![]() The key to experiencing joy and fulfillment is not making much of yourself, but making much of God. The influence of sin is to see man as big and God as small. Gods eternity is closely related to His immutability and self-existence. God has no beginning, end, or succession of moments in his own being, and he sees all time equally vividly, yet God sees events in time and acts in time. The of GodPsalm 90:2 Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God. Gods immutability is of great comfort to the believer in Christ. Gods immutability is closed tied into His self-existence. God is unchangeable in His essence, attributes, consciousness and will. His essence and being exists eternally without external condition or contingencies.Īugustine God is the absolute IS.The of GodMalachi 3:6 For I, the LORD, do not change therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. All else can pass away in an instant he necessarily exists forever.-Wayne Grudem (emphasis mine)The Incomprehensibility of GodPsalm 145:3 Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised And His greatness is unsearchable.Because God is infinite and we are finite, we can never fully understand God.Īlthough we cannot know God fully, we can know Him accurately.Within each single attribute there is an incomprehensible depth of understanding to be explored.Incommunicable Attributes of God (Last Week)The of GodExodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and He said, Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. He is the Creator all else is creaturely. The difference between Gods being and ours is more than the difference between the sun and a candle, more than the difference between the ocean and a raindrop, more than the difference between the arctic ice cap and a snow flack, more thant eh difference between the universe and the room we are sitting in: Gods being is qualitatively different. God exists in a fundamentally different order of being. The difference between the creature and the Creator is an immensely vast difference. Review and Reflection from Attributes of GodGods being is. There is a infinitely vast gap between the Creator and the Creation.I. Cornerstone Bible Institute Theology I ClassĬornerstone Bible InstituteTheology I ClassSession #6The Attributes of GodAn attribute is simply something that is true about God.Īn attribute is not something that is true of part of God.Īn attribute is not something that is added to God.Īn incommunicable attribute is a character quality of God that is less reflected by man.
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