|
God’s Immanence |
||
|
Term |
Meaning |
Scripture |
|
Immanent |
Extending to the very limits of things, or permeating everything, in
every object. |
See particulars below. |
|
Eternal |
God is immanent with
respect to time. --He is without beginning
or ending --He is free from all
succession of time: “I am that I am” --He is the cause of
time: 1Tim. 1:17: “The King of the Ages.” He caused time to stand still in Joshua’s
time; and sent it backwards in Hezekiah’s. |
Heb.
1:11,12 Deuteronomy
32:40 Psalm
90:2 Isaiah
41:4 Revelation
1:8 |
|
Immensity |
God
is immanent with respect to space. |
I
Kings 8:27 Romans
8:39. God has no limits of any kind. |
|
|
1.
Omnipresent: God is wholly present in
every place at every time. |
1Kings
8:27 Romans
8:39: God has no limits of any kind. |
|
|
a. God cannot be divided, diffused,
multiplied, expanded. He fills the
universe and all its parts at all times.
Time and space are in him; he is not in time and space. b. Objection: Isn’t God in Heaven (as in the Lord’s prayer)? Answer:
to say God is in Heaven is to say exactly what we have said: He is not in time and space. |
Psalm
139:7; Jer. 23:23,24; Acts. 17:27,28. |
|
|
2. Omniscient: God knows everything. This follows from Omnipresence. |
Psalm
147:4; Psalm 33:13-15; Acts. 15:8;
Psalm 139:2; Matt. 6:8; 10:30; Malachi 3:16; Isaiah 46:9,10; Acts.2:23; 1Sam.
23:12; Matt. 11:23; Acts 15:18; Ps. 139:6; Rom. 11:33; Ps. 104:24; Eph. 3:10; Ps. 56:8; Heb. 4:13; Matt.
10:26; Ps. 139:12; Matt. 28:20 |
|
|
3.
Omnipotence: His Power is through all.
Everywhere God is, His power and will are, for He cannot be divided. |
Rom.
13:1; Gen. 1:1-3; Gen. 17:1; Isaiah 44:24,25; Heb.
1:3; 2Cor. 4:6; Eph. 3:20; Rom. 4:17; Ps.
115:1-3; Eph. 1:11; Gen. 18:14 |
|
All rights reserved,
1997. No portion of this chart may be
copied by any means, including electronic, without permission of C. W.
Powell, New Geneva Theological Seminary, Colorado Springs, CO. |
||