Essence of God
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Sovereignty 3
God is the supreme being of the universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
God has a will. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RIGHTEOUSNESS 4
God is absolutely holy or righteous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
God is good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
God is free from sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
God is perfect in His character and person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
God is righteous in all His actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
God’s justice is satisfied because of His grace provision of redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
God is eternal and unchangeable love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
God is absolute existence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
God has neither beginning nor end. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The believer in Christ has everlasting life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The unbeliever will experience everlasting punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
God is infinite in wisdom and understanding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
God knows the end from the beginning which is called foreknowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
As God, the Lord Jesus Christ knew all things and all men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Application to believers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
God is ever present, neither limited by time nor space, immanent and transcendent. . . . . . . . . 7
The heavens cannot contain God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Heaven is His throne and the earth His footstool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Man cannot escape the presence of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Christian can take great comfort in the presence of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
God is all powerful and limitless in ability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
God is limitless in authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Scriptures show the manifestation of God’s power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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