Fundamental Studies for Young Christians
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2. God is a Person, Exod. 3:14; Deut. 32:39, 40. (1) Every spirit is a peison. (See (3 )). (2) Personal profiouns belong to Him. To say “ I Am” is the very es sence of personality. (3) Personal acts are ascribed to Him, “ I have heard” , “ I have seen” , “ I know” , “ I am come” , Exod. 3:6-8. (4) He is a free moral agent, Dan. 4:35; Isa. 44:6, 7. (5) He is the source and fountain head of all personality, Gen. 1:27; Col. 1:16. 3. His Attributes: He is, (1) Everlasting, Deut. 32:40; Isa. 57:15; 40:28. (2) All-mighty, Gen. 17:1; Jer- 32:17; Mark 10:27. (3) All-knowing, Heb. 4:13; Ps. 147:5; Matt. 6:8. ( 4) Ever-present, 1 Kings 8:27 ; Ps. 75:1; Ps.-139:1-12; Matt.-28:20. (5) Unchanging, Num. 23:19; Rom. 11:29; Mai. 3:6; Jas. 1:17. (6) Just, Deut. 32:4; Ps. 89:14. (7) Good, Exod. 34:6, 7; 1 John 4 : 8 , 16; Tit. 3:3-7. Note: Meditate on the practical bearing of these attributes with respect to the promises, threats and consola tions of Scripture. 4. His Tri-Unity. *(1) There is but one God, Deut. 6:4; Mai. 2:10; Mark 12:32; Eph. 4:6. (2) There is a “ Father” who is God, Rom. 1:7; John 12:28; 1:18. (3) There is a “ Son” who is God, John 1:1, 14, 18; Heb. 1:8. (4) There is\ a “Holy Spirit” who is God, Acts 5:3, 4; 2 Cor. 3:17; 1 Peter 4:14.
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I. His Existence. That God exists is “ clearly seen” (Rom. 1:20) in: 1. The Material Order. Ps. 19:1; Acts 14:17. His intelligence and beneficence in nature and providence put it beyond rea sonable doubt that an infinitely wise and good God exists. 2. The Moral Order. Rom. 2:14, 15; 1:32. . Conscience : (1) The sense of moral right and wrong. (2) The sense of “ oughtness” : “ I ought” ; “ I ought not” . (3) The sense of guilt and account ability to Some One. 3. The Historic Christ;— not His testimony, but His character, works and resurrection, which show Him to be One who can only be accounted for on the theory that there is a God;- and which validate His testimony. 4. The Bible,-—not its testimony but its nature and predictions, which de mand such a Being for its author, and which validate its testimony. Ps. 14: 1; 10:4. H. H is Nature. 1. Spirit, John 4:24. It follows that: (1) He has no form, no body. Luke' 24:39. Note: “ Arm,” “ hand,” “ eye,” etc., are ascribed to God figuratively, as when we say “ thè eye of faith,” or “ the arm of the law,” and denote His pos session of the power, skill, intelligence,' etc., which arm, hand and eye stand for. (2) That men must worship Him in truth, and may find Him anywhere, John 4:23; Acts 17:27, 28.
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