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E9 Self-existence F1 Definition: G1 This is also known as aseity. G2 God has no beginning and no end, He is always. He has no needs. He is dependent on nothing; all are dependent on Him. G3 Because He needs nothing and is dependent on nothing, His word is true. His promises are true.…
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Passive mind B1 Some other terms: C1 Bypassing the brain C2 Meditating on God C3 Being contemplative C4 Meeting god C5 Seeing god C6 God’s guidance C7 Breath prayers C8 Mantra C9 Mysticism C10 Altered state of consciousness C11 Silencing, shutting down, and turning off the mind C12 Contemplative prayer C13 Thoughtlessness C14 Blank…
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E7 Omniscience—Knowledge (including foreknowledge and middle knowledge) F1 Definition G1 Knowledge H1 The English word gives this as one definition: 1. a particular or specialized form of understanding or skill. 2. Webster’s Dictionary Unabridged 1828 has a) A clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the perception of the connection and…
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E6 Omnisapience F1 Definition: Literally, this means all wisdom or complete wisdom. God’s wisdom is perfect. He cannot learn, for He knows all. He cannot learn wisdom, for He can apply knowledge perfectly and without any flaws. He knows every possibility. F2 His communication is perfect. He knows how to word what He does,…
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E4 Omnipotence F1 This unlimited power relates to what God’s character is. Since He is a God who tells the truth, He cannot do illogical things as make a rock so huge that He cannot lift it, a square circle, 2+2=5, or make Himself not exist. F2 Isaiah 43:12-13 NLT First I predicted your…
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D2 Incommunicable These are those only God has. E1 Eternality F1 Defined: having no beginning and no ending. God was never created, nor can never die. There is only one being with this attribute—Yahweh. F2 Verses (also see here or here scroll down) G1 Genesis 21:33 LEB And he planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there…
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Read this today, and it was good enough that I had to copy and paste it here. Sheila Wray Gregoire writes: B1 If a pastor/writer/teacher tells you that disagreeing with them means that you’re disobeying Scripture or rejecting God, that’s wrong. It’s okay to examine things for yourself. B2 If a pastor tells you…
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E21 Reason F1 Defined G1 Bing Dictionary: the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic. G2 Thoughts including making decisions whether conditions at the present or possible in the future (thus, we worry sometimes, but God never worries). G3 The Hebrew word I have in mind is חָשַׁב châshab.…
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Within or something else? Our passage B1 Luke 17:20-21 WEL When he was questioned by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he began to answer and said to them, “The Kingdom of God doesn’t come with careful observation. 21 “Nor will they say, ‘Look over here,’ or ‘Look over there.’ for—take note—the Kingdom…
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E19 Wrath F1 The Hebrew word for wrath is אַף ʼaph. It means nostril in the literal sense. In an applied sense, it means the heavy breathing of being super angry. F2 The Greek word for wrath is ὀργή orgḗ. It means: Wrath (3709) (orge from orgaô = to teem, to swell) conveys the picture of a swelling which…