The Doctrine of God - Simplicity of God
"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." (1 John 1:5)
Simplicity means that God is not complex, compounded, or divisible is His nature. Simplicity does not deny the three distinct persons of the Trinity. The three distinct persons all share in the same "essence" of God. Neither does this mean that it is easy to understand all that is to be known of God because 1) sin has a limiting effect upon human understanding, and 2) man's understanding is finite, whereas God is infinite.
Application: Jesus taught that one must approach God as a little child to be converted (Matt. 18:3).
Simplicity means that God is not complex, compounded, or divisible is His nature. Simplicity does not deny the three distinct persons of the Trinity. The three distinct persons all share in the same "essence" of God. Neither does this mean that it is easy to understand all that is to be known of God because 1) sin has a limiting effect upon human understanding, and 2) man's understanding is finite, whereas God is infinite.
Application: Jesus taught that one must approach God as a little child to be converted (Matt. 18:3).
posted by Andrew Brown at 9:16 PM
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