A COLD NIGHT
Hello everyone,
It is late Friday night and we have freezing rain outside. Which is not the norm for west Texas. I am beginning to turn my thoughts toward Sunday morning and what I am going to teach. For Sunday school we are studying the Puritan Catechism. We are in part two of the catechism, which is the section about God. If you would like to read the catechism you can at this link: Puritan
Here is the section we are studying:
Q. What is God?
A. God is Spirit (Jn. 4:24), infinite (Job 11:7), eternal (Ps. 90:2; 1 Tim. 1:17), and unchangeable (Jas. 1:17) in his being (Exod. 3:14), wisdom, power (Ps. 147:5), holiness (Rev. 4:8), justice, goodness and truth (Exod. 34:6-7).
Q. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is but one only (Deut. 6:4), the living and true God (Jer. 10:10).
Q. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A. There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory (1 Jn. 5:7; Matt. 28:19).
Q. What are the decrees of God?
A. The decrees of God are his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his own will, whereby for his own glory he has foreordained whatever comes to pass (Eph. 1:11-12).
Q. How does God execute his decrees?
A. God executes his decrees in the works of creation (Rev. 4:11), and providence (Dan. 4:35).
Q. What is the work of creation?
A. The work of creation is God's making all things (Gen. 1:1) of nothing, by the Word of his power (Heb. 11:3), in six normal consecutive days (Exod. 20:11), and all very good (Gen. 1:31).
We need to finish question 4 dealing with the attributes of God.
We are working on God’s justice and goodness. We also need to look at the attribute of truth.
A great help in studying the catechism is the book, A Body of Divinity. You can read it online at this link: Divinity
Divinity
It is late Friday night and we have freezing rain outside. Which is not the norm for west Texas. I am beginning to turn my thoughts toward Sunday morning and what I am going to teach. For Sunday school we are studying the Puritan Catechism. We are in part two of the catechism, which is the section about God. If you would like to read the catechism you can at this link: Puritan
Here is the section we are studying:
Q. What is God?
A. God is Spirit (Jn. 4:24), infinite (Job 11:7), eternal (Ps. 90:2; 1 Tim. 1:17), and unchangeable (Jas. 1:17) in his being (Exod. 3:14), wisdom, power (Ps. 147:5), holiness (Rev. 4:8), justice, goodness and truth (Exod. 34:6-7).
Q. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is but one only (Deut. 6:4), the living and true God (Jer. 10:10).
Q. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A. There are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one God, the same in essence, equal in power and glory (1 Jn. 5:7; Matt. 28:19).
Q. What are the decrees of God?
A. The decrees of God are his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his own will, whereby for his own glory he has foreordained whatever comes to pass (Eph. 1:11-12).
Q. How does God execute his decrees?
A. God executes his decrees in the works of creation (Rev. 4:11), and providence (Dan. 4:35).
Q. What is the work of creation?
A. The work of creation is God's making all things (Gen. 1:1) of nothing, by the Word of his power (Heb. 11:3), in six normal consecutive days (Exod. 20:11), and all very good (Gen. 1:31).
We need to finish question 4 dealing with the attributes of God.
We are working on God’s justice and goodness. We also need to look at the attribute of truth.
A great help in studying the catechism is the book, A Body of Divinity. You can read it online at this link: Divinity
Divinity
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