Saving Faith

Matthew 5:45; 11:27-28; Hebrews 1:5-6, 8; John 1:14, 18; 15:26; Galatians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Romans 8:16

Saving Faith Natural Faith

The Object of Faith

The Existence of God

The Essence of God

The Subsistence of God

God’s Name

Revelation 1:8; Jeremiah 41:4; 44:6; Romans 11:35; 11:36

Romans 9:36 Genesis 1:2; Matthew 3:16-17; 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:13-14; Ephesians 2:18; John 1:1; 1:14, 18; Hebrews 1:2-3; Colossians 1:15-16; Galatians 4:4, 6; Isa. 6:3, 5, 8; John 12:41; 15:26; Acts 5:3-4; 28:25; 1 John 5:20; 2:24-25; Isaiah 9:6; 1 Corinthians 2:10-11; Romans 1:4

Trinity

Attributes In General

IMMATERIAL INCORPOREAL Luke 24:39

Specifically

SPIRIT: John 4:24, “God is spirit…” He cannot be captured by images: Deut. 4:14; Isaiah 40:18; Acts 17:29; Romans 1:23

Primary Attributes What God Is

SIMPLE: God is Original & Omni modal— “without composition, parts or passions.” 1 John 4:8; 1 John 5:20; 1 John 1:5

Spirit & Simple Immutable

Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 41:4; Malachi 3:6; James 1:17; Psalm 102:27; 28; Hebrews 1:11-12

How Great God Is 1 Kings 8:60; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Timothy 2:5; Deuteronomy 6:4; Exodus 15:11

Unified

Continual, Perpetual, Constant © A Puritan’s Mind, January 2007, www.apuritansmind.com

Absolute: Infinite Relative Immensity Eternal

INCORRUPTIBLE Romans 1:23; 1 Timothy 1:17 Jeremiah 23:23; 23:24; Job 11:8; 1 Kings 8:27

1 Kings 8:27; Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:48-49; 17:27-28; Psalm 139:7-8; Jeremiah 23:23-24 Psalm 90:2; 102:12; Ephesians 3:21; 2 Peter 3:8

Of What Kind God Is Life, the Way of Life Omniscient The Will of God

Job 37:16; 1 Samuel 16:7; Deuteronomy 2:7; Psalm 33:13; Matthew 11:21; Acts 2:23; Romans 9:16; Ephesians 1:11

Job 11:8; Psalm 145:3; Matthew 5:48

Perfect Gracious Just Holy

Ephesians 1:6-7; 2:7-9; Titus 2:11; 3:47; Isa 26:10; Romans 3:24; Acts 18:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; John 1:16

Isaiah 33:12; Deut. 4:8; James 4:12; Romans 1:32 Exodus 15:11; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isa 57:15; Hosea 11:9; Isaiah 6:1ff; John 17:11; 1 Peter 1:16; Revelation 4:8

Judgment, Justice and Power

Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 33:16