"But You remain the same,
and Your years will never end" (Psalm 102:27). "I the LORD do not
change" (Malachi 3:6). "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and
today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).
"Be joyful in hope" (Romans
12:12). "Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not
appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we
will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And
everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as
He is pure" (1 John 3:2,3).
"For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny
ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously
and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the
appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
who gave Himself for us...
"This will be a sign for
you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger"
(Luke 2:12). "This is love: not that we loved God, but that He
loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" (1
John 4:10).