Exodus 3 The Burning Bush
“I AM”
– Eternality of God
– Immutability of God
– Aseity of God
Eternality – The God who exists
He is from everlasting to everlasting.
He has no beginning or no end.
His nature and attributes are eternal.
His purposes are eternal.
His kingdom and reign will never end.
Life and death are in His control.
All sin is cosmic treason against an infinite being.
Death must submit to the eternal “I AM”.
Christ intercedes for His people eternally.
We can trust Him for the future because He is there.
Being conformed to His image means eternal life.
Our lives now can have an eternal purpose.
The eternal nature of God is what makes our present suffering worthwhile.
Immutability – The God who never changes
Thomas Watson
“In God there is nothing which can change, for better or worse.
He cannot change for the better—because then he would not now be perfect.
He cannot change for the worse—for then he would cease to be perfect.
He is immutably holy, immutably good; there is no shadow of change in him”
Augustine
“Whatsoever is changed from the better for the worse, and from the worse for the better, is not God, because perfect virtue can neither change for the better, nor true eternity for the worse”God cannot change His word, therefore it is always fresh and trustworthy.
God cannot add to His knowledge, therefore He is perfectly all-knowing.
God cannot react to circumstances or change His plans, therefore His purposes stands forever.
God’s character or nature can never change, therefore His _______ will remain forever.
He is forever the unchanging and unshakeable TRUTH, therefore His promises can never fail.
Aseity – The Self-existing God
He alone is dependent on nothing or no one.
He is self-sufficient and self-sustaining
His existence is not derived from or contingent on another thing or being.
Within Himself, He is perfectly whole, complete, satisfied and without any need of any kind.
He is self-divine. – His deity is derived from no other power.
He is self-wise. – There is none who could ever instruct Him.
He is self-virtuous. – He received His goodness from no one.
He is self-attesting. – He alone is the source of truth.
He is self-justifying. – He is perfectly just within Himself.
He is self-empowering. – He derives power from no source.
He is self-excellent. – If any being were more excellent, that being would be God.
Not only is He independent and self-sufficient, but all else is dependent on Him.
From Him, through Him, and to Him are all things.
Nothing exists that He did not create and everything is sustained by Him.
