King's Business - 1920-02

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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