Who is the God of the Bible?

September 14, 2006, 7:58 pm
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I think this is one of the most beautiful summaries of the person of God. It’s found in theWestminister Confession of Faith.

“There is but one only, living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure Spirit, invisible, without body, parts or passions: immutable, eternal, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute: working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will, for His own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin: and who will by no means clear the guilty. God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of Himself: and is alone in and unto Himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which He hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, but only manifesting His own glory in, by, unto, and upon them. He is alone the fountain of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things; and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them, whatsoever Himself pleaseth… In His sight all things are oen and manifest, His knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent of the creature, so as nothing is to Him contingent or uncertain. He is most holy in all His cousels, in all His works, and in all His commands. To Him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience He is pleased to require of them.”