SEMESTER 4
152 – Terminology – Part 2 (Cont.)
BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE
COURSE: THEOLOGY IV LESSON # 52
WORDS AND TERMS DESCRIBING THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
IMMANENCY:
The state of being present throughout the universe. Being within and around all things, at all times: immediate and unavoidable in all senses. (NC)
TRANSCENDENCY:
The state of existing apart from the material universe: unaffected by the increase or diminishing of anything outside of one’s self. (NC)
OMNIPRESENCE:
Present in all places at all times. Not to be seen as able to be in all places at will, but involuntarily, and always, in all places, in full power and control. (NC)
OMNISCIENCE:
Having infinite knowledge; Not to be seen as an ability to know, or to learn at will, all things, but involuntarily, knowing all things, having known them at all times. (NC)
OMNIPOTENCE:
Having totally unlimited power and authority. Not merely the right and ability to invade and change all things at will, but the constant state of sovereignly exercising His will in all things. (NC)
IMMUTABILITY:
Never changing or varying; unchangeable; the state of being beyond any possibility of change. Not merely unchanging but unchangeable. Change necessarily involves some kind of improvement or deterioration, or an adjustment necessary to prevent the same. Thus change would prove imperfection or potential imperfection, either before or after the change. Immutability does not preclude variation in administration, but the person of God. (NC)
IMPECCABILITY:
The quality of being unable to fail, err, or sin in any desire or action: Not to be seen merely as a state of perfection, but as incapability of imperfection. Unable to sin, err or fail in any way. (NC)
SOVEREIGNTY:
The state or quality of being totally independent, unaccountable and unquestionable. The right and ability to do all that one purposes, without outside approval or accountability. (Communicable only in very limited measure)