What a glorious and awe-inspiring truth: God never changes! He is eternally the same—yesterday, today, and forever. While the world reels under constant change, while men rise and fall like the tide, and while creation groans and decays—God stands as the unshakable Rock, towering above all that fluctuates.
There is no shadow of turning with Him. His essence knows no improvement, for He is already infinitely perfect. His knowledge admits no increase, for He is all-wise. His purposes require no adjustment, for they were decreed in eternity past with unerring wisdom and almighty power. He does not evolve, revise, or retreat. What He has purposed, He will accomplish. What He has promised, He will fulfill.
This immutable nature of God is terrifying to the rebellious. The God who has declared that "the wages of sin is death" will not amend His justice to suit the sinner. His holy wrath remains upon those who reject His Son. He will not compromise His righteousness to appease a changing world.
But for the believer—redeemed by sovereign grace—this attribute is a sanctuary of comfort. The God who set His love upon us from before the foundation of the world will never abandon His redeemed people. The blood of Christ will never lose its power. The righteousness imputed to us will never be withdrawn. The hand that began the good work of salvation, will never fail to complete it.
Let men change, let kingdoms crumble, let feelings falter—our God remains unaltered. His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting to those who fear Him. His truth endures to all generations. His covenant stands firm, sealed with the sin-atoning blood of His Son.
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the immutability of God. I, the Lord, do not change. Malachi chapter 3 verse 6. What a glorious and awe-inspiring truth. God never changes. He is eternally the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
While the world reels under constant change, while men rise and fall like the tide, and while creation groans and decays, God stands as the unshakable rock, towering above all that fluctuates. There is no shadow of turning with him. His essence knows no improvement, for he is already infinitely perfect. His knowledge admits no increase for He is all-wise. His purposes require no adjustment, for they were decreed in eternity past with unerring wisdom and almighty power.
He does not evolve, revise, or retreat. What He has purposed, He will accomplish. What He has promised, He will fulfill. This immutable nature of God is terrifying to the rebellious. The God who has declared that the wages of sin is death will not amend His justice to suit the sinner. His holy wrath remains upon those who reject His Son. He will not compromise His righteousness to appease a changing world.
But for the believer, redeemed by sovereign grace, this attribute is a sanctuary of comfort. The God who set his love upon us from before the foundation of the world will never abandon his redeemed people. The blood of Christ will never lose its power. The righteousness imputed to us will never be withdrawn. The hand that began the good work of salvation will never fail to complete it.
Let men change. Let kingdoms crumble. Let feelings falter. Our God remains unaltered. His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting to those who fear Him. His truth endures to all generations. His covenant stands firm, sealed with the sin-atoning blood of His Son. Here is rest for the weary soul, an anchor in every storm.
Let us bow before this changeless God with reverent worship, find quietness beneath the shadow of His wings, and set our hope fully on Him who is forever the same.
Unchanging Lord, in a world of relentless change, You remain ever faithful. Teach me to rest in Your unchanging character, trust in Your unfailing Word, and rejoice in Your everlasting covenant. May your immutability be the foundation of my peace and the song of my worship. Amen.
About Arthur W. Pink
Arthur Walkington Pink (1856-1952) was an English Bible teacher who sparked a renewed interest in the exposition of the doctrines of Grace otherwise known as "Calvinism" or "Reformed Theology" in the twentieth century.
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