Welcome to South! We're glad you joined us today! Below you will find some sermon notes and Bible passages, to help you follow along with Pastor Scott's message in his series entitled None Like Him--about God's attributes that are not communicable to us humans. We hope you will be encouraged by what is taught today. Next week, Pastor Scott will start his Christmas sermon series entitled "The Promises of Christmas."

Immutability

God has never changed from eternity past, and he never will in eternity future.

He's immutable in His being.
Malachi 3:6 - “For I the Lord do not change.”
He's immutable in His character.
Hebrews 13:8 - “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
He's immutable in His words.
Numbers 23:19 - “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?”
He's immutable in His purposes.
Psalm 33:11 - “The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.”

Why does God's immutability matter?

It ensures the consistency of the gospel.

John 3:16-18 - “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”
John 5:24 - “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”
Romans 5:1 - “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Romans 8:1 - “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

It also guarantees that His unconditional promises will never change or be unfulfilled.

By faith, Abraham

Abraham was given a promise, and a test.

The promise is referenced in verse 18 and it was an unconditional promise that the immutable God made with Abraham, which included land, as well as the fact that a great nation would come forth from his son, Isaac - a nation that God would eventually use to bless all the nations of the earth. The test that Abraham received from God was the instruction to offer up his son Isaac, whom God had promised would come a great nation.

Abraham responded with obedience.