Scripture index: 1 Samuel 1Sa 2:2 Creator-creature distinction › No one else like God Jesus is God › “Who is a rock, except our God?” Monotheism › There is no one else like God Simplicity › Nature-supposit composition Trinity › There is no one else like God 1Sa 2:6 Hell › Sheol (OT intermediate state?, both righteous and unrighteous) 1Sa 2:7–8 Financial stewardship › God’s providence 1Sa 2:8 Heirs of God › We will inherit thrones, even Christ’s 1Sa 2:9 Preservation of the saints › God preserves, guards, keeps, rescues 1Sa 2:25 Hypostatic union › Divine nature necessary for atonement Jesus is God › “Who can intercede?” Providence › Concurrence in calamity, evil 1Sa 12:22 Soli Deo gloria › God acts for the sake of his name Unconditional election › Israel (or remnant Israel) elected 1Sa 15:3 God’s word › As speech through people 1Sa 15:11 Impassibility › Anthropopathism 1Sa 15:18 God’s word › As speech through people 1Sa 15:23 God’s word › As speech through people 1Sa 15:29 Attributes of God › Impassibility (“without passions”, not given to mood swings nor able to suffer) Creator-creature distinction › God is not a man Impassibility › God does not have passions Incorporeality › God is not a man 1Sa 16:14 Providence › Concurrence in calamity, evil 1Sa 23:10–13 Free will › God has true knowledge of counterfactuals of creaturely freedom 1Sa 24:13 Total depravity › Unregenerate man cannot not sin (non posse non peccare)