Small Whisper: A Podcast of Christian Belief

Episode 4: God is Self-Existent

God speaks from the burning bush

I AM WHO I AM

Exodus 3:1-15

[ADDITIONAL NOTE on Exodus 3:15. As the personal name of God, “YHWH” was considered too holy to speak aloud, so it has been customary since ancient times for readers in the synagogue to substitute “adonai”, which means Lord, for “YHWH”. Most modern English Bible translations follow this custom by rendering the Hebrew word “YHWH” as “LORD”, typically in all caps - a capital L followed by ORD in smaller capital letters. When the English text reads LORD, the reader knows that the name YHWH appears in the Hebrew text.]

1. God has always existed. He is uncreated and never came into existence.

Psalm 90:1-2

Psalm 102:25-27

Revelation 1:8

2. Everything that exists was created by him.

John 1:1-3

Colossians 1:15-17

Revelation 4:10-11

3. God is self-sufficient. He has no needs.

Job 41:11

Acts 17:25

4. God does not need helpers.

Matthew 3:9

5. Everything belongs to him.

Psalm 50:10-11

The principle of causality. God is the ultimate cause.

Who made God? No one made God. God has always existed, and he will always exist.

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1 Corinthians 8:6

… yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

1 Timothy 6.16

…he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see.