Michael:
I have been listening to both podcasts and reading Wayne Grudem's book Systematic Theology on my own. I am intrigued with the Doctrine of the Independence of God. I am filling the pulpit on occasion with a local church and I want to put a sermon together on this theme of God's Independence. I have all the text book information but want to include some practical things for the congregation. Here are the questions I have in mind on the subject.
1.) As we think of the attribute of the Independence of God, should we see some faint reflections of this incommunicable attribute in ourselves as God created us to be?
2.) What would it mean to strive to become more like God in this area?
3.) At what point would it be wrong to even want to be like God in the area of independence because it would be attempting to usurp his unique role as Creator and Lord?
4.) Using this incommunicable attribute, what is your opinion on how we will be more like God in heaven than we are now, and also how we will for all eternity be unlike God in the area of independence?
5.) Explain how each aspect of the Doctrine of the Independence of God should make us feel emotionally. Should this doctrine have a positive or negative effect on our spiritual lives? Explain why.
6.) How can the incommunicable attribute of the Independence of God be of help in our own prayer lives?