#165 – Holy & Loving

11/17/22 • 43 min

Knowing Faith

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Holy & Loving.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Who is God?
What’s an incommunicable attribute?
What’s a communicable attribute?
What does it mean to say God is holy?
Is holiness a communicable attribute?
How does holiness relate to the concepts of justice and righteousness?
What does it mean to say God is love?
How is God’s love different from what we often think of when we hear the word love?
Is love a communicable attribute? How does that shape the way we love others?

Helpful Definitions:

Trinitarianism: God eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of which is fully God, yet there is One God.
Incommunicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that are only true of God and are not true of anyone else.
Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us.
Holy: Utter purity of character.
Sanctification: The Spirit is our Helper as we grow in holiness through obedience to God’s commands.
Just: To be holy in dealings with other people.
Righteous: Someone is holy; in alignment with the character of God.
Loving: A static disposition of the will towards His people.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Isaiah 6, Exodus 15:11, 1 Samuel 2:2, Leviticus 11:44-45, 19:2, 20:26, Matthew 5:48, 1 Peter 1:16, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:3 & 7
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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Holy & Loving.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Who is God?
What’s an incommunicable attribute?
What’s a communicable attribute?
What does it mean to say God is holy?
Is holiness a communicable attribute?
How does holiness relate to the concepts of justice and righteousness?
What does it mean to say God is love?
How is God’s love different from what we often think of when we hear the word love?
Is love a communicable attribute? How does that shape the way we love others?

Helpful Definitions:

Trinitarianism: God eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of which is fully God, yet there is One God.
Incommunicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that are only true of God and are not true of anyone else.
Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us.
Holy: Utter purity of character.
Sanctification: The Spirit is our Helper as we grow in holiness through obedience to God’s commands.
Just: To be holy in dealings with other people.
Righteous: Someone is holy; in alignment with the character of God.
Loving: A static disposition of the will towards His people.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Isaiah 6, Exodus 15:11, 1 Samuel 2:2, Leviticus 11:44-45, 19:2, 20:26, Matthew 5:48, 1 Peter 1:16, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:3 & 7
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Texas Bible

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Previous Episode

After The Fact: Spurgeon and the Trinity with Dr. Geoff Chang

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Geoff Chang to answer the question, did Charles Spurgeon believe in a big God?

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Did Charles Spurgeon believe in a big God?
What is one thing from Spurgeon that you have been spiritually encouraged by?

Guest Bio:

Dr. Geoff Chang serves as Assistant Professor of Church History and Historical Theology and the Curator of the Spurgeon Library. He also serves the Book Review Editor for History & Historical Theology at Themelios, the academic journal for The Gospel Coalition. He is the author of and the author of Spurgeon the Pastor: Recovering a Biblical and Theological Vision for Ministry. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

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#166 – Good & Wise

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Good and Wise.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

It's a dangerous business talking about goodness and wisdom in our current moment isn’t it?
What does it mean to call something good?
Is God good? How do we know?
Out of all of God’s communicable attributes, this one appears to me to be the one that may get called into question the most. Don’t you think?
What is your objective moral framework if it is not God?
What does it mean to call someone wise?
What is the difference between wisdom and omniscience?
What does it mean to be a wise person?
Why is it good news that God is wise and good?
The scriptures warn us that the wisdom of God is foolishness to man, what are practical examples of that?
What is one way I can move forward in pursuing wisdom?

Helpful Definitions:

Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us.
Goodness: The sum total of all perfections.
Wise: Taking a moral framework (goodness) and applying it in ways that lead to blessing and flourishing for their life and those around them.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Genesis 1, Psalm 27:13, Romans 11, Romans 8, Psalm 1, Proverbs 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1-2, James 3:17
“Thursday Murder Club” by Richard Osman
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