An Attribute of God That Isn’t Discussed Enough

The doctrine of God’s aseity, then, makes it very clear what we bring to the table in our relationship with God. What is the one thing we have to offer that he doesn’t? Simply our need. We bring to the God of aseity the gaping opposite of aseity. We bring him our sin—and our need. As Jonathan Edwards wrote: “The only thing we contribute to our salvation is the sin that makes it necessary.” And God the Father, in Christ, delights to both forgive us and adopt us as sons and daughters.