God Cannot Not Be

  

 

Here is a Divine impossibility:

God cannot not be

Since he is a being in Himself

Quite unlike you or me.

 

God is underived

And thus, He is uncaused

And while many pretend to be,

He is the only God.

 

If God does not exist

Then nothing can have existed

For everything came into being

Because He insisted.

 

Atheists are struck down

By ten simple words,

Go to Genesis chapter 1 verse 1

If you’ve not yet heard.

 

Ordinarily,

I would type them here

But please check them for yourself

To be clear.

 

 

 

Following are words

Of an old medieval hymn,

They should bring some clarity

Amidst this world’s din.

 

Thou wast, O God,

And Thou wast blest

Before the world began,

Of Thine eternity possessed

Before time’s hourglass ran.

Thou need’st none

Thy praise to sing

As if Thy joy could fade,

Could’st Thou have needed anything

Thou could’st nothing made.

 

John Mason 1683

 

Herein lies remarkably

The aseity of God:

One contained within Himself

Needing nothing at all.

 

If ever there was nothing

Then nothing exists

For out of nothing, nothing comes,

Dear Mr. Atheist.

 

That God cannot not be

Is ontologically necessary

Or else, how could anything exist

That ever came to be?

 

 

 

An uncaused first cause

Is what God must be,

Having the power of being in himself

Is a logical necessity.

 

A perfect being at that

And not prone to entropy

Or else, His existence too is limited

And not for eternity.

 

In the beginning God…

There’s nothing more to add

Other than all that He has created

And from creation we’ve had.

 

 

 

Here’s another verse

Depicting God’s aseity,

A revelation John Mason must have had

To be able to see. 

 

Great and good God

It pleased Thee

Thy head to declare

And what Thine goodness did decree,

Thy greatness did prepare.

Thou spakest

And heaven and earth appeared

And answered to Thy call

As if their Maker’s voice they heard

Which is the creature’s all.

 

That God cannot not be

Is a Divine impossibility,

Thus, atheists and evolutionists

Argue nonsensically.

 

Stewart Russell © January 25, 2026

The Bible Agrees???

 

 

 

The Bible agrees with who?

What do we really mean?

Or for that matter, with what,

Tell me what here is seen.

 

Perhaps you have not heard

This statement before

But follow me closely-

I assure you there is more.

 

Two engage in an argument

On a matter regarding theology:

One says, “the Bible agrees”

To establish his view firmly.

 

In other words,

“Check and you’d clearly see

That is, if you check carefully,

The Bible fully supports me.

 

The Bible totally agrees

With what I just said,

Thus, you have no alternative

But to agree with me instead.”

 

Kind of hitting below the belt

As the saying goes,

“I am the correct one here

And even the Bible knows.”

 

How to win the argument

Is what this is about

“And since the Bible agrees with me

I have the right to shout.”

 

Sounds kind of sound

Some will surely advance

But let me confess candidly to you

I take a different stance.

 

 

“The Bible agrees” implies

That it is not the primary source

But is dependent on another

As a matter of course.

 

This would be a person

Even if a what was implied,

And that God is relegated here

For sure could not be denied.

 

For since the Bible agrees,

God must essentially agree too,

After all, God’s Word is Himself

And presents a logical view.

 

So, we see the who

And the what one deems to be true

Using the agreement of the Word

To support his argued view.

 

The fact of the matter is

And so too is the Gospel truth,

The Bible agrees not with anyone

And is its own supporting proof.

 

 

God needs no support

Re our agreement or otherwise

For He is God Almighty

All-knowing and all-wise.

 

God is His own precedent

The only God uncaused,

Thus, all else was caused by Him

Even the Devil, king of frauds.

 

So, to say the Bible agrees

At most is self-aggrandizement

And for certain, in whatever case,

Is blatantly not evident.

 

Stewart Russell © July 16, 2023