God Does Not Change
Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob have not been destroyed,
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
Numbers 23:19
"God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
Psalm 102:27
"But You (God) are the same, And Your years will not come to an end.
Lamentations 3:22
The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
Daniel 6:26
"I (an earthly king) make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel; For He is the Living God and enduring forever, And His Kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His Dominion (Rule & Power) will be forever.
Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob have not been destroyed,
Malachi3:1-6 The first words of this chapter seem an answer to the scoffers of those days.
Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is Christ's harbinger.
He shall prepare the way before Him, by calling men to repentance.
The Messiah had been long called, He that should come, and now shortly He will come.
He is the Messenger of the covenant.
Those who seek Jesus, shall find pleasure in Him, often when not looked for.
The Lord Jesus, prepares the sinner's heart to be His temple, by the ministry of His word and the convictions of His Spirit, and He enters it as the Messenger of peace and consolation.
No hypocrite or formalist can endure His doctrine, or stand before His tribunal.
Christ came to distinguish men, to separate between the precious and the vile.
He shall sit as a Refiner.
Christ, by His gospel, shall purify and reform His church, and by His Spirit working with it, shall regenerate and cleanse souls.
He will take away the dross found in them.
He will separate their corruptions, which render their faculties worthless and useless.
The believer needs not fear the fiery trial of afflictions and temptations, by which the Saviour refines His gold.
He will take care it is not more intense or longer than is needful for His good; and this trial will end far otherwise than that of the wicked.
Christ will, by interceding for them, make them accepted.
Where no fear of God is, no good is to be expected.
Evil pursues sinners.
God is unchangeable.
And though the sentence against evil works be not executed speedily, yet it will be executed; the Lord is as much an enemy to sin as ever.
We may all apply this to ourselves.
Because we have to do with a God that changes not, therefore it is that we are not consumed; because His compassions fail not.
Consider the Cross...