The Aseity of God

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Among God's attributes, one of the most difficult for finite human beings to understand is His aseity. Today, Steven Lawson considers the glory of God's self-existence and self-sufficiency.

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0:00.0	It is important that we understand that God did not create us because God was lonely.
0:07.4	Because God had a need inside of him that was unmet by himself.
0:13.0	God did not create us because there was a whole in his holiness.
0:17.0	Or he did not create the universe to fulfill some need that he had.
0:22.0	No, God was and is also. fulfill some need that he had.
0:22.6	No, God was and is all sufficient in himself.
0:26.9	He is in need of nothing outside of himself. Why did God create us?
0:37.0	Why did God create us?
0:40.0	Why did God send his son to save sinners?
0:43.0	I've heard it said that God was lonely, desiring companionship,
0:47.0	that God is sitting in heaven desiring to save us
0:50.0	so that we could be with Him, yet unable to save any of us unless we first choose him.
0:56.0	That is not the description of God found in the Bible.
0:59.7	Welcome to the Tuesday edition of Renewing Her Mind as we continue our study of the attributes of God
1:05.8	according to the Bible with this week's teacher Stephen Lawson.
1:10.4	We are made in the image of God, yet it can be easy to make God in our image,
1:16.0	unless our minds and thinking are renewed according to God's word.
1:21.0	Today, Dr. Lawson will consider one of the attributes that makes God so distinct from us, his
1:27.0	aseity or self-existence. You and I are dependent. We get lonely.
1:33.0	We have needs, but not so with the God of heaven and earth.
1:38.0	Here's Dr. Lawson.
1:42.0	In this session we want to consider the first attribute of God to which we want to
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