Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Eternal and Immutable.Questions Covered in This Episode:What’s an incommunicable attribute? How is this different from a communicable attribute?Am I an eternal creature?What does eternal mean?Why is this crucial to our view of God?What verse identifies that God is eternal?What does it mean to say that God is immutable?Why does suggesting that God changes present problems?What about passages that seem to indicate that God didn’t know or changed his mind?Why is this good news for us?Helpful Definitions:Genesis 1-2, 1 Timothy 1:17, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Psalm 92, Revelation 21:6, Colossians 1:15-20, Genesis 18:16-33, Exodus 32:7-14, James 1:17, Malachi 3:6, Numbers 23:19, Exodus 3:14, Psalm 90:12Incommunicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that are only true of God and are not true of anyone else.Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us.Eternal: Not bound by time.Deism: The belief that God created something and then stepped away from his creation. God is absent and careless about his creation. Pantheism: The belief that God is a 1:1 correlation with His creation. God is powerless because he is his creation.Immutable: From eternity past to eternity future God is unchanging. God is always the same.Omniscient: All things are known effortlessly and instantly.Omnipotent: All powerful.Archetypal Knowledge: The knowledge that God has of Himself alone.Ectypal Knowledge: The knowledge that God offers His creatures that we can have through general revelation through His creation, through special revelation in scripture, and in Christ.Anthropomorphic: A way of expressing, in humanly understandable terms, something that is true.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:“None Like Him” by Jen Wilkin“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” by Jaron & Katherine KaminAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Discover how Midwestern Seminary can equip you to more faithfully serve your church through formal theological education or FREE For the Church resources we provide: mbts.edu/KnowingFaithOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast | Confronting ChristianitySupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurch