ELDER: God's standards haven't changed

During a recent visit with us, a longtime friend who is an experienced seamstress was going to do some alterations on some of my wife’s apparel. When she requested a tape measure, I was informed that she didn’t need the retractable type I had in my toolbox. Instead my wife found the more flexible cloth kind that tailors tend to use. As she handed it over to our friend, they commented about how old it was. However, they also noted that it would still work fine. Why? Because the standards haven’t changed. No matter how old that tape measure was, an inch is still an inch, a foot is still a foot, and a yard is still a yard.

We need to remember that when it comes to God’s Word, too. His standards have not changed. The Bible is not an outdated piece of literature with little value in our modern world. While our society and its ideas are constantly changing, the Word of God is eternal. It may have been around for a long time, but it has not become obsolete. “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89). “The entirety of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever” (Psalm 119:160).