God is immutable, meaning He never changes — He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Les Feldick teaches that the God of the Old Testament is the same God we deal with today; God has not changed. Because God is the everlasting God from eternity past to eternity future, His character and standards do not shift with time.
Genesis 21:33 — Abraham calls the LORD 'the everlasting God,' showing that God spans all time and exists unchanged.
Romans 9:14-16 — Paul asserts God's righteousness and sovereign mercy, which Les connects to God's unchanging character.
In Genesis 21:33, Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba and called on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. In Romans 9:14-16, Paul asks, 'Is there unrighteousness with God?' and answers 'God forbid,' declaring that God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy. Deuteronomy 29:29 says, 'The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever.' These verses testify to God's eternal, sovereign, and righteous character.
Les Feldick emphasizes that God has never changed. Throughout the dispensations, man’s responsibilities have changed from time to time, but God never changes. He is the 'everlasting God' — from eternity past to eternity future — and He is sovereign over time. Les stresses that the God of the Old Testament is the same God we deal with today: the things God hated in Genesis, He hates today. His mercy, righteousness, and holiness remain constant, and because He is that kind of God, believers can be perfectly confident in Him.
Les explains that the title 'everlasting God' in Genesis points to more than God’s existence from eternity past. It reaches from eternity past to eternity future. While God is eternal and timeless, He is also the God of time. Because He is everlasting, He can hide truths in time and reveal them when He is ready. This means His unchanging nature includes His sovereign control over all history.
Les reminds us that the God of the Old Testament is the same God we deal with today. He has not changed. What God hated way back in Genesis, He hates today. The lessons from Israel’s history and from Paul’s letters remain as applicable today as they were when first written. Although believers are not under the law but under grace, God’s laws and character reflect the same unchanging holiness and mercy.
Les emphasizes that God is absolutely sovereign. He is not a big, easygoing grandfather who can be manipulated. The God of the Bible is holy, righteous, loving, and merciful. In His sovereignty, He has the right to keep things secret until He chooses to reveal them. Paul’s question in Romans 9 — 'Is there unrighteousness with God?' — is answered with 'God forbid.' God will never be unrighteous and will never treat someone unfairly.
God's Attributes Introduction
Les introduces the study of God’s attributes, describing Him as sovereign yet gracious, loving, and trustworthy, so believers can have confidence in Him.
Everlasting God Defined
Les defines the 'everlasting God' as God from eternity past to eternity future, emphasizing He is beyond time and therefore unchanging.
God Never Changes
Les uses Abraham’s offering of Isaac to show that although man’s situation and responsibilities changed, God never changed.
God of Time and Eternity
Les explains that God is the God of time as well as eternity, and He hides secrets to reveal them in His own timing.
God Keeps Secrets
Les points to Deuteronomy 29:29 to show the everlasting God keeps secret things and reveals them when He is ready.
Same God Today
Les stresses that the God of the Old Testament is the same God today; He has not changed and still hates what He hated in Genesis.
Sovereign and Absolute
Les says God is absolute, holy, righteous, and loving; as sovereign, He can keep secrets until He reveals them.
God's Unchanging Righteousness
Les uses Romans 9 to confirm God will never be unrighteous and that His mercy is sovereignly extended to whom He chooses.
Genesis 21:33: And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Les references this account when teaching that God is the everlasting God from eternity past to eternity future.
Deuteronomy 29:29: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Les quotes this to show that the sovereign God, who never changes, reveals hidden things in His own time.
Romans 9:14-16: What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Les uses these verses to affirm that God's unchanging character includes absolute righteousness and sovereign mercy.
God's immutability means God never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and His character and moral standards are always constant. Les Feldick puts it plainly: 'God has not changed.'
Yes. Les teaches that the things God hated way back in Genesis, God hates today. God's attitudes toward sin and righteousness do not change, even though believers today are under grace rather than law.
Because God is sovereign, holy, righteous, loving, and merciful, and because He never changes, He is perfectly reliable. Les notes that since He is that kind of God, believers can have complete confidence in Him.
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