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Dr. Geisler clearly sets forth the reality of the existence of God, and explains and describes His attributes and characteristics, among them His actuality and simplicity, life and immortality, unity and trinity. Geisler concludes this study by illustrating how we must respond to God’s attributes with heart, mind, and strength. He then turns to the activity of God in the section on Creation....

the objects of God’s love are rational creatures who have broken God’s law, whose nature is corrupt in God’s sight, and who merit only condemnation and final banishment from his presence, (ibid., 123) Love is a free act, flowing from one’s free choice. A person cannot be forced to love; forced love is contradictory. If this is so, then love cannot flow from the essence of God, since God’s essence
Pages 378–379