Wayne Grudem - Bible Doctrine (1999)

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God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act.

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It is not just that we exist and God has always existed, it is also that God necessarily exists in an infinitely better, stronger, more excellent way. The difference between God's being and ours is more than the difference between the sun and a candle, more than the difference between the ocean and a raindrop... God's being is qualitatively different.

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The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.

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The devil's characteristic has been to originate sin and tempt others to sin

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God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glorify him and bring him joy.

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The sufficiency of Scripture means that Scripture contained all the words of God he intended his people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains all the words of God we need for salvation, for trusting him perfectly, and for obeying him perfectly.

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The inerrancy of Scripture means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact.

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God's faithfulness means that God will always do what He said and fulfill what He has promised.

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In one sense the doctrine of the trinity is a mystery that we will never understand fully.

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If we pray little, it is probably because we do not really believe that prayer accomplishes much at all.

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The idea that all the words in Scripture are God's words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of Scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God.

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God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.

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If God is not unchanging, then the whole basis of our faith begins to fall apart, and our understanding of the universe begins to unravel. This is because our faith and hope and knowledge all ultimately depend on a person who is infinitely worthy of trust - because he is absolutely and eternally unchanging in his being, perfections, purposes, and promises.

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