God Is
Published September 2, 2026
"Every person who has ever lived, lives now, and will ever live has and will have a natural knowledge of God. The issue is that they do not acknowledge that knowledge. They rather suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Rom. 1:19)."This post begins a series of posts from me on the doctrine of God. Over the coming months, we'll move together from this post on "that God is" to posts on "what God is" to posts on "who God is". Put another way, we'll move together from looking at the existence of God (that God is) to the essence and attributes of God (what God is) to the subsistence and persons of God (who God is).
Now, to be clear, this series is primarily for the edification of Christians rather than the refutation of atheists or other false religions. Its primary purpose is not to argue against the errors of unbelievers but to inform the mind and to stir the heart of believers with the truth and knowledge of their amazing triune God.
With that in mind, we begin our series now with the topic of our God's existence: that our God is.
Hebrews 11:6 declares, "without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." These words teach that whoever comes to God for salvation must accept and embrace by faith whatsoever God has revealed about Himself as both God and Savior. So, perhaps most fundamentally, we could say that those who come to God must accept and embrace by faith His revelation concerning the most basic of truths about Him: that He is.
