“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Tm. 2.5). “For there is one God” – what a profound statement! All theology – all doctrine – begins with this fact. It is contained in the first of the Ten Commandments – “Thou shalt have no other …
Much knowledge may be gained from nature. Paul plainly states that all rational men are without excuse not to believe in the eternity and power of God. It does not take grace to conclude logically that that which has design manifests a Designer of great wisdom and power, so the wicked cannot plead ignorance for …
There is only one self-existent being, and that is Jehovah God. The existence of all other beings is arbitrary, or a matter of will. All creation might or might not have existed. Theologians correctly say that God’s existence is “necessary,” that it must be. It is not possible that God could ever not have been. …
The nature of God is infinite in every regard. His being is without limit; his attributes are boundless. Given the fact that He is without bounds or limits upon His nature, it necessarily follows that He is incomprehensible to the limited mind of sinful man. We are so utterly bound by time and space, not …
“God is a Spirit,” our Lord declared to the woman at the well. That is His divine nature. A body was prepared in the womb of the virgin Mary which God the Son took into union with His divine Person; but that body, like our bodies, was not pre-existing. He was “made like unto his …
God is immutable, which means that He does not and cannot change. “I am the Lord; I change not,” He declared in the book of Malachi. God cannot change because He is perfect. True and absolute perfection is inconsistent with change. If a being changed for the better, then he was not perfect before; and …
Of all the attributes of God, the one that lends a glorious luster to all the rest is His holiness. God is holy in His power, holy in his wisdom, holy in His justice and holy in his knowledge. An absolute perfection is manifested in all His being and nature and in all His acts. …
“And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (Mt. 7.28-29). The sixty-six books of the Bible are the books we regard as being in the canon of Scripture. They constitute the word …
Our Lord said, “The scripture cannot be broken,” and, “The scriptures must be fulfilled.” The apostle Paul affirms that “all scripture is given by inspiration of God.” This sets the highest standard for that which may be termed scripture. If it is scripture, then it is infallible and absolutely may be trusted as a certain …
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Tm. 3.16-17). The word which in the King James Translation is rendered “throughly furnished” is exartizo. Other meanings are …
