SOLITARY GOD

SOLITARY GOD

“Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all life and breath and all things.” Acts 17:25

Our Solitary God is self-existent, self-contained, self-sufficient, and self-satisfied. He is self-existent in that He is not dependent upon anything external to Himself for originating or continuing existence, for "the Father hath life in himself" (John 5:26). He is self-contained in that He is complete within Himself and in no sense dependent upon anything external to Himself, "as though he needed anything" (Acts 17:25). He is self-sufficient in that He possesses all fullness and is therefore the fountain source for everything else, "seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things" (Acts 17:25). And He is self-satisfied in that there is no reason external to Himself why He performs as He does. "He works all things after the counsel of his own will" (Eph. 1:11).

One would be wise as His followers for 3 years called Him "the Teacher and the Lord" in John 13:13.