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Chapter Two: God and the Holy Trinity

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2.1

: Footnotes and Supportive Scripture

Who is God?

The Lord our God is the one and only living and true God; whose subsistence [= existence] is in and of himself; who is infinite in being and perfection, whose essence cannot be comprehended by any but himself; who is a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions; who only has immortality; who dwells in the light which no man can approach; who is immutable, immense [= boundless], eternal,2incomprehensible, almighty, in every way infinite, most holy, most wise, most free, most absolute; who works all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and most righteous will, for his own glory; who is most loving, gracious, merciful, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; who is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him; and who, at the same time, is most just and terrible [= awesome] in his judgments, hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.

Deut 6:4
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Isa 45:5-7
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, 6 that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and there is no other. 7 I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
1 Cor 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”
Ps 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.
Acts 17:25
Nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
Exod 3:14
God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
Isa 48:12
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.
Passions
The word passions refers to bodily passions, like hunger or the desire for sexual fulfillment.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
1 Tim 1:17
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Tim 6:16
who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
Num 23:19
God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
Mal 3:6
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
Jas 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
1 Kgs 8:27
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
Job 11:7
Can you find out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?
Ps 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Rev 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
1 Cor 2:11
For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Gen 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless
Isa 6:3
And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
Isa 46:9-10
9 remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
Rom 16:27
to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Eph 1:10b-12
10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
Exod 34:6-7a
6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
Heb 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Rev 14:19
So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Rev 19:15
From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Ps 5:5-6
5 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. 6 You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
Ps 11:5
The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Hab 1:13
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil and cannot look at wrong, why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?
Exod 34:7b
keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
Nah 1:2-3
2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies. 3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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