Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Evening Service November 29, 2015:
Scripture: Psalm 46:10
Contemplating God
1.Contemplating God begins with considering His Person – Who He is in all His attributes
“O God, who is like unto Thee!” -Psalm 71:19b
- Triune – One true and living God existing in three distinct persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all of one essence with the same nature and attributes (Matthew 28:19)
- Holy – Separate, set-apart, absolute purity (Isaiah 6:3; 1 Peter 1:16)
- True – What is real or genuine (Titus 1:2; John 14:6)
- Self-existent – Self-caused, no origin (Exodus 3:14)
- Infinite – Limitless (Jeremiah 23:24; 1 Kings 8:27)
- Eternal – Everlasting, always was, always is, always will be (Deuteronomy 33:27)
- Spirit – A spiritual being (John 4:24)
- Person – A personal being, has intellect, emotions, will (Ex. 3:14; Job 23:13; Gen. 6:6)
- Good – Pleasant, agreeable. Beneficial (Psalm 34:8; 86:5; 107:8)
- Righteous / Just – Always does what is just and right (Deuteronomy 32:4)
- Incomprehensible – No one can remotely understand and comprehend God (Isaiah 55:8)
- Wise – The ability to rightly apply knowledge (1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 25)
- Faithful – Firm, certain, trustworthy, dependable (Deuteronomy 7:9)
- Mercy – Compassion, pity, not getting what we deserve (Ephesians 2:4)
- Grace – Unmerited favor, getting what we don’t deserve (Ephesians 2:7, 8)
- Immutable – Unchanging (Malachi 3:6)
- Omniscient – All knowing (Psalm 139:3)
- Omnipresent – Everywhere present (Psalm 139:7)
- Omnipotent – All powerful (Revelation 19:6)
- Sovereign – Absolute control, supreme authority and sole ruler (Psalm 135:6)
- Love – Seeks the highest good of the one loved, unconditional, sacrificial (1 John 4:8)
- Wrath -Righteous indignation at all evil, execution of judgment on unrighteousness (Romans 1:18)
- Jealous – Zeal to preserve something that is supremely precious (Exodus 20:5)
- Glorious – Weighted down with brilliance, brightness, radiance, shining (Psalm 8:1)