#158 – What is God Like? - Incommunicable Attributes

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss and define the incommunicable attributes of God.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is an incommunicable attribute?
• How are God’s attributes related to God’s nature? Are they something God possesses or words to describe what/who God is?
• What are some examples of incommunicable attributes?
• Does this make God unknowable? If he is so “other,” is it possible for us to truly know him?
• How do the incommunicable attributes shape the way we view God, the world, ourselves?
• Are the incommunicable attributes true of all the persons of the Godhead?

Helpful Definitions:

• Attribute: Something that is true about God, who he is.
• Incommunicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that are only true of God and are not true of anyone else.
• Omnipresent: Everywhere fully present.
• Omniscient: All things are known effortlessly and instantly.
• Omnipotent: All powerful.
• Infinite: No limit of any kind.
• Sovereign: He has the authority to use His power.
• Incomprehensible: Not able to be fully understood.
• Eternal: Not bound by time.
• Transcendent: He is other (by an infinite extent).
• Imminent: God is near to his creation.
• Divine Hiddenness: In God’s infinitude we cannot fully grasp all that He is. There is part of the divine life of God that is hidden from our view. 
• Self-Existent: The origin of all things.
• Self-Sufficient: He needs nothing.
• Immutable: God is always the same.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Isaiah 6
• “None Like Him” by Jen Wilkin
• “The Wonderful Works of God” by Herman Bavinck

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