God's Independence
Jessalyn Hutto
“The difference between God’s being and ours is more than the difference between the sun and a candle, more than the difference between the ocean and a raindrop, more than the difference between the arctic ice cap and a snowflake, more than the difference between the universe and the room we are sitting in: God’s being is qualitatively different. No limitation or imperfection in creation should be projected onto our thought of God. He is the Creator; all else is creaturely. All else can pass away in an instant; he necessarily exists forever.” (Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology)
The first doctrine we looked at in our Bite-size Theology series was the doctrine of God’s [intlink id="13248" type="post"]simplicity[/intlink]. This is helpful because knowing that God’s character is “simple” (in other words, unified) allows us to view each of God’s attributes as connected to all the rest. Because God’s being is completely united and in no way contradictory, it is virtually impossible to discuss one of his attributes without using another to qualify, explain, or clarify it. The doctrine of God’s simplicity prepares us to to view each attribute in light of every other attribute...
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