March 2025
The Nature of God
INTO THE WORD
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Christian theology has always recognized that the purpose of life is to know and love God. We were made for God, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Him, as Augustine of Hippo famously wrote in his Confessions.
Because knowing and loving God is the ultimate end for which we were created, systematic theology rightly focuses much of its attention on what we call theology proper, wherein we focus on the being and attributes of God. Last month, we began our study of theology proper with a look at God’s Being as the Holy Trinity. This month, we begin a three-month study that will explore the character of our Creator by considering the names, attributes, and metaphors for God found in sacred Scripture.
This month, we will look at many of the attributes that emphasize the transcendence or otherness of God. We will consider what it means for God to be perfect, self-existent, simple, one, spiritual, holy, sovereign, invisible, and omnipresent. May this study enflame our hearts and enlighten our minds with awe and adoration for our great God.
These verses parallel the themes of the studies each week. We encourage you to hide them in your heart so that you may not sin against the Lord:
Abiding in the Word
- 2 Samuel 22:31
- Exodus 20:5–6
- Hebrews 12:29
- Isaiah 64:8
- Psalm 9:9