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Learn how God is described in the Bible as Spirit, a person, life, self-existent, unchanging, unlimited by time and space, and a unity. Explore the biblical evidence and examples of each quality and how they relate to our understanding of God.
- God Is Infinite – He is Self-Existing, Without Origin. "And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together." - Colossians 1:17. “Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure” – Psalm 147:5.
- God Is Immutable – He Never Changes. “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.” Malachi 3:6. God does not change. Who he is never changes.
- God Is Self-Sufficient – He Has No Needs. “For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.” – John 5:26.
- God is Omnipotent – He Is All Powerful. “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.” – Psalm 33:6. “Can you fathom the mysteries of God?
- SELF-EXISTENT: God has no cause; He does not depend on anything for his continued existence.
- TRANSCENDENT: God is entirely distinct from the universe, as the carpenter is distinct from the bench; excluding pantheism (God in all) and animism (everything is a god).
- IMMANENT: Though transcendent, God is present with and in the world; excluding deism (God is out there but not here).
- IMMUTABLE: God is perfect in that He never changes nor can He change with respect to His being, attributes, purpose, or promises; excluding process theology, Mormon doctrine of eternal progression.
- God Is Infinite in Power
- God Is Infinite in Knowledge
- God Is Everywhere at Every Moment
- God Is Good
- God Is Love
- God Is Just
- God Is Jesus
God wants us to know that he is omnipotent, meaning that he is infinite in power. He can do anything at any moment. Nothing and no one is stronger than him. He can blink and create a new galaxy. He can sneeze and erase existence. Whatever he thinks, whatever he wants, he is capable of doing. Jesus himself tells us, "For nothing will be impossible w...
God tells us that he is omniscient or infinite in knowledge. He knows everything, all at once. God knows every thought in every human at every moment while simultaneously knowing what is happening with stars and planets a billion lightyears away. He knows every cell's movement on the bottom of the deepest ocean and every snowflake’s pattern on the ...
God is omnipresent, meaning he is everywhere at the same time. He does not just know what is happening. He is there. He is not bound by space or matter, or time. He can be with you as you read this article and be with me as I write it. He does not leave you, does not lose you. He is in all of the time at the same time. If I go up to the heavens, yo...
Everything God ever has done has been good. He can't not be good. He is the definition of goodness. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows (James 1:17). Is something good? Then it came from God. Did you breathe today? That is because God is good. Did y...
Just like God is the definition of goodness, He is the very essence of love as well. "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love (1 John 4:8). Love is not something that God has. It is something that he is. Every action he does is love itself. So once again, in the broad mystery of life, I must have the bedrock of my faith be t...
God is perfect love, and He is perfectly just. He tells us this himself in Isaiah 61:8, "For I, the Lord, love justice…" and that in Isaiah 30:18, "Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him" (ESV). Sometimes, ...
Want to know more attributes of God? Look at Jesus. Jesus said that if we have seen him, we have seen the Father (John 14:9.) So, look at the life of Christ, and you will see the attributes of God. Is Jesus merciful? Then God is merciful. Is Jesus kind? Then God is kind. Is Jesus a healer? Then God is a healer. Is Jesus perfect, holy, and sinless? ...
Oct 7, 2014 · We have seen many of God’s characteristics: he is a spirit, he is a person, he is independent, he is immutable, he is good, he is eternal, he is omniscient, he is omnipotent, he is omnipresent, and he is merciful.
- God’s love is sacrificial. It cost him something. You can tell how much somebody loves you by how much they sacrifice for you. Is he or she willing...
- “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (emphasis mine)” (Romans 5:8).God loved us while...
- In fact, holiness is such a special characteristic of God that it affects our ability to be in his presence. When Adam sinned, he was kicked out of...
- Because of Christ’s death, God justified us, meaning he made us “just as though we never sinned.” Romans 5:1 says this: “Therefore, since we have b...
- In the same way “holiness,” being set apart, is a primary characteristic of God, it has now become a primary characteristic of every believer. In f...
- Not only are we saints who are set apart as holy, but we must now seek practical holiness in our daily lives. It is both a matter of our position a...
- God is in control of all things. Listen to what Ephesians 1:11 says: “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of...
- What about the decisions of men and evil? Yes, Scripture also teaches that God is in control of the decisions of men and evil. In fact, it would se...
- Now, here is the next question, we have looked at God’s sovereignty in considering man’s free will and specifically sin, but what about God’s sover...
Apr 26, 2022 · The 1 Corinthians 13 Answer to the Characteristics of God. To connect these verses to the characteristics and attributes of God you must do one simple thing.
The Attributes of God include eternality, goodness, grace, holiness, immanence, immutability, justice, love, mercy, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience...
