God Is Gracious The sovereign God of Scripture is a gracious God. “The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the ...

God Is Sovereign The God of Scripture is sovereign over all things. “If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I. How can I dispossess them?’ you shall not be afraid of them but you shall remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt….” Deuteronomy ...

God Is Holy The triune, eternal God is all-holy. And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” Leviticus 19:2 The idea of “holiness” essentially involves being separated from ...

God Is Eternal The triune God of Scripture is without beginning or end. And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of ...

God Is Three The one God of Scripture exists in three Persons. “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.” Exodus 20:11 The great mystery of God is that He is both One and Three. This was only ...

One God Only There is only one God, and He is LORD. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our god, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4 There is only one God, the God of Scripture. No other gods exist; thus, it is futile and dangerous to “have” any other gods besides this God or ...

Three Facets, on Focus The worldview of God’s Law begins with God. “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our god, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4 The worldview which we find in God’s Law—spiritual, covenantal, redemptive, comprehensive, religious, and attainable—can be constructed within a framework of three facets. We may imagine this worldview as ...

An Attainable Worldview We can keep God’s Law with God’s help. “Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!” Deuteronomy 6:29 Believers who are skeptical about the continuing validity of ...

A Religious Worldview The Law teaches us how to be “bound back” to God. “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart ...

A Comprehensive Worldview The Law of God covers all the bases of life. “You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them he shall live by them: ...