CTF 2025 - Session 3: Exploring God's Impassibility
James Dolezal
61.11
3 May 2025
18 December 2025
This is the Session 3 recording from the Confessing the Faith 2025 Conference, hosted by Free Grace Baptist Church (www.freegrace.ca). Learn more and access resources at www.confessingthefaith.ca and www.confessingthefaith.ca/resources.
🎤 Speaker: Dr. James Dolezal
In this session, Dr. Dolezal leads listeners into the depths of divine impassibility — the truth that God does not undergo change or emotional fluctuation. He carefully distinguishes this doctrine from misconceptions, showing how it secures the reliability, justice, and love of God for his people.
Top 3 Scripture References
📖 Malachi 3:6 — “For I am the Lord, I do not change…”
📖 Numbers 23:19 — “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent…”
📖 Acts 14:15 — “We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn…”
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to impassibility
05:45 Understanding God’s unchanging nature
15:30 Addressing common objections
28:00 Impassibility and God’s love
38:45 How this doctrine strengthens our faith
46:00 Closing thoughts and reflections
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