1689 Second London Baptist Confession - Chapter Two, Paragraph One - Part Two - Pastor Kurt M. Smith

On the Aseity of God. Recorded 3/5/2025

Chapter 2 – God and the Holy Trinity

1. The Lord our God is one, the only living and true God.1 He is self-existent2 and infinite in being and perfection. His essence cannot be understood by anyone but him.3 He is a perfectly pure spirit.4 He is invisible and has no body, parts, or changeable emotions.a He alone has immortality, dwelling in light that no one can approach.5 He is unchangeable,6 immense,b,7 eternal,8 incomprehensible, almighty,9 in every way infinite, absolutely holy,10 perfectly wise, wholly free, completely absolute. He works all things according to the counsel of his own unchangeable and completely righteous will11 for his own glory.12 He is most loving, gracious, merciful, and patient. He overflows with goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. He rewards those who seek him diligently.13 At the same time, he is perfectly just and terrifying in his judgments.14 He hates all sin15 and will certainly not clear the guilty.16

a. passions
b. transcends all space
1. 1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Deuteronomy 6:4.
2. Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 48:12.
3. Exodus 3:14.
4. John 4:24.
5. 1 Timothy 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:15, 16.
6. Malachi 3:6.
7. 1 Kings 8:27; Jeremiah 23:23.
8. Psalm 90:2.
9. Genesis 17:1.
10. Isaiah 6:3.
11. Psalm 115:3; Isaiah 46:10.
12. Proverbs 16:4; Romans 11:36.
13. Exodus 34:6, 7; Hebrews 11:6.
14. Nehemiah 9:32, 33.
15. Psalm 5:5, 6.
16. Exodus 34:7; Nahum 1:2, 3.