mal 03v06 I Change Not
"I CHANGE NOT"
Malachi 3:6
The Lord, Jehovah, our great God,
encourages our faith, peace, and assurance as his believing people, with this
brief description of himself - "I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye
sons of Jacob are not consumed." REAL FAITH MUST HAVE AN IMMUTABLE GOD
FOR ITS OBJECT. Were it possible for God to change, it would not be
possible for anyone to absolutely trust him. IMMUTABILITY IS THE FOUNDATION
OF OUR SECURITY IN CHRIST. God's elect are secure, not because we do not
change, (we change often!) but because our God does not change.
Here is A
CLAIM OF SOVEREIGNTY - "I Am the Lord." There is but one true and
living God, He is Jehovah our God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Here the
eternal, triune God claims greatness as the Sovereign of the universe. He is
the holy, infinite, all-knowing, all-seeing, almighty, universally present God.
Because he is God, Jehovah demands and deserves our reverence; and he shall
have it, one way or another. When God says, "I Am the Lord", by that
revelation of himself, he demands that all who hear his Word believe him. It is
God's character as God that demands and causes our faith. We trust him because
he is God.
Our great God
reveals AN ASSURING ATTRIBUTE OF HIS BEING - "I change not."
Our God is immutable. He is "the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning." God is independent. Because he
is completely self-existent and independent, he must be immutable. God reaches
all things; but nothing reaches God. God touches all things; but nothing
touches God. God affects all things; but nothing affects God. God moves all
things; but nothing moves God. God changes all things; but nothing changes God.
Sitting on his high and glorious throne, in the ease and serenity of his
absolute sovereignty, God looks down upon the heavens, the earth, hell, all
angels, all men, and all devils, and declares, "I Am Jehovah, I change
not!" Can you see it? Satan led a rebellion in heaven against the throne
of God, but God changes not. Sin entered into the world, and Adam fell; but God
changes not. Nations rise and nations fall; but God changes not. The heavens
and the earth shall pass away; but God changes not. A new heaven and a new
earth shall be created; but God changes not. God's elect shall enter into the
eternal bliss of everlasting glory, and the damned shall be cast into hell; but
God changes not.
This great,
unchanging God has A FAVORED PEOPLE - "Ye sons of Jacob." The
sons of Jacob are God's elect people, chosen by him in everlasting love (Rom.
To these
favored, beloved people of God, PROMISE IS MADE - "Therefore ye
sons of Jacob are not consumed." Were it not for the fact that our God
changes not, we would have all been consumed long ago. Because God is
unchanging, his purpose is sure and he is faithful to his covenant. His chosen,
redeemed, believing people are not consumed - (Ps. 89:29-34). Yet, there is
more - Because our God changes not, not one of these chosen, beloved sons of
Jacob can ever be consumed. This same God, who says, "I change not",
declares, "I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish!"