Summary Since the end of August we've been studying the attributes of God to answer the question, 'What is God like?' We began, however, not with an attribute, but with who God is. God is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Father is God. The Son is God. The Holy Spirit is … Continue reading Blessedness →

Introduction We're thinking today about God's justice. In our church's Shorter Catechism we say that God is infinite, eternal and unchangeable in his justice. And he is infinite, eternal and unchangeable in his justice because he himself is infinite, eternal and unchangeable and there's no difference between what he is (his divine nature) and the … Continue reading Justice →

Introduction We've been thinking about God's attributes in order to answer the question: What is God like? We thought about how he's the Triune God so that he's one God in three persons. We thought about his aseity and how he doesn't rely on anything outside of himself for anything. We thought about his simplicity … Continue reading Eternity →

Introduction Last week we were thinking about God's power and how God is omnipotent or all-powerful so that nothing is too hard for him. However, I also made the point that his power is not a brute force which is uncontrollable, but it's guided by his nature, which includes his wisdom and holiness and justice … Continue reading God’s Will →

Introduction Today we're thinking about God's power which the Shorter Catechism says is infinite, eternal and unchangeable. When we say God's power is infinite, we mean it's not restricted or limited in any way. He is omnipotent. That is, he is all-powerful. There is nothing he cannot do and nothing is too hard for him. … Continue reading Omnipotence →

Wisdom and Truthfulness We're thinking today about God's knowledge. And when the theologians discuss God's knowledge, they not only write about what he knows, but they also write about his wisdom and his truthfulness. The Dutch theologian, Louis Berkhof, defines God's wisdom as: that perfection of God whereby he applies his knowledge to the attainment … Continue reading Knowledge →

Introduction We been studying the attributes of God recently to answer the question: 'What is God like?' However, we began, not so much with an attribute, but with who God is. Who is God? He's the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In other words, we began with the Trinity: There is only one … Continue reading Impassibility →

Introduction Everything changes. I was talking about that to the children on Sunday. And we all know it's true. Everything changes. From the moment we're conceived in our mother's womb, we change, because we develop from an unborn baby to a newborn baby to a toddler to a child to a teenager to a young … Continue reading Immutability →

Introduction Our church's Shorter Catechism teaches us that our God is infinite in his being. And by saying that he is infinite in his being it is saying that God is omnipresent. That is, he is present everywhere. There are no restrictions or limitations on where he can be. You and I are limited, because … Continue reading Omnipresence →

Introduction Our church's Shorter Catechism teaches us that our God is infinite, eternal and unchangeable in his holiness. And that's what we're thinking about this evening: God's holiness. God's holiness is infinite, which means it is not limited in any way, but is perfect. God's holiness is eternal, which means it is without beginning or … Continue reading Holiness →