God the Father, Mentor's Guide, MG06

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3. What is the definition of the attribute of God as possessing life ? What does it mean to say that God the Father Almighty is “immortal?” In what way can we say that the life of God, having no beginning nor end, is “indestructible?” 4. List some of the elements included in the understanding that God the Father Almighty is a person? In what ways is God’s personality different from our own? What does the personality of God suggest about his ability to relate to other self-conscious beings? 5. In what ways can we say that the nature of God the Father Almighty is infinite? What does God’s infinitude applied to space tell us about him? What about his infinitude applied to time? What about his infinitude in regards to knowledge? What about his infinitude in regards to power? 6. What does it mean to suggest that God the Father Almighty is unchanging and constant? Does God change his mind in any sense at all? If so, how so? Why is it important to assert the unchanging nature of God in regards to his covenant promise? In regards to his love for humankind? In regards to his purpose to redeem? 7. In what way can we so understand the attributes of God’s greatness together that we can comprehend them in light of one another ? Can you suggest a way in which we can understand these mighty and glorious attributes together rather than separately ? This lesson concentrates on both the triune nature of the Trinity as well as the attributes of greatness of God the Father Almighty. The doctrine of the Trinity affirms Scripture’s claims that God is both one and yet exists as three distinct persons, all who are referred to as God, and share the glory of the divine nature. God the Father, the first person of the Trinity, possesses attributes which speak powerfully and definitively as to his greatness. As God the Father is spirit, he possesses life in himself, has authentic personality, is infinite in his divine nature and character, and possesses an essence that never changes.

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Summary of Key Concepts

The doctrine of the Trinity refers to the Bible’s teaching about God’s triune personhood.