THEOLOGY

T H E O L O G Y P RO P E R : T H E D O C T R I N E O F G O D

I BELIEVE: GOD IS THE INFINITE AND PERFECT S P I R I T I N W H O M A L L T H I N G S H AV E T H E I R S O U R C E , S U P P O R T, A N D E N D .

A . G O D E T E R NA L LY E X I S T S I N T H R E E D I S T I N C T P E R S O N S E A C H E Q UA L I N AT T R I B U T E S A N D POWER G O D T H E FAT H E R , G O D T H E S O N , A N D G O D T H E H O L Y S P I R I T. ( 1 S T J O H N 5 : 7 , M A T T. 3 : 1 6 - 1 7 , 2 8 : 1 9 ) 1 . G O D I S A S P I R I T ( J O H N 4 : 2 4 ) , U N I T Y ( D E U T. 6 : 4 ) , P E R S O N ( E XO. 3 : 1 4 ) , A N D T R I N I T Y ( 1 ST J O H N 5 : 7 ) I N W H O M A L L T H I N G S H AV E T H E I R S O U R C E , S U P P O R T, A N D E N D . 2 . J E S U S I S G O D S O N LY S O N W H O I S W I T H O U T S I N A N D W H O C A M E T O E A RT H F O R T H E E X P R E S S PURPOSE OF GIVING HIS LIFE TO BE A RANSOM FOR THE SINS OF ALL PEOPLE. ( M A T T. 2 0 : 2 8 , 1 S T T I M . 2 : 6 ) 3 . T H E H O LY S P I R I T I N D W E L L S E A C H B E L I E V E R A T S A L VA T I O N A N D G L O R I F I E S J E S U S C H R I S T T H R O U G H T H E I R L I F E . ( A C T S 1 : 8 , R O M . 8 : 1 6 ) B . T H E T R I U N E G O D C R E AT E D A L L T H I N G S A N D HOLDS ALL THINGS TOGETHER. (GEN. 1:1, JOB 2 6 : 7 )

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C. GOD IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL THINGS IN H E AV E N , I N E A R T H , A N D U N D E R T H E E A R T H , AND HIS WILL IS BEING AND WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE SE SAME THREE REALMS. (ROM. 8:28, 11:26) D. G O D I S U N D E R S T O O D B Y H I S AT T R I B U T E S. 1. HE IS ETERNAL. (PSALM 90:2) 11.HE IS O M N I P O T E N T. ( M A T T. 2 8 : 1 8 ) HE IS INVISIBLE. (COL. 1:15) PERSON. (JOHN 17:3) 3. 12. HE IS A

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H E I S A S P I R I T. ( J O H N 4 : 2 4 ) 13. I M M U TA B L E . ( M A L AC H I 3 : 6 )

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H E I S O M N I S C I E N T. ( J O H N 1 6 : 3 0 ) 1 4 . S O V E R E I G N . ( 1 ST C H RO N . 2 9 : 1 1 - 1 3 ) H E I S O M N I P R E S E N T. ( P S A . 1 3 9 : 7 - 8 ) T R A N S C E N D E N T. ( I S A . 5 7 : 1 5 ) 6. H E I S H O LY. ( L E V. 1 9 : 2 , 2 0 : 2 6 ) 16. 15.

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L O N G S U F F E R I N G. ( P S A L M 7 8 : 3 8 - 3 9 ) 7. H E I S L O V E . ( 1 ST J O H N 4 : 1 6 ) 1 7. (ZEPHANIAH 3:17) 8. H E I S J OY F U L .

H E I S T RU T H . ( 1 ST J O H N 5 : 2 0 ) 1 8 . H E I S G E N E RO U S. ( P S A L M 8 4 : 1 1 , JA M E S 1 : 1 7 ) HE IS GRACIOUS. (TITUS 2:11) 19. P A S S I O N A T E . ( D E U T. 5 : 9 ) 20. HE IS

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1 0 . H E I S J U S T. ( G E N E S I S 1 8 : 2 5 ) (PSALM 84:11)

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