God is unchangeable in his essence, purposes and perfections. First, we have to understand that if we deny God's immutability, then that necessarily denies the perfections in his knowledge and wisdom which then denies his perfection in omnipotence at which point we know longer have God, but a pantheistic notion of a god. Moreover, if he'…
God is unchangeable in his essence, purposes and perfections. First, we have to understand that if we deny God's immutability, then that necessarily denies the perfections in his knowledge and wisdom which then denies his perfection in omnipotence at which point we know longer have God, but a pantheistic notion of a god. Moreover, if he's not immutable in all of his divine purposes, then what are we doing placing our hope in a god who changes just like his creatures do? God is never becoming, never increasing or decreasing (especially in knowledge or power), but is always what he is and his intentions are infinite and perfect.
What you are referring to is immutability vs immobility. The use of anthropocentric language is all over the Bible yet we have to understand that in the context of the clearly divine and transcendent nature of God that Scripture also vehemently affirms. In the Scripture you referenced, it is not God who's changing, but man. To deny that is to deny God's omniscience and once you do that, you no longer have a God capable of being the Alpha and Omega.
This is ultimately the problem with Comer's view of God which denies God's decretive function of God's will. Once you deny one aspect, such as God's immutable decretive will, then you necessarily have to deny the other aspects such as perfect and absolute knowledge, wisdom, infinity, and power to do all that he pleases. This results in a god who cannot possibly be a creator of anything and at that point we are no longer talking about Christianity.
God is unchangeable in his essence, purposes and perfections. First, we have to understand that if we deny God's immutability, then that necessarily denies the perfections in his knowledge and wisdom which then denies his perfection in omnipotence at which point we know longer have God, but a pantheistic notion of a god. Moreover, if he's not immutable in all of his divine purposes, then what are we doing placing our hope in a god who changes just like his creatures do? God is never becoming, never increasing or decreasing (especially in knowledge or power), but is always what he is and his intentions are infinite and perfect.
What you are referring to is immutability vs immobility. The use of anthropocentric language is all over the Bible yet we have to understand that in the context of the clearly divine and transcendent nature of God that Scripture also vehemently affirms. In the Scripture you referenced, it is not God who's changing, but man. To deny that is to deny God's omniscience and once you do that, you no longer have a God capable of being the Alpha and Omega.
This is ultimately the problem with Comer's view of God which denies God's decretive function of God's will. Once you deny one aspect, such as God's immutable decretive will, then you necessarily have to deny the other aspects such as perfect and absolute knowledge, wisdom, infinity, and power to do all that he pleases. This results in a god who cannot possibly be a creator of anything and at that point we are no longer talking about Christianity.