God Is His Attributes

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

God is indivisible. We cannot separate His attributes as if they were individual puzzle pieces coming together to form a whole. Today, R.C. Sproul states how the doctrine of divine simplicity keeps us from developing skewed ideas of who God is.

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0:00.0	The love of God is a sovereign love. The love of God is an immutable love. The love of God is a holy love.
0:16.0	Though love is an attribute of God and an extremely important attribute of God, God is a simple
0:26.2	being, not in the sense that he's simplistic, but we understand that God is not made up
0:32.9	of parts.
0:35.9	God is his attributes so that to understand any single attribute of God, you must
0:43.9	understand that attribute as it relates and connects with all the other attributes of God.
0:51.2	The love of God is an eternal love. The love of God is a sovereign love. The love of God is an
1:03.0	immutable love. The love of God is a holy love. A God who is stripped of his attributes of justice, of holiness, of sovereignty,
1:16.7	and the rest is just as much an idol as something made out of wood or stone.
1:29.0	You've been listening to Ultimately with R.C. Sproll.
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1:37.7	For more information, visit Ultimatelypodcast.com.

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