Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig.

Today, the Doctrine of God Part 5.

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We've been talking about God's infinite attributes, and we completed last week our study of divine aseity. Today we want to turn to a new

attribute of God, namely God's eternity. And we want to look first at some scriptural data

concerning God's eternity. First of all, the scriptures teach that God exists without beginning and end.

God exists without beginning and end. Psalm 90, verses 1 to 4. Psalm 90 verses 1 to 4,

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,

from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

So God exists beginninglessly and endlessly.

Second, the scriptures indicate that God's eternity contrasts with the transitoriness of man.

God's eternal existence is in contrast to man's transitory existence.

Psalm 102 verses 11 and 12 and 25 and 27. Psalm 102 verses 11 and 27. Psalm 102 verses 11 and 12 and 25 to 27.

My days are like an evening shadow.

I wither away like grass.

But thou, O Lord, are enthroned forever.

Thy name endures to all generations. Of old, thou didst lay the foundation

of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They will perish, but thou dost endure.

They will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment and they

pass away. But thou art the same and thy years have no end. Here you have a beautiful

comparison between the eternity of God, beginningless and endless and the creation that God has made,

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