He does not get stronger, or weaker, or wiser, as time goes by.” He exists forever, and he is always the same. “The answer to the child’s question ‘Who made God?’ is simply that God did not need to be made, for he was always there. Packer explains the immutability of God with 6 statements of fact: This aspect of God’s nature is sometimes called his immutability. But how else can we relate to the word of God if we do not share the same experiences as those to whom it was first given? Packer states that the link between ancient Scripture and modern man is God himself, “For the God with whom they had to do is the same God with whom we have to do.” In other words, it is the unchanging, eternal God who provides the connection for those who read the Bible to understand and receive the spiritual benefit it contains. How can we bridge the gap so that there experience becomes meaningful to us? Packer suggests, in this chapter, that we are often seeking the connection in the wrong place, that is, between their situation and our own. One of the greatest challenges that we face when reading the Bible is the vast distance that separates us as modern readers from the ancient people whose lives are the subject of much of Scripture.
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