Divine Impassibility

1 Samuel 15:10-11, 24-29

Definitions:

Impassibility: God does not experience emotional changes either from within or effected by his relationship to creation. God does not have passions.

Passions: Latin - To suffer, submit, undergo, experience, and endure.

Big Idea: God does not have any passions, and he cannot suffer. Instead, he has perfections, being himself. 

This assures for us his love, mercy, justice, and all attributes we would ascribe.

Logic

Scripture

Numbers 23:19, James 1:17, Malachi 3:6

John 4:24, Acts 14:15, Exodus 3:13-14

Romans 9:15, Ephesians 1:3-6, 1 John 4:10,16b

Job 35:5-7, 1 Samuel 15:10-11,19

Impassibility ≠ Apathy

Jesus’ Incarnation: God Suffers

Application: Worship Him