INTRO: For those of you familiar with the Catechism, you will know that it begins with the doctrine of God. It begins with the most important subject there is. I trust you will not get tired of learning about God. There is no more important topic. The Catechism asks questions like who is God, how can we know there is a God and how is God revealed and so on. Then it asks this question: “What do the Scriptures say that God is?” and the answer is simply that He is a Spirit, and of course, this is correct. And then it asks this question: “What additional testimony does it give of God?” And here is the answer given: That He is the One living God, eternal and unchangeable in His being; that He is unfathomable, all-seeing, all-knowing, omnipotent and omnipresent; that He is perfect in love, wisdom, holiness, justice, goodness and truth, and that He is most gracious, benevolent, merciful and longsuffering. This is followed by a host of references and then this next question: Is this all the Scriptures have to say about God? And the answer is: “They say a great deal more as anyone can find for himself.” |
