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

Today, the Doctrine of God Part 8.

For more information and resources from Dr. Craig, go to reasonablefaith.org.

Well, I have to apologize for the laryngitis that I have this morning.

I'm going to do my best to croak through this lecture this morning.

I've been teaching all day Friday and all day Saturday,

and despite all of my treks, I didn't manage to get through without becoming horse.

So you'll have to kindly bear with me this morning. I'm going

to get some help from Bobby reading the scripture, so at least that will be clear. The class

that I've been teaching over the weekend dealt with three of the divine attributes, God's aseity,

God's eternity, and God's omniscience. Two of those we've

already discussed in this class. Today we turn to a third attribute of God, which is his

omnipresence. And we want to look first at some scriptural data concerning God's omnipresence.

So, Bobby, the first point that we want to make is that according to Scripture, God's presence is everywhere.

And Psalm 139, verses 7 to 12 is the passage I want you to read Psalm 139 versus 7 to 12

where shall I go from your spirit or where shall I flee from your presence if I ascend to heaven

you are there if I make my bed in shahol, you are there. If I take the wings of the

morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there, your hand shall lead me,

and your right hand shall hold me. If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light

about me be night. Even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is

bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. So God is everywhere present. There's nowhere

that the psalmist can go where he can escape God's presence from the realms of the underworld in Shaul to the highest heaven or the farthest part of the sea God is there.

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