None Greater - Aseity
Based upon the book "None Greater" by Matthew Barrett • Sermon • Submitted
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Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him?
Everything under heaven is Mine.
“Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
Aseity - from Latin meaning ‘from himself”
Definition of aseity: the quality or state of being self-derived or self-originated specifically : the absolute self-sufficiency, independence, and autonomy of God
“God is not a needy God.”—Matthew Barrett
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
: the quality or state of being self-derived or self-originatedspecifically : the absolute self-sufficiency, independence, and autonomy of God
And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
God is self-sufficient and self-existent; we are dependent and would not exist. You take God out of the picture their no one or thing in control
God is immeasurable, we have no human standard which can measure an infinite God. It’s impossible
The relationship within the Trinity
“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
John 17
For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
The Aseity of God in the Old Testament
God created and owns all things
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,
The world and those who dwell therein.
For He has founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the waters.
Psalm 24:
You alone are the Lord;
You have made heaven,
The heaven of heavens, with all their host,
The earth and everything on it,
The seas and all that is in them,
And You preserve them all.
The host of heaven worships You.
Nehemiah
God, Abraham and Melchizedek
Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
And he blessed him and said:
“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”
And he gave him a tithe of all.
Rebellious Israel
The Mighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
I am God, your God!
I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
“If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
Psalm 50:7
The aseity of God in the New Testament
God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.
So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”
This attribute is the key to unlock God’s other attributes
Self-sufficient =
Self-divine His deity
Self-virtuous His morality
Self-wise His wisdom
Self-attesting His truth
Self-justifying His justice
Self-empowering His power
Self-knowing His knowledge
Self-excellent His majesty
He is absolute
He is perfect
He is supreme:
Being
Truth
Beauty
Ephesians 1:7-8
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,