Saturday,
February 14, 2026
AN UNCHANGING GOD!
Mal 3:6-9
6 For
I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
7 Even
from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have
not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we
return?
8 Will
a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee?
In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye
are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Sitting
in the shadows of the tithing issue is the important doctrine of the
immutability of God. He is an essential being. He exists without cause and is
Himself the cause of all things. From everlasting [before time] to everlasting
[after time] He is God (Psalm 90:2).
He is
unchangeable in his attributes. There can be no increase or
decrease in his power, wisdom, holiness, or love. We may understand them imperfectly
but these never change.
He is
unchangeable in his purposes. Nothing catches Him off
guard. He is not challenged by the suggestion of an improvement to His plans.
He is not defeated by any supposed superior logic or argument. Those who
cooperate with His plans are blessed by having their own plans succeed. Those
who resist His plans fail in their own schemes.
He is
therefore faithful. Happy is the lender who lends to God
for he has no fear of being repaid! Happy is the man who has Jehovah’s name
upon a contract. The continued existence of the church is not due to her
faithfulness but to God’s faithfulness. He who doubts the continuation of his
salvation doubts the willingness and ability of God to keep promises.
Verse 6 clearly states the case.
Although
God does not change, He is not an uncaring stone. He
is relational and interactive. He is subject to appeal by those whom He loves.
His heart is touched by our condition, and He moves to remedy our faults and
supply our needs. Why would a God who does not need us be so responsive to
those who need Him? Yet everywhere we see God acting in compassion and mercy
and we take courage knowing that this too never changes. “He is kind to the
unthankful and to the evil” (Luke 6:35).
Heb 4:15-16
15 For
we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let
us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy,
and find grace to help in time of need.
Oh,
unchangeable God! Hear our prayers when we call unto thee and let thy heart be
touched by our condition. Be faithful to thy unfaithful ones. Be kind even
though we are unthankful. Draw us to thy heart because you do not change.
Establish us and make us like thyself. AMEN
