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God's
existence and perfections are completely separate from and are in no
way dependent upon anything created.
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Had
there never been a creation, God would have remained self- sufficient,
self-contained, and in need of nothing.
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Had
He chosen to do so, He might have remained alone within the mysterious
fellowship of His own blessed triunity.
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Not
only does God exist eternally apart from His creation, but He is
supreme and exclusive as the source of any other created being or
substance apart from Himself.
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is no other God.
1. Solitariness in
the sense of Oneness or Unity.
2. Solitariness in the
sense of Uniqueness or Exclusivity.
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Isa. 43:10-11 - 10
“You
are My witnesses,” says the LORD, “And
My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me, And
understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, Nor
shall there be after Me. 11
I, even I, am the LORD, And besides Me there is no savior.
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Isa. 44:6 - “Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, And his
Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the First and I am the Last;
Besides Me there is no God.
3.
Solitariness in the sense of the only Source and Sustainer of all
things.
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Romans
11:36 - For of Him
and through Him
and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.
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Eph.
4:4-6 - 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were
called in one hope of your calling; 5one
Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one
God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you
all.
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Thess. 1:8-10 - 8For
from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia
and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone
out, so that we do not need to say anything. 9For they themselves
declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you
turned to God from idols to serve the
living and true God,
10and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead,
even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
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