None Like Him by Jen Wilkin
Week 4: Chapter 3 — Self-Existent
Read Chapter 3 of None Like Him. Key passages: Exodus 3:13–14; Acts 17:24–25.
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God depends on nothing outside himself for his existence — he simply is — and Wilkin explores what it means to be creatures who are entirely dependent on the One who needs nothing.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Wilkin explains that God's self-existence (or aseity) means he has no cause, no source, and no need — he is the uncaused cause of everything else. How does God's revelation of his name to Moses — 'I AM WHO I AM' — capture this idea? What does that name say about everything else that exists?
2.She contrasts God's self-existence with our derived existence — we exist only because he wills us to, and we are sustained moment by moment by his ongoing decision to keep us alive. How does that truth land for you? Does it feel unsettling, comforting, or both?
3.Wilkin argues that one of the most common ways we grasp for self-existence is by building our identity around things that feel permanent and self-sustaining — our career, our reputation, our family, our health. What do you tend to build your sense of 'I am' around? What happens when that thing is threatened or taken away?
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