2. God (Qs 6-11)
6 What
do the scriptures make known of God? A. The scriptures make known what God
is,(1) the persons of the Godhead,(2) his decrees,(3) and the execution of his
decrees.(4)
(1)Heb. 11:6
(2)1 John
(3)Acts
(4)Acts 4:27,28
7 What
is God? A. God is a Spirit,(1) in and of himself infinite in being,(2) glory,(3)
blessedness,(4) and perfection;(5) all-sufficient,(6) eternal,(7)
unchangeable,(8) incomprehensible,(9) every where present,(10) almighty,(11)
knowing all things,(12) most wise,(13) most holy,(14) most just,(15) most
merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.(16)
(1)John 4:24
(2)Exod.
3:14; Job 11:7-9
(3)Acts 7:2
(4)1 Tim.
(5)Matt. 5:48
(6)Gen. 17:1
(7)Ps. 90:2
(8)Mal. 3:6; James 1:17
(9)1 Kings
(10)Ps
139:1-13
(11)Rev. 4:8
(12)Heb.
4:13; Ps. 147:5
(13)Rom.
(14)Isa. 6:3;
Rev. 15:4
(15)Deut.
32:4
(16)Exod. 34:6
8 Are
there more Gods than one? A. There is but one only, the living and true God.(1)
(1)Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4,6; Jer. 10:10
9 How
many persons are there in the Godhead? A. There be three persons in the Godhead,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true, eternal
God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; although distinguished by
their personal properties.(1)
(1)1 John
5:7; Matt.
10 What are the personal properties of the
three persons in the Godhead? A. It is proper to the Father to beget the Son,(1)
and to the Son to be begotten of the Father,(2) and to the Holy Ghost to proceed
from the Father and the Son from all eternity.(3)
(1)Heb.
1:5,6,8
(2)John
1:14,18
(3)John 15:26; Gal. 4:6
11 How
doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father? A.
The scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the
Father, ascribing unto them such names,(1) attributes,(2) works,(3) and
worship,(4) as are proper to God only.
(1)Isa.
6:3,5,8 with John
(2)John 1:1;
Isa. 9:6; John 2:24,25; 1 Cor. 2:10,11
(3)Col. 1:16;
Gen. 1:2
(4)Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14