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On divine immutability and the dilemma it poses for the open theist::
"Only a God who remains eternally and essentially the same can have a counsel that stands for ever (Isa 46:10) and a covenant that is everlasting (Isa 55:3, Jer 32:40, Heb 13:20). Herein exactly lies the glory of the Christian doctrine of God, that the unchangeable One is the One in control of the change of the universe. Accordingly, the Protestant orthodox state three implications of this immutability: first God is changeless in essence, not liable to any conversion into another essence, to any alteration, to any change of place, not been “moved” or brought into being by another (i.e., God is unmoved means precisely that he is the first mover who imparts motion, which is to say existence to all that is; second, he is immutable in his attributes: his goodness cannot cease to be good, his holiness cannot cease to be holy, his omniscience cannot cease to know all things; and third, he is immutable in his decree, his purpose, his promises (Num 23:19; Mal 3:6–7). It is clear that divine immutability does not mean stasis or inactivity."
See the full treatment here:
http://theologyonline.com/showthrea...omewhere-Between/page78&p=4597598#post4597598
"Only a God who remains eternally and essentially the same can have a counsel that stands for ever (Isa 46:10) and a covenant that is everlasting (Isa 55:3, Jer 32:40, Heb 13:20). Herein exactly lies the glory of the Christian doctrine of God, that the unchangeable One is the One in control of the change of the universe. Accordingly, the Protestant orthodox state three implications of this immutability: first God is changeless in essence, not liable to any conversion into another essence, to any alteration, to any change of place, not been “moved” or brought into being by another (i.e., God is unmoved means precisely that he is the first mover who imparts motion, which is to say existence to all that is; second, he is immutable in his attributes: his goodness cannot cease to be good, his holiness cannot cease to be holy, his omniscience cannot cease to know all things; and third, he is immutable in his decree, his purpose, his promises (Num 23:19; Mal 3:6–7). It is clear that divine immutability does not mean stasis or inactivity."
See the full treatment here:
http://theologyonline.com/showthrea...omewhere-Between/page78&p=4597598#post4597598