# “God is His own blessedness” by Herman Bavinck

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- Published: 2018-11-15T12:00:50-06:00
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“The term ‘the blessed God’ (1 Timothy 1:11; 6:15) also implies, in the third place,
that God absolutely delights in Himself, absolutely rests in Himself, and is absolutely
self-sufficient.

His life is not a process of becoming, not an evolution, not a process of desiring
and striving, as in the pantheistic life, but an uninterrupted rest, eternal peace.

God’s delight in His creatures is part and parcel of His delight in Himself. God
is His own blessedness.”

–Herman Bavinck, Ed. John Bolt and trans. John Vriend, [_Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 2: God and Creation_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801026555?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004), 2: 251.

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