKJV

Now, if we know that God indeed is love, and that Christ Jesus was indeed the very manifestation of God, can we say that Jesus is love?  Knowing this, how then can we assume that Jesus will be upset or angry with someone who wrongs us?  Sure, their behavior may be deplorable (sorry, Hillary), but this DOES NOT change that very nature of Christ.  For as God is love, so Christ Jesus is love as well.  One of the best peices of advice a friend gave to me was that we "See others as God see's them."  Whoa!  How many of us can honestly say that we do just that?  For our emotions and feelings often are the very roadblocks to how we view others.  Those emotions and feelings are natural, created by our heavenly Father, and make each of us unique.  This is our very flesh.  Like it or not, it is all part of the package which God created.  By the way, what if that guy who cut you off on the freeway was a christian himself?  How justified now is your anger?  Will Jesus now act on your wishes and take out your anger on your brother?  NO!  All too often we forget that very nature of Jesus, who did not come to this world to condemn the world, but to save it {John 3: 16-17}.  This is my Jesus.

~Scott~