1689 London Baptist Confession, Chapter 2
Of God and of the Holy Trinity
The Lord our God is but one only living, and true God; whose subsistence is in and of himself, infinite in being, and perfection, whose Essence cannot be comprehended by any but himself; a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light, which no man can approach unto, who is immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, Almighty, every way infinit, most holy, most wise, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the councel of his own immutable, and most righteous will, for his own glory, most loving, gracious, merciful, long suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, the rewarder of them that diligently seek him, and withall most just, and terrible in his judgements, hating all sin, and who will by no means clear the guilty.
Scripture references for paragraph 1
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1 Corinthians 8:44So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
1 Corinthians 8:66yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
Deuteronomy 6:44Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
Jeremiah 10:1010But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Isaiah 48:1212Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
Exodus 3:1414God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
John 4:2424God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
1 Timothy 1:1717Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Deuteronomy 4:1515So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
Deuteronomy 4:1616that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
Malachi 3:66“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
1 Kings 8:2727But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
Jeremiah 23:2323“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
Psalms 90:22Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
Genesis 17:11When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
Isaiah 6:33And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
Psalms 115:33Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
Isaiah 46:1010I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Proverbs 16:44The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Romans 11:3636For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Exodus 34:66Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
Exodus 34:77maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Hebrews 11:66And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Nehemiah 9:3232So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
Nehemiah 9:3333You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
Psalms 5:55The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 5:66You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Exodus 34:77maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Nahum 1:22The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
Nahum 1:33The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
God having all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of himself: is alone in, and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any Creature which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, but onely manifesting his own glory in, by, unto, and upon them, he is the alone fountain of all Being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things, and he hath most soveraign dominion over all creatures, to do by them, for them, or upon them, whatsoever himself pleaseth; in his sight all things are open and manifest, his knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independant upon the Creature, so as nothing is to him contingent, or uncertain; he is most holy in all his Councels, in all his Works, and in all his Commands; to him is due from Angels and men, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience as Creatures they owe unto the Creator, and whatever he is further pleased to require of them.
Scripture references for paragraph 2
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John 5:2626For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
Psalms 148:1313Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
Psalms 119:6868You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
Job 22:22“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
Job 22:33Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
Romans 11:3434“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
Romans 11:3535“Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?”
Romans 11:3636For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Daniel 4:2525You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
Daniel 4:3434But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Daniel 4:3535All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
Hebrews 4:1313Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
Ezekiel 11:55And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
Acts 15:1818that have been known for ages.’
Psalms 145:1717The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
Revelation 5:1212In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
Revelation 5:1313And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”
Revelation 5:1414And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father the Word (or Son) and Holy Spirit, of one substance, power, and Eternity, each having the whole Divine Essence, yet the Essence undivided, the Father is of none neither begotten nor proceeding, the Son is Eternally begotten of the Father, the holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and the Son, all infinite, without beginning, therefore but one God, who is not to be divided in nature and Being; but distinguished by several peculiar, relative properties, and personal relations; which doctrine of the Trinity is the foundation of all our Communion with God, and comfortable dependance on him.
Scripture references for paragraph 3
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1 John 5:77For there are three that testify:
Matthew 28:1919Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
2 Corinthians 13:1414The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
Exodus 3:1414God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
John 14:1111Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
1 Corinthians 8:66yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
John 1:1414The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:1818No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
John 15:2626When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
Galatians 4:66And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
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