He has life by His essence not by participation; He gives light and life to all creatures but receives neither light nor life from anything. He was from eternity –from everlasting – and He shall endure to eternity – to everlasting.
“Before themountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” – Ps. 90:2
“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.” – John 5:26
