Paul says regarding God that His "invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made" (Romans 1:20). One may rightly ask, what invisible attributes and what divine nature?

Natural theology is the study of what can be known about God through reason and the ordinary observance of the natural world. Would you be surprised to learn that through the ordinary observance of the natural world one could reasonably deduce that God exists, is simple, immutable, impassible, and perfect? In this lesson Jeremiah begins our excursion into the doctrine of God by discussing God's existence as Pure Act, and the notion of Divine Simplicity.