God is Immutable!

by David J. Stewart

"I am the LORD, I change not..." —Malachi 3:6

       I love God!  I love God with all my heart.  I feel like a hypocrite when I say that because I am a sinner, guilty of sin.  The Bible says that those who love God keep His Commandments (1st John 5:3).  Though in my heart I want to please God by keeping His Commandments, I am still a human being (making me inherently sinful by nature).  There are times when I don't obey God like I should.  This is true of ALL humanity (Romans 3:10,23).  All people are sinners, guilty of committing sin!  The only exception was our Lord Jesus Christ Who was perfect in every way while in the flesh.  It is the blood of man that carries with it the sin nature, not the flesh itself.  Jesus had no earthly father.  Jesus came forth from the Godhead (Colossians 2:8).  Jesus was born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14).

The flesh is weak and prone to disobedience against God, prone to anger (Ephesians 2-4).  Yet, I have learned to confidently declare to God that I love Him because the blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed all my sins away (Hebrews 4:15,16 and 10:19).  I love God for many reasons.  I love God for sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to die upon the cross for my sins (John 3:16).  I love God for creating me (Colossians 1:16)!  I love God for caring upon me (1st Peter 5:7).  I love God for many reasons.  But the reason I love God the most is because He never leaves me (Hebrews 13:5)!  God never forsakes His own!  God never disowns a wayward child.  God never divorces His child (the bride of Christ)!  God never quits on us!  God never gives up on His own!!!

Actually there is one thing greater about God that I love and that is the TRUTH that God never changes!  This Biblical doctrine is known is "immutability."  God is Immutable!  This simply means that God could not change if He wanted to.  Perhaps this is a perplexing thought to you, but how can Perfection become more perfect?  How can a Marvelous God Who is infinitely omnipotent become any more powerful?  It is impossible!  God cannot change for He is the full embodiment of truth and justice.  Yes, there are some things which God CANNOT do!  God cannot become more Perfect.  God cannot become more Holy.  God cannot become more forgiving.  God could not be any more fair with humanity.  God could not express His love any greater than to lay down His own life for all humanity (Romans 5:8).  What a wonderful God!  What an awesome God!  Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!

Yes, the greatest thing about God to me is His immutability!  It is due to the fact that God never changes that I can be rest assured that He will keep His promise to never leave me.  I know that God will never give up on me because He promised not to in Hebrews 13:5.  Jesus is Almighty God!  God says what He means and means what He says (John 14:2).  God CANNOT lie!

"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began." —Titus 1:2

It is reassuring that the Bible declares these divine attributes of God.  I'm glad that the God of the universe is a Good God, a Just God.  What if the God of this universe were an evil God?  Thank Jesus for His righteousness and for dying upon the cross for our many sins.  Jesus Christ never changes!  God the Father never has a second thought!  The Holy Spirit never says "oops!" 

People may change!  Friends may abandon you!  Your own family may stab you in the back and hurt you!  But Jesus NEVER changes...God is immutable! 

Are you a born-again Christian?  If so, I rejoice with you.  If not, then you are in dire circumstances for your soul's well-being is in jeopardy.  You may not believe upon Christ friend, but you will be the ultimate loser if you die in your sins (John 8:21).  Only those who die in the Lord will go to heaven (Revelation 14:13).  You need to be born of God.

Perhaps you have never come to Christ as a hopeless sinner in need of salvation.  If you would like to have your sins forgiven now, then please read How to be Saved.