Commentary, Featured, John McReynolds - Saturday, August 7, 2010 11:40 - 4 Comments
Basics 15 – The Happiness of God
BASIC BIBLE DOCTRINE
Understanding God
Lesson Fifteen: The Happiness of God
God is happy. His happiness is an intrinsic part of who He is. He was happy in eternity past, He is happy now, and He will be happy for all eternity. There never was a time when He was not happy. His happiness, like all of His other attributes, is infinite and absolute. It is not subject to fluctuation. It can neither increase nor decrease. God did not attain His happiness, nor can He ever lose it. It is an integral part of His being and has been so from eternity past. Because God is absolute, infinite, and eternal, His happiness is absolute, infinite, and eternal. God does not depend on anything external to Himself as a source of happiness. He does not even need to do anything to keep His happiness. God’s happiness has no need of sustenance or maintenance. He is the God of perfect, absolute, and infinite well-being…
It is different for us humans. Obviously, as finite beings our happiness and well-being is subject to change. External and internal influences can dramatically change our sense of well-being. Our happiness must be maintained—at least in part—by some external source. And, being fallen creatures, slaves to sin, prone to evil, and living in a fallen, cursed world, our happiness and well-being is drastically impacted. If you think about it, human circumstances for the majority of people living on this planet are generally so negative that we would all be driven to the pit of blackest despair if it were not for one vital ingredient in our lives—hope.
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