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Can God Change? on Sun 11 Jan 2009, 12:08 am
Waqar Daniel
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Number of posts: 2032
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"For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed." (Malachi 3:6)
"So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people." (Exodus 32:14)
Malachi says that God does not change whereas in Exodus we read that God changed His mind - so is it a contradiction? The answer is no, God can change his mind but His nature cannot change. The incident we read in Exodus is according to the nature of God as we read in Jeremiah:
This is what the LORD says,"...that I am the LORD who exercises Kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight." declared the LORD (Jeremiah 9:23-24)
In Exodus when God changed His mind, He acted according to His nature and showed kindness. Therefore, there is no contradiction in God's nature as described in Malachi and Exodus. God cannot change because He is not like shifting shadows.
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