God
| Teachings |
Core Doctrines - God
1.0
God really exists. He is objective, independent and real.
1.1
Theologies that teach that God is a way of talking or a state of mind are wrong.
2.0
God has many qualities.
They include;
i) God is all powerful. Omnipotent. (Matt. 19v26)
ii) God is all knowing. Omniscient. (Psalms 139v2-4)
iii) God is everywhere at once. Omnipresent. (Psalms 139v7-10)
iv) God is spirit. That is, God is not physical. (John 4v24)
v) God is perfectly good; loving, merciful, just, true. (Deut 32v4)
vi) God is everlasting; Eternal. (Psalms 90v2)
3.0 
God is three persons in one. This is called the doctrine of the Trinity.
3.1
The three persons are the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit.
3.2
Each of the three persons are God.
3.3
Each of the persons are distinct from each other.
3.4
They exist together in perfect unity. (Deut 6v4)
3.5
They have always existed - and always will exist together.
4.0
Jesus Christ was both fully God and fully man. (John 1v14)
4.1
The idea that Jesus was partly God and partly man is wrong.
4.2
The idea that Jesus was fully God, but only appeared to have a human body is wrong.
4.3
The idea that Jesus was an ordinary man who just attained the highest spirituality is wrong. Jesus was fully God.
4.4
Jesus was God even before His conception. He was called `the Word` before becoming a human. (John 8v58)
4.5
Jesus remains fully God now that He exists in his resurrected body in Heaven. (Matt 18v20)
5.0
The Holy Spirit is God. (Acts 3v4).
5.1
The Holy Spirit is a person (not an impersonal force). (Acts 13v2).
Micheangelo's Depiction of God
