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  ETERNITY OF GOD
  by Edward Payson
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the eternal and timeless nature of God's
existence, with no beginning or end.

Topics: "Eternal Nature", "Divine Attributes"
Scripture References: Psalm 90:2, Psalm 102:12, Isaiah 57:15, 1 Timothy 1:17, Revelation 1:8

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DESCRIPTION
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Edward Payson delves into the eternal nature of God, challenging the
congregation to grasp the concept of a Being without a beginning or end.
He emphasizes that God's existence transcends human comprehension,
existing for eternity past and future, with no limit to His being.
Payson highlights that the duration of God's existence is the measure of
our own immortality, as we are all as eternal as Jehovah Himself.

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CONTENT
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Try for a moment, to conceive of a Being without a beginning; a Being
who does not become older as ages roll away. Fly back, in imagination,
millions of millions of millions of years, till reason is confounded,
and fancy wearied in the flight. God then existed, and, what may at
first appear paradoxical, he had then existed as long as he has now; you
would then be no nearer the beginning of his existence than you are now,
for it has no beginning, and you cannot approach to that which does not
exist. Nor will his being ever come to an end.

Add together ages of ages; multiply them by the leaves on the trees, the
sand on the sea-shore, and the dust of the earth, still you will be no
nearer the termination of Jehovah's existence, than when you first began
your calculation.

And let us remember that the duration of his existence is the only
measure of our own. As it respects futurity, we are all as immortal as
Jehovah himself.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/edward-payson/eternity-of-god/
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