WCF 2.1 - Of God, and the Holy Trinity

WCF 2.1 There is but one only, living, and true God: who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will, for His own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him; and withal, most just and terrible in His judgments, hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.

Wow!

God is. How can I begin compare him to anything else? I wanted to say God is great, but this does not sum him up. I wanted to say He is almighty, but this does not sum him up. I wanted to say that he was immutable or that he was immense or that he was incomprehensible, but this does not sum him up.

There is only one God and this means that he is unique since if there was any other begin that possessed the characteristics of God, this being would have to be God also. And he is alive! We do not serve a God that is carved in stone, or that is a figment of our imaginations. He is living and he is the only true God.

God is also free to do whatever he wishes to do. Some men are prone to believe that God really wants to do certain things, but that man is able to resist or thwart God. Certain people believe that Jesus died for every man that has ever lived and that he deeply desires a relationship with each and every man, but these men are just stubborn and hardhearted and they will not let him save them no matter what he might try. Psalm 115:3 and Ephesians 1:11 state that God has done whatever he has pleased except when man resists him and he also works some all things after the counsel of man's of his own will. Man has such a high view of himself and yet God is almighty and all powerful.

God is love. And God is gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. But Psalm 5:5 says that God hates all workers of iniquity. Not only does he hate wicked men, but he also abhors the bloody and deceitful man. Furthermore, God cannot and will not at all acquit the wicked nor by any means clear the guilty.

It is good and pleasant and encouraging to know that God does love those whom are covered with the blood of Christ and those that are covered by the blood of Christ will receive the grace, mercy, long-suffering, abundant goodness, and forgiveness of God.

Don't forget that if you want to see the Scriptural proof, make sure you get yourself a copy of the Westminster Confession of Faith with Scripture Proofs. The Scripture proofs show why the men that wrote the WCF wrote what they did and have made the claims that they have.