Impassibility of God

[Whatever]

I got this from https://www.theopedia.com/Impassibility_of_God
I would say it is better to check with for answers to Christian things than Wikipedia or even Google.

Classic theism teaches that God is impassible — not subject to suffering, pain, or the ebb and flow of involuntary passions. In the words of the Westminster Confession of Faith, God is "without body, parts, or passions, immutable."

the question is whether or not God's passions are voluntary or involuntary. Does God actually react to his creation in an emotional way? Can humanity hurt God, emotionally?

The standard difficulty encountered by advocates of impassibility is that the Scripture narrative presents a God who does, in fact, react to his creation. The typical rejoinder to this is that the narrative portions of the Holy Text also present God with certain human features such as hands, eyes, etc. Surely, it is claimed, we do not accept all descriptions of God in human terms(anthropomorphisms), and as such we should be cautious in accepting the emotions and passions of God at face value.

What do all you think? Sorry if it has already been covered before.

 

[Consecrated Life]

We know that God Loves us .
The scripture is replete in that fact.
Love being the strongest of emotions.
Does God react to even our sinful actions expressing this emotion of Love in a way that we can process in human terms ?
This He has done since the very first man.
Always seeking us, even when we are at our most dejected & depressed

Gen 3:9
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

 

[Fastfredy0]

The Divine nature cannot be increased; for whatsoever receives anything than what it had in itself before (i.e. love, worship), must necessarily receive it from another, because nothing can give to itself that which it hath not. But God cannot receive from another what he hath not already, because whatsoever other things possess is derived from him, and, therefore, contained in him, as the fountain contains the virtue in itself which it conveys to the streams; so that God cannot gain anything. Stephen Charnock The Existence and Attributes of God . Kindle Edition.

Job 35:7 “If you are righteous, what do you give God, Or what does He receive from your hand? 8 “Your wickedness affects only a man such as you, And your righteousness affects only a son of man [but it cannot affect God, who is sovereign]”; Acts 17:25; Romans 11:34-35.

 

[Josef]

Hey All,
I love it when a simple question triggers deep thoughts.

I need God's love.

But why does God need my love?

Keep walking everybody.
May God bless,
Taz