16.
In what way is God everywhere present if He dwell
in heaven?
Answer: God is everywhere
present by His spirit which proceeds from Him, and
which fills all space.
Proof:
Thou
sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and
thou renewest the face of the earth. (Psa. 104:30).
Whither
shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I
flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven,
thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold,
thou art there. (Psa. 139:7-8).

17.
What is the Spirit of God?
Answer:
It is His invisible power or energy breathed forth
from His presence, and of like nature with His
Glorious Person. By this, heaven and earth have
been made and are preserved in being from moment
to moment. In this we live and move and have our
being in Him.
Proof:
The
Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of
the Almighty hath given me life. (Job 33:4).
By
his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his
hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13).
Thou
sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and
thou renewest the face of the earth. (Psa. 104:30).
By
the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and
all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
(Psa. 33:6).
Ah
Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and
the earth by thy great power and stretched out
arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: (Jer.
32:17).
And
the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit
of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Gen.
1:2).
For
in him we live, and move, and have our being;
as certain also of your own poets have said, For
we are also his offspring. (Acts 17:28).
If
he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself
his spirit and his breath; All flesh shall perish
together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
(Job 34:14-15).

18.
Is God separate and different from the Spirit of
God?
Answer:
No. God and His Spirit cannot be separated. They
are both one. The sun and the light that comes
from the sun are both one. So God, and the Spirit
that comes from God, are both one. God is the
centre and glorious substantial form of the Spirit
that fills heaven and earth.
Proof:
The
passaged quoted in answers 14 to 17, also the
following:
Come
ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken
in secret from the beginning; from the time that
it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and
his Spirit, hath sent me. (Isa. 48:16).
And
the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive
with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days
shall be an hundred and twenty years. (Gen. 6:3).
Can
any hide himself in secret places that I shall
not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven
and earth? saith the LORD. (Jer. 23:24).
Whither
shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I
flee from thy presence? (Psa. 139:7).
God
is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24).

19.
Do these things teach you any lesson concerning
your conduct?
Answer: Yes. They teach
me that I am always in the presence of God though
I do not feel it, and that He always sees me (even
when it is dark) though I cannot see Him. Nothing
can happen without His knowing it. Even my inmost
thoughts and intentions He can discern, though
I should seek to keep them secret.
Proof:
And
she called the name of the LORD that spake unto
her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also
here looked after him that seeth me? (Gen. 16:13).
Neither
is there any creature that is not manifest in
his sight: but all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
(Heb. 4:13).
Yea,
the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night
shineth as the day: the darkness and the light
are both alike to thee. (Psa. 139:12).
For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper
than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart. (Heb. 4:12)
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