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One God existing eternally as three distinct Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. From the plural Hebrew name Elohim to the baptism of Christ, Scripture reveals this foundational truth.…
GodBefore creation, the Father and Son dwelt in infinite mutual delight. God was forming eternal counsels — planning to bring a people into the joy He shared with His Son.…
GodThe Hebrew name Elohim is plural — pointing to at least three Persons. When God says 'Let us make man,' the divine Persons take counsel together for the crowning work of creation.…
GodScripture answers the question "What is God?" through three foundational declarations about His nature: , , and . These are not merely attributes among man…
God## The Greatest Word opens his study of the divine titles with this: The greatest word that can pass human lips is GOD—GOD from all eternity to all et…
GodScripture answers this question with two absolute declarations about God's essential nature: (1 John 4:8) and (1 John 1:5). These are not merely things G…
GodThe statement "God is Spirit" (John 4:24) is one of the most profound declarations about the nature of God in Scripture. Spoken by the Lord Jesus to the Sa…
God# Is God a Person? Yes -- and far more than what we ordinarily mean by that word. Scripture reveals God not as an impersonal force, a vague influence, or …
GodScripture reveals God's nature through two great declarations in John's first epistle: (1 John 4:8) and (1 John 1:5). These are not in tension — love i…
GodThe immutability of God is one of the most foundational truths of Scripture: — not in His being, not in His counsel, not in His word, and not in His fai…
GodHere is the answer: ## God's Nature vs. His Attributes The question of God's attributes opens a deeper question: what is the difference between what God…
God# What is Theology Proper / Paterology? is the study of God Himself — His essential nature, His attributes, and His character as revealed in Scripture.…
GodHere is the answer: ## The Danger of Reading "Person" in a Human Way lays out the problem with precision. The word "person," when applied to human bein…
God# What Does the Bible Teach About the Trinity? The doctrine of the Trinity — that there are three distinct Persons in the one Godhead: Father, Son, and …
GodThe expression "third person of the Trinity" carries two truths that Scripture is careful to establish: first, that the Holy Spirit is a — not merely an…
GodScripture itself speaks of God's "soul" in a number of striking passages. This is not a figure of speech that writers imposed on the text — it is languag…
GodThe ontological Trinity addresses — the truth that within the one Godhead there are three distinct, co-equal, co-eternal divine Persons: Father, Son, an…
GodThe phrase "the seven spirits of God" appears four times in Revelation (1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6) and has its Old Testament root in . It does not refer to seven …
GodThe question of what it means that Jesus is "the second Person of the Trinity" touches the deepest mystery of the Christian faith: the nature of God Himsel…
GodHere is the answer: # What Does It Mean That the Trinity Is God in Three Persons? The truth of the Trinity -- that God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, …
GodThe word "Godhead" appears three times in the New Testament, each translating a different Greek word. Together they unfold the essential nature of God as H…
GodThe one true God is revealed in Scripture as — three distinct Persons in one divine glory, eternally related in love. ## The Godhead: Three Persons, O…
GodScripture is emphatic: -- yet this one God exists eternally as three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ## The Witness of the Old Testament…
GodTo speak of the Father as "the first Person of the Trinity" is not to say He existed before the Son and the Spirit, nor that He is superior in nature or es…
GodThis is one of the most delicate questions in the Christian faith: if the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all equally God, how can Scripture speak…
GodScripture presents God as — not merely existing for a long time, but being of an entirely different order from His creation. Time itself is something He…
GodThe question itself reveals something profound: God has no age, because He has no beginning. He exists outside of time altogether. As the Psalmist writes, …
GodThe eternity of God is one of the foundational truths of Scripture. It touches on His very name, His nature, and His relationship to everything that exists…
GodThe immanence of God — His nearness to and presence within His creation — is a theme that must be handled with care, because Scripture teaches it in tw…
GodThe great passage on omnipresence is Psalm 139: *"Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven…
GodHere is the answer: # Who is God the Father? Scripture reveals God as Father in a way that was unknown in Old Testament times and could only be made kno…
GodThe infinity of God is a truth that runs deeper than human language can fully express. Scripture applies the word "infinite" to God in specific ways, and t…
GodThis is a question that reaches into one of the deepest paradoxes in Scripture. God is everywhere — yet Scripture consistently speaks of being "in His pr…
GodThe omniscience of God — that He knows all things — is one of the foundational attributes of His being. Scripture reveals it not merely as an abstract …
GodIt may seem surprising at first, but Scripture reveals several things that God do — not because of any weakness, but precisely because of the perfection…
GodThis is a famous philosophical puzzle — the "omnipotence paradox." It assumes that God's power is a raw, abstract force that should be able to do literal…
GodThe goodness of God is one of the great themes running through Scripture, touching every aspect of His dealings with mankind — from creation, through the…
GodThe question of God's infinity — His being beyond all creaturely measure — runs deep through Scripture and is taken up with great seriousness by these …
GodScripture does not use the phrase "free will" about God — but it says something far stronger. God acts according to (Ephesians 1:11), according to (Eph…
GodThe omnipotence of God — His almighty power — is one of the foundational truths of Scripture, woven from Genesis to Revelation. It means that God posse…
GodThe term "economic Trinity" (from the Greek *oikonomia*, meaning "arrangement" or "administration") does not appear by name in these writings — these aut…
GodThe incomprehensibility of God is the truth that God, in His essential being, lies beyond the reach of the finite creature's understanding. He is infinite,…
GodThe question touches on several distinct lines of evidence, and these writers address it from multiple angles — creation, conscience, history, and Script…
GodThis question touches something deep — and the answer is both yes and no, depending on what we mean by "logical." God is supremely intelligent, perfectly…
GodNow I have all I need. Let me compose the answer. The plural in Genesis 1:26 ("Let make man in image") and Genesis 3:22 ("the man is become as ") has o…
GodBefore the universe existed, God was not idle and not alone. He was Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — and between the Father and the Son there was an eterna…
GodThe cache write needs permission — I'll proceed with the answer itself. The question touches a real tension in Scripture: Psalm 139:8 says "if I make m…
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GodThe term "omnificent" does not appear in this collection of writings. It is a very rare theological word (meaning "all-creating" — from Latin *omni* + *f…
GodI have all the sources needed. Here is the answer, drawn directly from the texts: The distinction between what God alone is and what He shares with His c…
GodScripture declares again and again that God is great — "Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised" (1 Chronicles 16:25). But what does this greatness a…