ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

 

1.            OMNIPOTENT ‑ all powerful

                        Elohim ‑ Creator God (Bara ‑ Make something from nothing)

                        EI‑Shaddai ‑ God Almighty

                        Genesis 1: 1‑31 ‑ spoke world into existence; created time, space, matter

                        Distinction between Creation and Creator ‑ Romans 1:25

 

2.            ETERNAL ‑ Infinite ‑ El Olam

                        Infinite ‑ universe 20 billion light years across; speed of light 186,000 mi/sec 5.8

                                      trillion miles = I light year ‑ NO END!

                        God has no beginning or end; never a time without God, past or future.

                        Exodus 15:18

                        Deuteronomy 33:27

                        Psalm 9:7

 

3.            SOVEREIGN ‑ El Elyon

                        Matthew 10:29

                        Ephesians 1: 11

                        Psalm 93:1

                        Psalm 135:6

                        Totally in control

                        Nothing touches His children that takes Him by surprise ‑ Romans 8:28

                        However, He gives us a free will.

 

4.            OMNISCIENT ‑ All‑knowing

                        Psalm 147:5

                        Hebrews 4:13

                        I John 3:20

 

5.            OMNIPRESENT

                        Personally throughout all time and space

                        Psalm 139:8

                        Hebrews 13:5

                        Proverbs 15:3

 

6.         HOLY, RIGHTEOUS

                        100% without sin

                        Isaiah 6:3

                        I John 2:29

 

7.          GOD IS COMPLETE JUSTICE

Nothing unfair about Him

Perfect justice in accordance with His attributes

Romans 6:23

Romans 1: 18

 

 

 

8.          GOD IS ONE ‑ UNITY ‑ TRINITY

The Father and Jesus are one

            John 14:9

            John 10:30

            Colossians 1:15

The Father and the Holy spirit are one

            John 4:24

            H Corinthians 3:17

Jesus and the Holy Spirit are one

            John 14:16‑18

(H20, steam, ice) (Sun in sky, heat of sun, light of sun)

 

9.            PERSONAL ‑ not distant and aloof

Psalm 139:13‑16

Romans 5:78

 

10.       GOD IS LOVE ‑ Mercy and grace

John 3:16

John 10:27‑28

Romans 8:35‑39 ‑ unconditional agape love

 

11.                   VERACITY (Complete) ‑ ABSOLUTE TRUTH

Anything in word or deed that doesn't conform to what He's revealed in His word is not truth. To know Him is to know reality.

Psalm 33:4

Isaiah 65:16

John 8:31‑32

 

12.                   IMMUTABLE ‑ Never changes

Hebrews 13:8 ‑ what He said He will do, He will do

Psalm 33:11