**Does God change?**\
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The God inspired/breathed Bible says:
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. \
\-[Malachi 3:6](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Malachi%203%3A6 "Read Malachi 3:6 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Malachi%203%3A6 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
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? \
\-[Numbers 23:19](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Numbers%2023%3A19 "Read Numbers 23:19 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Numbers%2023%3A19 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. \
\-[Isaiah 40:8](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Isaiah%2040%3A8 "Read Isaiah 40:8 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Isaiah%2040%3A8 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath \
\-[Hebrews 6:17](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hebrews%206%3A17 "Read Hebrews 6:17 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Hebrews%206%3A17 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. \
\-[Hebrews 13:8](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hebrews%2013%3A8 "Read Hebrews 13:8 on BibleGateway") [(Commentary)](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&resource=reformation-study-bible&tab=study&search=Hebrews%2013%3A8 "View the Reformation Study Bible commentary on this verse")