The Nature of God: Part II
Nice and easy... kind of building a common ground for a framework? I can manage that, but I would imagine the most interesting things are points of difference. I hope we don't get too much into a systematic theology but I can go with this.
LDS believe that God is:
1. Perfected. He doesn't have faults or make mistakes.
Deut. 32:4.2. All-powerful, omniscient, knows the future. Psalms 147:5; Acts
15:183. God is just and executes judgment with justice. Psalms 89:14; Jeremiah
23:54. God is merciful--on His conditions; which do not rob justice. Ex. 20:6;
Deut. 7:9.5. God is not a changeable God; He is the same yesterday, today and
forever. Malachi 3:6Do Baptists agree with these attributes or disagree, and on
what basis?
On all these points I think we are in basic agreement. I would add to #2, He doesn't just know the future, He created the future and it is all part of His plan, but that is really more Calvinist than Baptist, and that is my personal leaning. As for your Biblical citations, There may be a couple that are more apt than others, but this is a good basis.
PS. I edited the title of your entry for clarity.
posted by Oliver | 7:58 AM
2 Comments:
The only thing that I found to be different is semantics, really, but God is *perfect*, not *perfected*; to call Him perfected is to assume He was once not perfect, and that is not in line with what Christians believe.
I agree with what amy said, God is perfect not perfected. If that was just a typo then my apologies.
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