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ABSOLUTE
I:
GOD is UNCREATED
(1)
He is ETERNAL: everlasting, unmade, without beginning
or end:
(a)
God is UNCREATED: "In the beginning, God…"
Gen. 1:1
(b)
He is called the ETERNAL God:
(c)
He is called the EVERLASTING God:
(2)
GOD is SPIRIT: Beyond limits of matter, space and time
(a)
God is SPIRITUAL (not material)
(b)
God’s Spirit can be manifested in audible of visible
form:
(c)
This manifestation can be human in form:
(d)
"The Angel of the Lord" is one such manifestation:
(3)
GOD is INFINITE: He is unlimited in power or personality
(a)
GOD is Infinite in Presence (omnipresent):
(b)
God is Infinite in Knowledge (omniscient):
(c)
God is Infinite in Power (Omnipotent)
(d)
He is called "MIGHTY" & ALMIGHTY:
(4)
God is GLORIOUS: Ultimately Worthy, of greatest substance
(a)
God’s Being is of ultimate value and terrifying beauty
(b)
Glory belongs solely to God
(c)
Everything should be done for God’s glory
ABSOLUTE
2:
GOD is the ORIGINAL GREAT CREATOR
(a)
God is CREATOR: "In the beginning God CREATED" Gen.
1:1
(b)
God is Creator of mankind
(c)
God’s creation declares his worth, and worships
(d)
Creation is a testimony to God’s Reality
(1)
GOD is PERSONAL: He is able to think, feel and choose
(a)
GOD has EMOTIONS and FEELS:
(b)
GOD has a MIND and THINKS:
(c)
God has CHOICE and DECIDES:
(2)
GOD is ACTIVE: He INTERVENES in history, space and time.
(a)
God creatively acts in time:
(b)
God changes his actions when people change:
(c)
God tests people and responds to their response:
(3)
GOD is HOLY: He is the standard of all worth and value
(a)
God is utterly holy:
(b)
God is uniquely & awesomely holy:
(c)
We are to worship Him in holiness:
(d)
There is wisdom in His holiness:
(e)
There is POWER in His holiness:
(f)
There is JOY in His holiness:
Absolute
3: TRIUNE
God is THREE Distinct (not Separate) PERSONS In ONE Reality
(a)
God is a Trinity of Persons, the FATHER the SON and the HOLY
SPIRIT.
(b)
The FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT are ONE in NATURE:
(1)
God is: Our Wonderful Original Loving FATHER
(a)
The FATHER is the UNCREATED GOD.
(b)
He is a caring, merciful Father:
(c)
He is Father, even when His child is wayward:
(e)
He is WORSHIPPED and TREASURED:
(f)
He is "Daddy" God to believers:
(2)
Jesus is God
(a)
His SON Jesus the Savior is the UNCREATED God
(b)
JESUS is Jehovah GOD:
(c)
He REDEEMS as GOD:
(d)
He gives HIS OWN ETERNAL LIFE, as the gift of GOD:
(e)
JESUS is the EXPRESS IMAGE OF GOD:
(f)
JESUS was CALLED GOD on earth:
(g)
The early Christians prayed to Jesus AS GOD:
(h)
JESUS was WORSHIPPED AS GOD on earth:
(i)
JESUS is WORSHIPPED AS GOD in heaven:
(j)
JESUS IS THE "I AM" Of the OLD TESTAMENT:
(k)
Salvation comes by confessing JESUS AS LORD:
(l)
REJECTION of Christ as God means SPIRITUAL DEATH:
(m)
JESUS is the Divine JUDGE:
(n)
EVERY KNEE shall bow at His Name:
(o)
Jesus is JUDGE of all NATIONS:
(p)
JESUS is JUDGE of all INDIVIDUALS:
(3)
The HOLY SPIRIT is the Dynamic, Powerful UNCREATED GOD:
(a)
He is ETERNAL:
(b)
He is CO-CREATOR of Heaven and Earth:
(c)
He is called GOD:
(d)
He is called LORD:
(e)
He is God the COMFORTER:
(f)
It is more serious to blaspheme HIM than the SON:
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