Some Things Cannot Be Changed

[474 words] Some time back the writer was getting a bulletin ready to print at the West Concord Church of Christ. He was using John Priola’s name for some announcement. The computer did not recognize the name Priola, and it suggested changing the spelling to one of the following: Preload, Oriole, Pergola, Premolar, Portola, Prolix, Parabola, Prelaw, Areola, or Parole. None of these would have been correct. Priola was right. The fact that the computer spell check did not recognize the correct spelling did not change the truth. All can understand and appreciate this. The word of God does not change. Jesus said, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17). God’s truth is not to be changed. Moses told Israel, “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the…