Incommunicable Attributes
Aseity and Self-Existence
Theology Proper · 6 verses
God possesses life, being, and all perfections in Himself alone, deriving nothing from any external source. He is the uncaused cause, the unmoved mover, the self-sufficient ground of all existence. This divine aseity renders all creation utterly dependent while God remains eternally independent.
Scripture References
“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;”
“Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”
“For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.”
“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”
“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”
“Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”