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Immutable is not to be confused with immobility.

Immobility is the state of not moving; static, motionless.

Immutable : unchanging over time or unable to be

changed.

Gods immutability refers to Gods changeless being.

Malachi 3:6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”Psalm 102:27 “You remain the same, and your years will never come to an end.”Psalm 103:17 “From everlasting to everlasting, the Lords love is with those who fear him.”James 1:17 “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

1. God is unchanging in His character

One of the most powerful characteristics of God is His

holiness.

Holy : Set apart, hallow, sanctify.

Old English : halig. An adjective derived from “hal”, meaning, whole or complete.

Isaiah 6:2,3

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Psalm 119:89 “Forever, oh Lord your word is settled.”

Psalm 119:160 “All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.”

Numbers 23:13 “God is not human that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

2. God is unchanging in His Word

Matthew 5:18“For truly I tell you, until heaven and

earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any

means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”

What is a Yod?The smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet.

Isaiah 40:8“The grass withers and the

flower fades, but the word of the Lord does not fade.”

Proverbs 19:21 “There are many plans in a mans heart, but it is the Lords purpose that prevails.”

Psalm 33:10-11 “The Lord fails the plans of the nations, he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.”

Isaiah 14:26-27 “This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations. For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”

3. God is unchanging in His Plans

John 3:16 – Eternal life

John 4:14 – Eternal life

John 5:24 – We will not come into judgement

John 10:28 – We will NEVER perish

John 14:16 – Holy Spirit will forever be with us.

4. God is unchanging in His Salvation

“When God writes our names in the Lambs Book of Life, He doesn’t do it with and eraser handy, He does it for eternity.”

- R.C Sproul

Three examples of men who positioned themselves in the

line of grace.

Habakkuk

“Joy isn’t grounded in

our circumstances; it

is grounded in the

unchanging character

of God.”

- Carolyn Custis James

Three examples of men who positioned themselves in the

line of grace.

Habakkuk

Zacchaeus

Three examples of men who positioned themselves in the

line of grace.

Habakkuk

Zacchaeus

Bartimaeus

“Though it is good to realize that God never changes because he is already perfect, we need to recognize that immutability would be a disaster for human beings. If we were immutable, we would be frozen in our imperfections. Instead, we can become more like the Christ we love. As difficult as change can be, it is an opportunity we can embrace. For the believer, two things make change possible : obedience to Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us.”

Ann Spangler

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