I. Section 1-2

QUESTION 1: What proof is there that there is only one God?

     -There must be one uncaused first cause.
     -There is one designing intelligence.
     -There is one moral governor.
     -Creation and it's unity in design.
     -Scripture confirms this. (Deut. 6:4) (1 Cor. 8:4)

QUESTION 2: What kind of substance is God?

     -God is a spirit: (John 4:24).

QUESTION 3: What is a spirit?

     -A spirit is an immaterial substance, without flesh or bones, or bodily parts. (Luke 24:39).

QUESTION 4: Why is it said in Scripture to have eyes, and ears, and mouth, and hands, and other parts?
                        (Ps. 34:15) (Isa. 1:20) (Heb. 10:31).

     -God does not have bodily parts as humans do. God describes himself to us in this way  figuratively to condescend to
       our level of understanding. He does so that we might  more  easily understand when he uses such language to describe
       himself.
     -Man describes God in such a way because that is all we know. This language when we  use it to describe God is called
      Anthropomorphic: assigning to God attributes and  qualities of humanity.
     -Examples of this beside the physical: God is jealous, angry, is grieved, repents

QUESTION 5: How does God differ from angels and the souls of men, who also are also spiritual and immaterial substances?

     -Angels and the souls of men are created spirits, and depend in their being upon God; but God is an uncreated spirit, and
      depends in his being upon none.
     -Angels and the souls of men are finite spirits; but God is an infinite spirit.

QUESTION 6: What does it mean that God is infinite?

     -To be infinite is to be without measure, bounds, or limits.

QUESTION 7: In what regard is God infinite?

     -God is infinite, in regard to his being or perfection; and therefore is incomprehensible.    (Job 11:7).
     -God is without measure/bounds, in regard to place; he is everywhere present. (Jer. 22:24) (1 Kgs 8:26).

     -Omnipresent: He is not subject to any limitations (Ps. 139)
          -Wherever man may be, God is there, not in part but in completeness of his being.
          -His presence fills all space.

     -God is without measure/bounds, in regard to time; he is eternal. (1 Tim. 1:17).
     -God is without measure/bounds, in regard to all his communicable attributes.

QUESTION 8: What is it to be eternal?

     -To be eternal, is to have neither beginning nor ending.

QUESTION 9: How does it shown that God is eternal?

     -From Scripture. (Ps. 90:2).
     -From reason.
       -God created the world and everything in it and he did so as Genesis said 'in the beginning'  therefore he must be before
         the world, and before time.
       -God is an absolutely necessary Being, because he is the first Being, because he is   altogether independent.

QUESTION 10: How does God differ from his creatures, in regard to his eternity?

     -Some creatures have their beginning in time, and their ending also in time; as those  creatures upon the earth, which are
      generated and corrupted, which are born, and live for a while, and then die.
    -Some creatures have their beginning in time, yet do not end with or in time, but endure forever; as angels and the souls of
      men.
    -But God differs from all that he was from everlasting, before time, and will remain unto  everlasting, when time shall be no
      more.

QUESTION 11: What is it to be unchangeable?

     -It means to always be the same, without  any alteration.

QUESTION 12: In what ways is God unchangeable?

     -God is unchangeable in his nature and essence. (Ps. 102:25–27).
     -God is unchangeable in his counsel and purpose.  (Isa. 46:10) (Heb. 6:17).
     -God is unchangeable in his love and blessings. (Rom. 11:29) (James 1:17).

QUESTION 13: How is it that God is said to have wisdom, power,  holiness, justice, goodness, and truth, and so is mankind?

     -These are attributes which to some degree are communicable to humanity, God's creation. But in God  they are  infinite,
      eternal, and unchangeable.

QUESTION 14: What is the wisdom of God?

     -It is his essential attribute, whereby, by one simple and eternal act, he knows both himself   and all possible things perfectly,
      and according to that knowledge he makes, directs, and  orders all future things for his own glory.

     -Omniscient: His is infinite in wisdom and knowledge. (Ps. 147:5)
            -There never was a time when God did not know all.
            -He knows the future as well as the past (Isa. 48:5)

   -We know things mediately: God knows them immediately
   -We know only in part: God knows all completely
   -We know things successively: God knows by one all comprehending insight.

II. Section 3
QUESTION 1: What is meant by the Godhead?

     It is the divine nature or essence of God. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, are each equally the one God; and the indivisible divine  essence and all  divine perfections and prerogatives belong to each in the same sense and degree. Since there is but one God, his essence, being spiritual, cannot be divided. If then Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, are that one God, they must each equally consist of    that same essence. And since the attributes of God are the inherent properties of his essence, they are     inseparable from that essence. It follows that if Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, consist of the same essence, they must    have the same  identical attributes in common.

QUESTION 2: Are there three divine natures or essences, or are there three Gods?

     No; for though the three persons be God, the Father God, the Son God, and the Holy Ghost God, yet  they are not three Gods, but one God. The essence of God is the same in all the three persons.

QUESTION 3: What is meant by the three persons in the Godhead?

     It is speaking of the same nature of God with three ways of subsisting/existing, each person having its distinct personal properties.

QUESTION 4: What is mentioned here concerning the person of the Father?

     The Father is not begotten, nor proceeds. He has eternally begotten the Son. (Heb. 1:5, 8).
     Begotten: only begotten : mono-genes
      Mono (only one) Genes (to beget, origin, race, stock) Monogenes (One of a kind)
     Proceeds: is sent, comes from, is an ambassador for

QUESTION 5: What is mentioned here concerning the person of the Son?

     He is eternally begotten of the Father.  (John 1:14).

QUESTION 6: What is mentioned here concerning the person of the Holy Spirit?

    He proceeds from the Father and the Son. (John 15:26).