Covenant Reformed News – July 2022 • Volume XIX, Issue 3
This article from Covenant Reformed News expounds on God's immutability, particularly as it relates to His eternal decree of election and reprobation. Drawing on Westminster Confession 3:1 and biblical passages, the author argues that God's unchangeable counsel sovereignly determines all things, including the fixed number of elect and reprobate, with Jacob and Esau serving as the classic biblical example.
The Unchangeable God (3) The God who is unchangeable in Himself (Ps. 102:27; Mal. 3:6; James 1:17) is also unchangeable in His eternal decree. God’s decree is His eternal plan or purpose with regard to heaven and earth, angels and men, and all creatures. It embraces every tiny detail concerning things on this planet, under this planet and above this planet, for Jehovah “worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” (Eph. 1:11). As the Westminster Confession states, “God from all...