Discover the concept of divine simplicity as Sinclair Ferguson explains how God's attributes are not separate parts but essential to His essence. Explore the analogy of dense balls to understand the concentrated perfection of God's nature.
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God's attributes are not separate parts but all His essence, displaying His goodness, omnipotence, and holiness.
Despite our inability to fully grasp God's attributes, Jesus reveals the incomprehensible depth and essence of God.
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Knowing God Through His Attributes
To know God, we must understand who He is and what He's like. God reveals Himself to us and made us in His image and likeness, equipped with the ability to know Him. Unlike human attributes that can change, God's attributes are inherent to His character, displaying his goodness, faithfulness, omnipotence, holiness, and unchanging nature. The simplicity of God refers to all His attributes concentrated into one incomprehensibly great being. This depth of God's attributes is highlighted in the reverence shown by the seraphim in His presence, emphasizing the eternal density and perfection of His being.
Revelation Through Christ: Unveiling the Incomprehensible God
The podcast underscores the mystery of God's incomprehensible nature, with Isaiah and Revelation depicting the profound reverence even holy beings like the seraphim have in His presence. Despite our inability to fully grasp the density of God's attributes, the revelation in John chapter 1 verse 18 brings hope. It proclaims that while no one has seen God, Jesus, the Son who is in the Father's side, has made Him known. This act of revelation by Christ illuminates the unfathomable depth and essence of God to humanity.
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Understanding God's Attributes and Human Characteristics
God is not made up of separate parts, such as wisdom, power, and holiness. All of His attributes are simply who He is in His essence. Today, Sinclair Ferguson describes the marvelous doctrine of divine simplicity.