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4. God Is Unchanging

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  • Unbelief and the need of salvation are the same in any age or culture
  • The requirement for eternal life is the same in any age or culture
  • Christ is the only way of salvation in any age or culture
  • The truth, validity, and relevance of Scripture are the same in any age or culture
  • God remains trustworthy regardless of arguments or circumstances

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5. God Is Undivided Unity

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  • The “problem of evil”
  • Related “problems”
  • Responding to apparent contradictions
  • Apparent conflicts in God and Scripture reveal our limitations, not problems with God
  • Making God acceptable to unbelief denies the infinite excellence of God
  • To deny a single attribute of God denies God as God
  • God needs no defense

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6. God Is Spirit

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  • Denials of God based on physical laws are worthless
  • Denials of God based on not seeing Him are worthless
  • To say God is unknowable because we only know what we know by our senses is unjustified and self-contradictory
  • Appeals to “knowledge” and “senses” to deny God presume God’s existence
  • Presuming our senses and experience to be the ultimate standard of truth and possibility assumes the place and authority of God

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7. God’s Knowledge Is Perfect

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  • God alone is the source of all truth and knowledge
  • Human knowledge is acquired by discovering God’s revealed knowledge
  • Truth is whatever God says it is
  • We know truth when our knowledge agrees with God’s explanation
  • We cannot know any truth as thoroughly and exhaustively as God
  • To reject truth because we don’t understand it denies reality
  • To reject truth because we don’t understand it assumes our understanding is the standard of truth
  • To reject truth because we do not understand it assumes the place and authority of God
  • The omniscience of God is required to deny God

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8. God’s Wisdom Is Perfect

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  • Human wisdom is gained by knowing and applying God’s revelation
  • God’s wisdom in Scripture is the only sure basis for defending the faith
  • Limited and dependent people are unqualified to question God’s wisdom in our circumstances
  • Limited and dependent people are unqualified to question God’s wisdom in history

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9. God Is True and Truthful

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  • We defend and proclaim the God of Scripture, not an unknown “god” or higher power
  • Because God is true, His Word and words are true (inerrancy)
  • The “slippery slope”
  • The only true interpretation of reality is God’s interpretation
  • Truth is unaffected by unbelief and human perception
  • Unbelief reflects the sinful heart and not defects in God’s truth
  • If God is not true and truthful, He is not God

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10. God Is Good and Love

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  • God is the definition, source, and measure of all good in the universe
  • Evil is not necessary or equal with good
  • Evil is not necessary for the existence or knowledge of good
  • Evil is not necessary for free will
  • Contrary choice is not necessary for true love
  • More questions concerning the “problem of evil”
  • Finite and fallen people are unqualified to pass judgment on God’s goodness
  • God’s infinite goodness in Christ comforts the soul amidst the darkest evil

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11. God Is Holy

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  • The beauty of God and His works is holiness
  • God is not and cannot be the author of sin
  • Attempts to defend God and answer unbelief must honor God as holy
  • Sinners have no claims on a holy God
  • The brighter God’s holiness shines the more lovers of darkness hate it

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12. God Is Righteous

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  • God’s judgments must be viewed in light of our human limitations
  • Application of the “slippery slope”
  • We can trust God’s judgments as righteous in the face of the most difficult questions
  • The righteous judge does not sit under the judgment of unrighteous people
  • Was Job’s anger justified against God?
  • Distortions of God’s justice distort or deny the Gospel

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13. God Is Infinitely Powerful

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  • Miracles are reasonable and consistent with God’s nature and universe
  • Your worldview determines your view of miracles
  • Definition and nature of the believing and unbelieving worldview
  • No worldview is neutral
  • The believing and unbelieving worldview cannot be reconciled
  • One’s view of God determines one’s view of miracles
  • One must deny God and His power to deny the miracles of the Bible
  • One must affirm God’s existence to deny the miracles of the Bible
  • Denying the miracles of Scripture presumes the ultimate authority to determine truth
  • Denials of Scripture as true because miracles are “impossible” are worthless
  • Defending miracles by “natural” explanations affirms unbelief
  • Rebellion against God is foolish and doomed to defeat

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