God’s nature

Wilhelmus à Brakel, et al.

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Psalm 145:3, “Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom!”

God is pure Being–independent, infinite, and unchangeable. Before the mountains were born, before man was formed from the dust, before angels lifted their voices in praise–God was. He had no beginning, and He shall have no end. Therefore He exists of Himself, by Himself, and for Himself. He is the eternal I AM!

To contemplate God’s nature is to approach a blazing glory that no creature can fully endure. Yet He has revealed Himself–not exhaustively, but truly–in His Word. What He makes known is sufficient to bow our hearts in reverent awe. He is spirit, not limited by body or bounds. (John 4:24) He is life itself, the fountain of all existence. He is immutable: “I the Lord do not change!” (Malachi 3:6). Nothing can add to Him, improve Him, or diminish Him. He is eternally perfect in all His being.

 

All of His attributes–His wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth–are not something He has, but the very essence of who He is.

 

His justice is holy, His love is wise, His mercy is sovereign. Each attribute is harmoniously one with all the rest, perfectly united in His glorious essence.God's nature

Though we are finite and fallen, the regenerate soul delights in the nature of God. The more we see Him as He is, the more we see ourselves as we are: a mixture of dust and sin. And yet, wonder of wonders, this infinite God condescends to be known, to be worshiped, and to be loved by His creatures.

Let us then draw near with reverence and joy, remembering that to know God rightly is life eternal. (John 17:3) Let us worship Him not as a vague power, but as the living, personal, triune God–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Let the meditation of our hearts be guided by the unshakable truth that God is not like us–and therein lies our hope, our peace, and our everlasting delight​.
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