God the Father, Mentor's Guide, MG06

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G O D T H E F A T H E R

• We may classify God’s attributes in terms of God’s greatness and goodness .

• God’s attributes of greatness are spirituality, life, personality, infinity, and constancy.

• God’s attributes of goodness include his moral purity, integrity, and love.

I. The Immanence and Transcendence of God

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A. Definitions: this pair of emphases have to do with God’s relationship to his creation as Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

The Nicene Creed, which serves as the theological foundation of our Capstone curriculum, begins with a clear statement of the greatness of the one true God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It begins with the phrase “We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.” This statement emphasizes both the transcendence of God as well as his immanence.

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1. The immanence of God = God is present and active everywhere within the universe.

2. The transcendence of God = God’s person is infinitely beyond creation and the power of any being other than himself to understand himself.

B. The immanence of God

1. God is present and active within creation.

a. Jer. 23.23-24

b. Ps. 135.5-7

2. God is present and active within the human race.