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“ Summary, Part 3 (final) ” 5. GOD IS IMMUTABLE, BUT HE IS NOT UNYIELDING OR UNAPPROACHABLE [44:35]. He is easy to be entreated. He can suspend blessings until we approach Him in prayer (note this in Ex 32:10-14). God not only ordained the ends, but also the means to the ends. 6. GOD IS IMMUTABLE, BUT THAT DOES NOT PROHIBIT DEVELOPMENT IN HIS COVENENTAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PEOPLE [48:14]. The sacrificial system was temporary, the Levite priesthood was temporary, and Jer 31:31-34 foretold our present, better covenant of faith in Christ. 7. GOD INCARNATE HAS IMMUTABLE DEITY, NOT IMMUTABLE HUMANITY [51:19]. He is mutable in His human nature. He grew from childhood to manhood in body, mind, and soul, yet He never set aside His divine nature. IN CONCLUSION [56:57], God’s immutability is a source of comfort for the Christian.
Ian Migala (11/17/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” 3. GOD IS IMMUTABLE IN CHRIST’S INCARNATION [13:45]. Jesus is God incarnate. He can never undo His humanity. He is forever the God-man. This is His mediatorial permanency. He took our humanity upon His deity. B. SEVEN IMPORTANT QUALIFICATIONS OF GOD’S IMMUTABILITY [15:49]. 1. GOD IS IMMUTABLE, BUT HE IS NOT INACTIVE OR LIFELESS. He is the eternal fountain of life. He is constantly at work in His creation. 2. GOD IS IMMUTABLE, BUT HE IS NOT ANTI-SOCIAL OR IMPERSONAL [18:28]. He doesn’t avoid contact with His creation. 3. GOD IS IMMUTABLE, BUT HE IS NOT APATHETIC OR INEXPRESSIVE [20:27]. He is not the pagan “unmoved mover”, but a responsive God. He responds to prayer, sin, and righteousness. Throughout Scripture, we God being sorry, moved, regretful, etc. However, nothing catches Him by surprise. He decreed everything, even His own responses. 4. GOD IS IMMUTABLE, BUT HE IS NOT MERCILESS OR OBSTINATE [31:00]. He actually can and does relent. He does not always keep His anger. When men repent, He can withhold His judgments. This isn’t illogical, but super-logical: beyond our ability to understand. He is not wishy-washy, but immutable in His integrity and kindness. That He deals with men conditionally does not negate His immutability.
Ian Migala (11/17/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” [Pastor Nutter credits his former professor, Pastor Greg Nichols of Grace Immanuel Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the outline of this message, which can be found in Pastor Nichols’ book, *What does the Bible say about God?: The Biblical doctrine of God*.] If God were like the temperamental Greek gods, we would have no certainty or hope. His immutability is an attribute: He doesn’t change and cannot change. He is the eternal I AM. I. THE BIBLICAL CONCEPT OF GOD’S IMMUTABILITY [starting at 7:47 of the audio]. A. THE THREE BASIC ASPECTS OF GOD’S IMMUTABILITY. 1. GOD IS IMMUTABLE IN HIS PERSON [8:35]. In eternity, when only God was, He was immutable. All He ever was, all He now is, and all He will always be is summed up in His assertion, ‘I, the Lord, do not change.’ This marks every aspect of His personal and spiritual nature. 2. GOD IS IMMUTABLE IN HIS DECREE [10:57]. Ps 33:11 declares that what God decides is permanent and unchangeable. This is God’s irreversibility. Ps 102:26, 27 compares the unchangeable Creator with His changeable creation. The creation is corruptible, but the Creator is not. This is God’s incorruptibility. Mal 3:6 exalts God as the unchangeable redeemer. This is God’s indefectibility.
