Becoming a theologian: God's unity

Today, we look at the last of God's incommunicable attributes in our list: God's unity. By unity, we know that God doesn't have parts. His many attributes are all of God and though we may see one or another emphasized at a given moment in time, God is no less of any of the others at that time.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:8

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

1 John 1:5

• God is love. God is light. Is love light? Is God still both love and light?
• Simon is both a third grader and a Cub Scout.
• Is being a third grader the same as being a Cub Scout?
• When Simon is doing school work which of these is emphasized?
• When Simon is wearing his Cub Scout uniform, which of these is emphasized?
• Does wearing his Cub Scout uniform make Simon any less of a third grader?
• Does doing school work make Simon any less of a Cub Scout?
• In the same way, God has many different attributes (which we will continue studying in coming days.
• There may be times in our lives where we see more of one of God's attributes than others. But, God does not cease to be any less of those other things. God is all of these things together even if we don't always see all of it.