Bending the Rules

“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)

Before God created anyone or anything, the Word existed: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).

God’s written Word penned by men, inspired by the Holy Spirit thousands of years ago, still holds true today; it is eternally changeless. But sometimes, people change the message to suit personal, fleshly desires. Does this shock you? When children or grandchildren do wrong, some parents and grandparents find a reason for it, bend the rules, or brush it aside and forget the incident. Because their loved ones are a priority, they make exceptions for their behavior.

The same is true for adults who believe their circumstance is “special” and deserves the privilege of bending God’s Word. But if the Bible says your action (or inaction) is wrong, then it is wrong, no matter how you choose to spin the narrative. If you claim God told you to do something contradictory to His written Word, it wasn’t God speaking to you. He will not—He cannot lie against Himself.

God’s love is perfect, a tender yet tough love, an everlasting love; a love finite minds cannot understand this side of heaven. Though precious in His sight, we, God’s children, do not get a free pass to break nor bend His Word to satisfy personal longings. Bending is breaking. God has not changed: He is the same God from yesterday, the same today, and will be the same God forever.