Did the Lord Jesus Christ contradict himself? Of course not. What He did was issue different commands at different times. Consider the example of a father dealing with a small child. At night, the father tells the child to go to bed. In the morning, the father tells the child to wake up. Is the father contradicting himself? No. Both of the fathers commands are logical at the particular time that they are given. There is only a contradiction if one attempts to apply a particular command outside of the context in which it was given. Just as earthly fathers can issue different commands at different times, God has reserved to Himself the leeway to instruct men differently at different times as it pleases Him. But our God is in the heavens; he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. ( Psalms 115: 3). How can these obviously different commands issued by the Lord Jesus Christ be reconciled with the fact that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever? There are numerous verses in the Bible that indicate the unchanging nature of Gods character. For example, For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.( Malachi 3: 6). Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and forever. ( Hebrews 13: 8). From verses such as these, many conclude that God cannot deal with man differently at different times. That, however, is not what the verses say. The verses say only that God, in his character and essence, does not change. They do not say that Gods method of dealing with man never changes.Consider the garden of Eden. Once Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God expelled them from the garden. God had not changed but His method of dealing with man changed because of what man had done. When Adam chose to sin, Adam produced a change in his relationship with God, and God chose to deal with Adam differently due to the altered circumstances. God himself never changes, but God, in his divine power and authority, deals with man differently at different times. Taken from a book entitled: Are There Contradictions in the Bible By David W. Reid God bless
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