Goodcheer68
Puritan Board Sophomore
Curious if anyone has read Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves? In chapter one he states that "The most foundational thing in God is not some abstract quality, but the fact that he is Father."
It seems that he is talking about God's essence and not the persons of the Godhead. I also get that God has always been a Father as the Son has been eternally generated. But that is dealing with God in terms of the persons of the Godhead and again not his essence. So I'm posting this to see if we can safely make such a statement and if so what is our basis in doing so.
For what it is worth I affirm the creeds and our confessions, God's simplicity and so on.
It seems that he is talking about God's essence and not the persons of the Godhead. I also get that God has always been a Father as the Son has been eternally generated. But that is dealing with God in terms of the persons of the Godhead and again not his essence. So I'm posting this to see if we can safely make such a statement and if so what is our basis in doing so.
For what it is worth I affirm the creeds and our confessions, God's simplicity and so on.