Day 3: God Is, The Living God Who Truly Exists
The Doctrine of God: Days 2-28
Scripture
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 ESV
“But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.” Jeremiah 10:10 ESV
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 ESV
“But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.” Jeremiah 10:10 ESV
Confessional Summary
The Belgic Confession begins firmly declaring, “We all believe with the heart and confess with the mouth that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God” (Belgic Confession Article 1).
The Westminster Confession of Faith echoes this: “There is but one only, living, and true God” (Westminster Confession of Faith 2.1).
The Thirty-Nine Articles confess the same reality, “There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions” (Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion Article 1).
The Apostles’ Creed begins in the same key professing, “I believe in God the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth” (Apostles’ Creed).
The Reformers did not argue for God’s existence as a mere idea. They confessed the living God whom Scripture assumes and the church has always worshiped.
The Belgic Confession begins firmly declaring, “We all believe with the heart and confess with the mouth that there is one only simple and spiritual Being, which we call God” (Belgic Confession Article 1).
The Westminster Confession of Faith echoes this: “There is but one only, living, and true God” (Westminster Confession of Faith 2.1).
The Thirty-Nine Articles confess the same reality, “There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions” (Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion Article 1).
The Apostles’ Creed begins in the same key professing, “I believe in God the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth” (Apostles’ Creed).
The Reformers did not argue for God’s existence as a mere idea. They confessed the living God whom Scripture assumes and the church has always worshiped.
Reflection
The Bible does not begin with a philosophical argument. It begins with a Person. God is. Not a force, idea, or projection. The living God who speaks, acts, judges, saves, and reigns.
Human beings are constantly tempted to reduce God to something manageable or vague. But Scripture confronts us with the God who simply is. The God who has life in Himself. The God who exists before all things. If God is not living, nothing matters. But because He is living, everything matters.
This truth reorders the spiritual life. You do not begin devotion with your struggles or your feelings. You begin with God. You begin by lifting your eyes from the instability of your own heart to the One whose existence sustains your own. When life feels chaotic, God’s simple, living, eternal being becomes the anchor.
A confessional life begins here. Not with human experience but with divine reality.
The Bible does not begin with a philosophical argument. It begins with a Person. God is. Not a force, idea, or projection. The living God who speaks, acts, judges, saves, and reigns.
Human beings are constantly tempted to reduce God to something manageable or vague. But Scripture confronts us with the God who simply is. The God who has life in Himself. The God who exists before all things. If God is not living, nothing matters. But because He is living, everything matters.
This truth reorders the spiritual life. You do not begin devotion with your struggles or your feelings. You begin with God. You begin by lifting your eyes from the instability of your own heart to the One whose existence sustains your own. When life feels chaotic, God’s simple, living, eternal being becomes the anchor.
A confessional life begins here. Not with human experience but with divine reality.
Application
Say aloud today: “God, You are real. You are the living God. My life is in Your hands.”
Prayer
Living God, You are true and eternal. Let the knowledge of Your reality steady me in all things. Lift my eyes from myself to You, and help me walk in the confidence that You are my God. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Say aloud today: “God, You are real. You are the living God. My life is in Your hands.”
Prayer
Living God, You are true and eternal. Let the knowledge of Your reality steady me in all things. Lift my eyes from myself to You, and help me walk in the confidence that You are my God. In Jesus’ name. Amen.