The Book of Confessions - The Presbyterian Leader

A. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what
duty God requires of man. (866)
What Man Ought to Believe Concerning God
Q. 6. What do the Scriptures make known of God?
A. The Scriptures make known what God is, (867) the persons in the
Godhead, (868) his decrees, (869) and the execution of his decrees. (870)
Q. 7. What is God?
A. God is a Spirit, (871) in and of himself infinite in being, (872) glory, blessedness,
and perfection; (873) all- sufficient, (874) eternal, (875) unchangeable, (876)
incomprehensible, (877) everywhere present, (878) almighty; (879) knowing all things, (880)
most wise, (881) most holy, (882) most just, (883) most merciful and gracious, longsuffering,
and abundant in goodness and truth. (884)
Q. 8. Are there more Gods than one?
A. There is but one only, the living and true God. (885)
Q. 9. How many persons are there in the Godhead?
A. There be three persons in the Godhead: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost;
and these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory;
although distinguished by their personal properties. (886)
Q. 10. What are the personal properties of the three persons in the Godhead?
A. It is proper to the Father to beget his Son, (887) and to the Son to be begotten of
the Father, (888) and to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son, from all
eternity. (889)
Q. 11. How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are equal with the
Father?
A. The Scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the
Father, ascribing unto them such names, (890) attributes, (891) works, (892) and
worship, (893) as are proper to God only.
Q. 12. What are the decrees of God?
A. God's decrees are the wise, free, and holy acts of the counsel of his will, whereby,
from all eternity, he hath, for his own glory, unchangeably foreordained whatsoever comes to pass
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