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Psalm chapter 110, verse 4.

It says, the Lord has sworn and will not change his mind.

You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Now, there are a ton of things we could talk about at this point,

specifically when it comes to this picture of a priest in the order of Melchizedek.

We can go to Hebrews chapter 7, or the author of Hebrews, quotes from this verse talking about

the supremacy of Jesus as the unique priest king, and we could lead

into all kinds of discussions about, well, some confusing things about who Melchizedek is, but

that's not the direction.

We're going to go right now.

Instead, we're going to focus on the first part of Psalm 110, verse 4, that says,

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind. Now, this is a picture we see at various points in the Bible, how God does not change his mind. That God never says, I think this is best, and then later turns around and says, no, wait a second,

something else is best.

Like that never happens.

And this is really, really good news, that God does not change his mind. He does not lie. He is

never wrong. He never needs to correct himself because God is all-knowing, all-powerful,

and all-wise. And God never thinks one thing and then realizes later, oh, I was wrong in that.

That happens to you and me all the time, like with the best of intentions.

Like, I will do something with my kids.

Be like, okay, I think you need to do this.

And I would give them counsel to do this. And then I'll realize something that I didn't realize

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