What Is God? | Spurgeon’s Catechism Question 4 | KJV Appalachian Folk Song

“The words should be carefully learned by heart, for they will be understood better as years pass.” — C. H. Spurgeon In October 1855, at only twenty-one years old, Charles Haddon Spurgeon published A Puritan Catechism for his church and congregation at New Park Street Chapel in London. He believed that “the use of a good Catechism in all our families will be a great safeguard against the increasing errors of the times.” Drawing from the Westminster Assembly’s Catechism and the Baptist Catechism, Spurgeon designed this little manual to give Christian families a clear, memorable foundation in biblical doctrine. His conviction remained with him throughout his ministry; years later, he would write that “the study of a good Scriptural catechism is of infinite value to our children.” This Scripture Songbook setting covers Question 4 and its KJV proof texts. _________________________ What is God? God is Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth. KJV Proof Texts John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 1 Timothy 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. Psalm 147:5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. Revelation 4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. Exodus 34:6–7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. The catechism questions and answers are surrounded by their Scripture proof texts, sung from the King James Version. #SpurgeonsCatechism #WhatIsGod #ScriptureSong #KJV #CharlesSpurgeon #Catechism #AppalachianFolk #ScriptureMemory #TheScriptureSongbook