Small Whisper: A Podcast of Christian Belief

God is Holy

Isaiah 6:1-7

The root words for “holy” mean to cut or to separate.

Majestic Holiness

God is separate and absolutely distinct from everything in his creation.

1 Timothy 1:16: unapproachable light

God is “wholly other.”

This aspect of God’s holiness is also called “majestic holiness” and “transcendent majesty”.

Exodus 15:11

1 Samuel 2:2

God’s holiness is not an isolated attribute - his holiness extends to all of his other attributes. His love is holy love, unlike any other love; his mercy is holy mercy, and so on.

The human response to God’s holiness is predictable.

Exodus 3:6

Isiaiah 6:5

God’s ethical holiness

His ethical holiness is an outflow of his nature

His holiness is manifested in his works and his word.

Genesis 1:31

Psalm 19:7-9

God hates and opposes all evil and impurity.

Psalm 5:4

Habakkuk 1:13

Holiness is not an abstract concept, but is personified in a personal being, the Holy One.

Call to be holy.

Leviticus 11:44

1 Peter 1:16

The Holy One is in our midst

Isaiah 12:6

Hosea 11:9

He calls us to be his obedient children, a royal and holy priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, called out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 1:14, 2:5, 2:9-10

Isaiah 57:15

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Psalm 99:1–5

The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble!

He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

The LORD is great in Zion;

he is exalted over all the peoples.

Let them praise your great and awesome name!

Holy is he!

The King in his might loves justice.

You have established equity;

you have executed justice

and righteousness in Jacob.

Exalt the LORD our God;

worship at his footstool!

Holy is he!

(ESV)

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God is Truth

The idea of God as Truth includes truth, truthfulness, and faithfulness.

1 John 1:20

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” John 14:5-6

“Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth…” John 17:17-19

“For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth.” John 18:37-38

God is the One True God

Psalm 96:5

Psalm 97:7

Psalm 115:5

1 Thessalonians 1:9

1 Kings 18:20-40

God’s words are true and rational

Numbers 23:19

Psalm 119:160

Romans 3:4

God knows all things as they really are.

If God is truth, truth is the standard for human behavior.

Exodus 20:16

Exodus 23:6-8

Matthew 5:33-37

1 Timothy 1:9-10

1 John 2:21

Postmodernism: everything asserted to be true is a construct

Post-truth: “objective facts became less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals and personal belief.”

John 17:3: “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

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But the LORD is the true God;

he is the living God and the everlasting King.

Jeremiah 10:10

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Episode 9: The Immutability of God

God does not change

For I, the LORD, do not change. Malachi 3:6

Psalm 102:25-28

James 1:7

Exodus 3:14

Greek root word = muta = change. As in mutation. God is immutable.

God does not change in his being or attributes.

Jeremiah 31:3

Psalm 100:5

His plans and purposes do not change.

Acts 2:23

Psalm 33:11

Isaiah 14:24

People change; people are not immutable.

Numbers 23:19

Immutability does not mean that God is without feeling or emotion.

Immutability does not mean that God does not take action.

Jonah

Jonah 3:10

Jonah 3:8-9

Jonah 4:1-2

God did not change. The situation changed, and God responded in a way consistent with his changeless, eternal nature.

God is the Rock, the reliable, changeless place where we can stand securely.

Psalm 62:5-7

Creation is in bondage to decay and will be set free

Romans 8:21

1 Corinthians 15:35-49

The perishable is raised imperishable.

Psalm 46:1-3

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Psalm 46:1–3

God is our refuge and strength,

a very present help in trouble.

Therefore we will not fear though the earth give way,

though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

though its waters roar and foam,

though the mountains tremble at its swelling. (ESV)

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God is Omnipotent, Part 2

Definition: Psalm 115:3 “Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.”

God also has the power to do things that he has chosen not to do.

Matthew 3:9

Matthew 26:52-53

God cannot violate his own nature.

He cannot lie.

Numbers 23:19

Hebrews 6:18

He cannot be tempted by evil.

James 1:13

Logically contradictory questions are not legitimate questions of God’s power.

His power at work in those who believe. From death to life, the power of the resurrection in us.

Matthew 19:16-26, With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

Made new:

Heart of stone, heart of flesh Ezekiel 36:26-27

The new birth, John 3:1-8

Death to life, Romans 6:5-11

A new creation, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Darkness to light, 1 Peter 2:9-10

The struggle, Romans 7:24

God’s power working in us.

Ephesians 1:18-23, the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe (resurrection power)

Romans 1:16, the power of God for salvation

Colossians 2:12, you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God

Philippians 2:13, it is God who works in you

Romans 3:22, the gospel

Romans 4:17 God, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that do not exist

Ephesians 3:20-21, the power at work within us

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Psalm 18:1–3

I love you, O LORD, my strength.

The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,

my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised,

and I am saved from my enemies.

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God is Omnipotent, Part 1

Abraham and Sarah: Is anything too hard for the Lord?

Genesis 18: 9-14

Romans 4:19

Mary: For nothing will be impossible with God.

Luke 1:30-38

Definition of omnipotence: Psalm 115:3 Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.

Job 42:2

Names of God as Almighty:

Almighty (Shaddai) ex: Psalm 91:1

God Almighty (El Shaddai) ex: Genesis 17:1

and many others

Omnipotence, miracles and God’s everyday mighty power.

He spoke the world into existence Genesis 1:3,6,9,11,14

Psalm 148:5

Psalm 33:6,9

He holds all things together

Colossians 1:17

Hebrews 1:3

He sustains all things

Psalm 104

Providence

Miracles

The laws of science and nature reflect how he works to sustain the world.

As Creator, he is not subject to or constrained by these laws. They are subject to him.

Science continues to reveal more about the structure and function God has given to creation. Science is not a threat to belief in God.

Our understanding of God’s omnipotence is based on how we view the essential nature of the world. The Christian faith affirms that the world we live in is a spiritual world, created, sustained, and ruled by Almighty God.

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For I know that the Lord is great,

and that our Lord is above all gods.

Whatever the Lord pleases, he does,

in heaven and on earth,

in the seas and all deeps.

Psalm 135:5-6

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God is Omnipresent

God is present everywhere. He transcends the physical world.

Psalm 139:7-10

Jeremiah 23:23-25

1. God does not have a physical body.

2. God is not contained by the physical world.

1 Kings 8:27

Terms such as big, large, and massive, expressions of volume or mass, do not apply to God because he transcends physicality.

3. God is fully present in all of his being, everywhere. God is simple. He cannot be divided into parts.

4. God is transcendent, distinct from his creation. Therefore, omnipresence does not equate with pantheism (everything is God) or panentheism (the world is part of God). Creation and God are not one.

5. A theophany is a visible manifestation of God, such as the burning bush of Exodus 3. Theophany is not a contradiction of God’s omnipresence. God is always fully present everywhere.

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Isaiah 66:1–2

Thus says the LORD:

“Heaven is my throne,

and the earth is my footstool;

what is the house that you would build for me,

and what is the place of my rest?

All these things my hand has made,

and so all these things came to be,

declares the LORD.

But this is the one to whom I will look:

he who is humble and contrite in spirit

and trembles at my word.

Episode 5: God is Omniscient

God knows all things

Luke 7:36-50

Jesus knows the mind and heart of both Simon and the woman.

God knows all things.

1 John 3:19-20

Job 28:24

God knows the future.

Isaiah 44:7-8

God knows our hearts.

1 Samuel 16:7

Mark 2:6-9

All of God's knowledge is immediately and directly in his awareness.

Psalm 139:1-6

God does not learn. He doesn’t find out. He is never surprised. He knows.

If God knows the future, he has a different relationship with time than we do.

Psalm 90:4

2 Peter 3:8

God's omniscience and omnipresence are closely related.

God's knowledge of future events is connected with his sovereignty over history.

Acts 2:23

God is in control.

God's judgment will be utterly just.

God's perfect knowledge is a comfort for those who have faith.

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Isaiah 40:13–14 ,28

Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD,

or what man shows him his counsel?

Whom did he consult,

and who made him understand?

Who taught him the path of justice,

and taught him knowledge,

and showed him the way of understanding?

….

Have you not known? Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He does not faint or grow weary;

his understanding is unsearchable.

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Episode 4: God is Self-Existent

God speaks from the burning bush

I AM WHO I AM

Exodus 3:1-15

[ADDITIONAL NOTE on Exodus 3:15. As the personal name of God, “YHWH” was considered too holy to speak aloud, so it has been customary since ancient times for readers in the synagogue to substitute “adonai”, which means Lord, for “YHWH”. Most modern English Bible translations follow this custom by rendering the Hebrew word “YHWH” as “LORD”, typically in all caps - a capital L followed by ORD in smaller capital letters. When the English text reads LORD, the reader knows that the name YHWH appears in the Hebrew text.]

1. God has always existed. He is uncreated and never came into existence.

Psalm 90:1-2

Psalm 102:25-27

Revelation 1:8

2. Everything that exists was created by him.

John 1:1-3

Colossians 1:15-17

Revelation 4:10-11

3. God is self-sufficient. He has no needs.

Job 41:11

Acts 17:25

4. God does not need helpers.

Matthew 3:9

5. Everything belongs to him.

Psalm 50:10-11

The principle of causality. God is the ultimate cause.

Who made God? No one made God. God has always existed, and he will always exist.

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1 Corinthians 8:6

… yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

1 Timothy 6.16

…he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see.

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Small Whisper is an overview of Christian belief for Christians new to theology or those who haven't studied it in a while, as well as for non-believers curious about the faith. Listeners are encouraged to start with Episode 1 and follow the series in order.

Episode 3: God is Personal

God is the absolute power in the universe. He is not an impersonal force. God is personal.

A few examples of personal traits:

1. God possesses knowledge

Job 28:20, 23, 24

2. God creates plans and acts on them

Isaiah 55:11, Acts 2:23

3. God feels emotion

Genesis 6:6, Psalm 104:31, Psalm 111:4, Jeremiah 31:3

4. God responds to requests from others

Psalm 91:14-15, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

God is Father

A few examples:

Psalm 103:13-14, Isaiah 64:8, Matthew 5:16

Jesus teaches us to pray to “Our Father…”

Matthew 6:9

Abba is an Aramaic term of closeness with a father. Jesus prays to his Father as Abba, and Paul teaches the same for us.

Mark 14:36, Romans 8:15-16, Galatians 4:6

Matthew 7:9-11

The father in Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son teaches us about God our Father.

Luke 15:11-32

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Small Whisper is an overview of Christian belief for Christians new to theology or those who haven't studied it in a while, as well as for non-believers curious about the faith. Listeners are encouraged to start with Episode 1 and follow the series in order.

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Unless otherwise noted, scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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...for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. Galatians 3:26 ESV

Small Whisper: A Podcast of Christian Belief

Small Whisper is an overview of Christian belief for Christians new to theology or those who haven't studied it in a while, as well as for non-believers curious about the faith. Listeners are encouraged to start with Episode 1 and follow the series in order.

Episode 2: God is Transcendent and Immanent

Acts 17:24-28, Isaiah 57:15

God is Transcendent

Deuteronomy 4:39, 1 Kings 8:27, Psalm 113:4ff, Luke 2:14, Acts 7:48-50

God is Immanent

Exodus 29:45, 46, Deuteronomy 4:7, Psalm 134:18, Psalm 139:9-10, Matthew 10:9-31

God is Active

Psalm 104, Colossians 1:17

Five World Views

Christian Theism: monotheistic, God is transcendent and immanent

Deism: God is the creator. God is absent (not immanent)

Pantheism: Everything is god. No transcendence.

Polytheism: many gods

Naturalism: only matter exists. No God.

Psalm 73:23-26

Recommended reading: The Universe Next Door, A Basic Worldview Catalog, 6th Edition, 2020. James W. Sire, InterVarsity Press.

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When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Colossians 3:4 ESV