Eternal Godhead

Teaching Copyright (C) 1999 John Iuliano (M.A. Min). All rights reserved. Published here with permission.

We believe in the unity of the true and living God who is the eternal, self existent One, who has revealed Himself as one being in three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and who is the Creator and preserver of things visible and invisible - Deut 6:4, Mark 12:29; Matt 28:19;
Genesis 1:1; Psalm 86:9-10; Isaiah 43:10-11; John 1:1-3.

The Bible doesn't argue God's existence; it assumes it. His existence is accepted as fact.

Trying to define God is not an easy task because He is greater than our finite thinking. We tend to think in terms of a beginning and an end, size, dimension, volume, capacity and things that can be scientifically evaluated. God surpasses all these measurements. He has no beginning and no end. He was not created nor will He ever be consumed. The Bible ascribes to God some of the following attributes:

1.         Eternal.
        Having no beginning and no end.
        Ps 90:2, "Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God."

The word everlasting literally means vanishing point. It is a mathematical expression, which refers to infinity in the past extending to infinity in the future. God had no beginning and He has no end. He is eternal.

2.        Self existent.
        Not dependant on anything except self for life existence.
        Col 1:17, "And He is before all things and in Him all things consist."

He was not created or mysteriously appeared. He is the absolute source of all life and creator of all things that have ever existed both visible and invisible. God is not dependant on any source outside Himself for His being or essence. He is self-existent.
        
3.        Immutable.
        Never changing.
        Matthew 3:6, "For I am the Lord, I change not".

Man has a tendency to change from day to day, but God is consistently the same. His character, His reasoning, His Word, never changes. There is no variation in God. He is immutable.

4.        Omnipresent.
        Being everywhere at the same time.
Jeremiah 23:24, "Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?” says the Lord, "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" says the Lord.

God is not in everything, but He is everywhere. Wherever you may go God is there. He is in heaven and also on the earth. Wherever two or three are gathered together, He is in the midst. How reassuring it is to know that wherever you are, even in your darkest place, God is there.


5.        Omniscient.
        Knowing everything past, present and future.
Psalm 139:4, "For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold O Lord, you know it altogether".

There is nothing that happens in the universe of which God is unaware. Every thought, every deed, every dream, God has knowledge of it. He also has total wisdom and total understanding. Man is discovering new things every day of which God has had eternal knowledge. It is assuring to know that God in His wisdom has made plans for our lives that will bring us total satisfaction. It is essential for us to trust the fact that God knows best because He knows everything.

6.        Omnipotent.
        All powerful.
Jer 32:17, "Ah, L

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