Christian A.A. Days and the Unchanging God

the same consistent and frequent references to “God,” “Father,” “heavenly Father,” and “Father which is in heaven.”

A.A.’s Bible Roots Never Condoned an Idolatrous Deity

There is nothing in these Scriptures to suggest that “God” was or is a “Power greater than ourselves”—a substitute “god” that would satisfy atheists and agnostics. The Bible is clear that there is only one God—the Creator of the heavens and the earth. There is nothing in these Scriptures to suggest that “God”—the Creator of the heavens and the earth– is merely “a” god, or some newly conceived deity. Nor that God—the Creator of the heavens and the earth– was understood to be an A.A. group.

God did not change in 1939, or ever. See Malachi 3:6: “For I am the LORD, I change not.” Also, Psalm 102:24-27: “I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundations of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.”

Groups may and do change; higher powers change and are given some new name like radiator or the Big Dipper with more and more frequency today. The named higher powers (light bulbs, door knobs, rocks , chairs, and radiators) change. But Yahweh, the Creator does not change—and certainly did not change between 1939 and the date Dr. Bob died. No! Until Bill substituted his compromise “god” in 1939, the Creator did not change then or thereafter. God was and is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.

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