Still on the theme of God's Being and aspects that begin with "I"
I want to address that He is completely "INDEPENDENT"
This involves that He is completely self-sufficient within Himself and also completely free of anyone or anything outside of Himself. No one can force His will nor make demands of Him. He owns everything and everyone, but does not rely on anything or anyone He has made for anything. He has no need of anything outside of Himself. He is completely self-satisfied and self-determining. No one can inform him of anything He does not already know or give Him anything he needs. All of His decisions come from the endless fountain of His wisdom and pre-determined design for what He has created. He is Self-existing-His life comes from within Himself. His life is not something separate from Himself but wholly Who He Is-LIFE. This aspect of His being-self-existence, freedom, and independence, self-sustenance, and self-satisfaction is called 'aseity' in theology.
Yet, in His love, He desires us, not because He needs us, because we need Him and He is what will satisfy us in all ways. He has everything we truly need and He supplies us with our daily provision and with loving families and friends to share His love with. He freely gives without compulsion to His children bought by Christ for His glory.
Act 17:24-28 speaks to this freedom from need and God's independence from what exists outside of Himself.
God speaks to Job of His sovereignty and independence in chapter 38.
When we attempt to describe Who God is as to His essential nature, there is much overlap with the words and their meanings that we use to describe Him. This is because He is a Whole, all that we could say of Him mis Who He is in His Essence and Everything that is true of Him is necessary of His essential nature to be a unified whole Being.
I want to address that He is completely "INDEPENDENT"
This involves that He is completely self-sufficient within Himself and also completely free of anyone or anything outside of Himself. No one can force His will nor make demands of Him. He owns everything and everyone, but does not rely on anything or anyone He has made for anything. He has no need of anything outside of Himself. He is completely self-satisfied and self-determining. No one can inform him of anything He does not already know or give Him anything he needs. All of His decisions come from the endless fountain of His wisdom and pre-determined design for what He has created. He is Self-existing-His life comes from within Himself. His life is not something separate from Himself but wholly Who He Is-LIFE. This aspect of His being-self-existence, freedom, and independence, self-sustenance, and self-satisfaction is called 'aseity' in theology.
Yet, in His love, He desires us, not because He needs us, because we need Him and He is what will satisfy us in all ways. He has everything we truly need and He supplies us with our daily provision and with loving families and friends to share His love with. He freely gives without compulsion to His children bought by Christ for His glory.
Act 17:24-28 speaks to this freedom from need and God's independence from what exists outside of Himself.
God speaks to Job of His sovereignty and independence in chapter 38.
When we attempt to describe Who God is as to His essential nature, there is much overlap with the words and their meanings that we use to describe Him. This is because He is a Whole, all that we could say of Him mis Who He is in His Essence and Everything that is true of Him is necessary of His essential nature to be a unified whole Being.
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