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NASB | Malachi 3:6 "For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Malachi 3:6 "For I am the LORD, I do not change [but remain faithful to My covenant with you]; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, have not come to an end. |
Bible Question: I had a Sunday school teacher say that she believes that God is a changeable God. Can God change? |
Bible Answer: Rusty - God does not change, as Kalos has pointed out. Another scriptural passage presenting the principle of the immutability of God is James 1:17. Additionally, the writer of Hebrews, speaking of Jesus Christ, who is God the Son, the second Person of the Triunity, says that He is the same yesterday and today and forever. See Hebrews 13:8. ..... Rusty, whenever any person makes such a sweeping theological statement as the one you attribute to your Sunday school teacher, challenge that person! You have every right to do so. Ask him lovingly yet firmly to prove it with chapter and verse. If your Sunday school teacher had told you that she believed Moses wrote the Pentateuch on a PC and printed out copies on goatskin, it would be no less biblically sound than for her to say that she believed God to be changeable. You would be doing her a favor by pointing out her misunderstanding of the biblical doctrine of God. --Hank |