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Inseparable Operations for the Layman

  This last October, I preached on the Aseity of God . And in covering this attribute, I spent time discussing the inner life of God—God in himself. After all, Aseity (or autotheos in the Greek), means that God is God from himself. Nothing created him; he merely is . I am sure many pew-sitters have never heard a sermon on divine Aseity. I know my congregation was baffled when seeing the sermon title posted on the projector screen before I got into the pulpit— A-se-what? Furthermore, preaching on Aseity meant I would teach on God’s divine acts or more technically his inseparable operations . It is a fascinating subject to talk about yet, so neglected, but so important for a consistent monotheistic doctrine of the Trinity. Because of its importance, I wanted to share the excerpt from my sermon where I explained inseparable operations of God from the text . It is a very technical subject. I worked hard to present it in layman’s terms (well, as layman as I could presen