139:7-10; Acts 17:28; of Christ, Matt. The phrase here translated all things (ta panta) is used frequently by Paul to refer to everything that exists or everything in creation (for example, Ephesians 1:10, 23, 3:9, 4:10; Colossians 1:16, 17; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians. The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens (Jeremiah 10:1011). 8:16; Psa. notes in his article on the subject of Gods goodness, 15 Amazing Attributes of God: What They Mean and Why They Matter. And how comforting and wonderful this is for man to dwell on! A truly wise person is someone who understands all the facts and makes the best decisions. God is called the Almighty (2 Corinthians 6:18; Revelation 1:8), a Greek term (, The angel Gabriel says to Mary, With God nothing will be impossible (Luke 1:37), In Titus 1:2 he is called (literally) the unlying God or the God who never lies.. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. Paul refers to God as the one who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will (Ephesians 1:11). It sees the end from the beginning, so there can be no need to guess or conjecture. When God called his people out of Egypt and brought them to himself and commanded them to obey his voice, then he said, You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exodus 19:46). The saved get mercy and the unsaved get justice. What does it mean that God is just? 100:3 [thus excluding the view of Mormonism that Jehovah and Elohim are distinct beings]), Implied by the doctrines of self-existence, transcendence, and omnipotence, Created all things (Gen. 1:1; Psa. False All world religions really worship the same god, just in different ways. . If I say, Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night, even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day Darkness and light are alike to You. Jeremiah 23:24 says, Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? 86:8; 1 Kgs. What a chilling thought. Gods grace, or his favor toward those who deserve no favor but only punishment, is always freely given. The Attributes of God refers to the character traits of God as they are revealed to us in the Scriptures. so that no human being might boast in the presence of God 1 Corinthians 1:21, 27, 29. The God revealed in Scripture is real, and all other gods are idols. This is just saying that God responds differently to different situations. 1:2; 11:3), Implied by doctrines of transcendence, self-existence, and immutability, The universe cannot contain God (1 Kings 8:27; Isa. Bible Study26 January 2020Notes:http://lasttrumpet.co.za/biblestudynotes/The_Attributes_of_God_Part2_20200126.pdf What Do We Learn from Reading Jesus Genealogy? The fact that God has revealed knowledge of Himself should not be neglected ( Hebrews 4:1 ). If I ascend to heaven, you are there! What Does It Mean That "Your Life Is Hidden with Christ"? Love. But jealousy can be a positive thing, too. Because of our disobedient hearts, we deserve death. Sam Storms writes this about the good news of Gods unchanging nature: What all this means, very simply, is that God is dependable! And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account (Hebrews 4:13). Not only does it speak of God's strength, but also it speaks of the sovereignty of God and the goodness of God. - Colossians 1:17, Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure Psalm 147:5. The former belong to the essence of God as considered in itself, while the latter belong to the divine essence considered in relation to His creation. If you are trying to hide or run from God, give up. God's Innate Non-moral Attributes. saith the Lord.. We see this glory in several places in Scripture. There was no right on the sinner's part, to the saving mercy of the Most High God. Below are a few scriptures declaring Gods infinite wisdom. But those who walk in wickedness do not have peace: There is no peace, says the Lord, for the wicked (Isaiah 48:22, 57:21). He, as the creator, will always have unique attributes his creation cannot possess. He also knows the thought and intent of our heart. God will have justice for sin, either from Christs atoning death or, for those who will not accept it, eternal wrath in hell. This means that we cannot define these moral qualities without As to a listing of the natural attributes, Fuller was generally open-ended. 8:4-6; Gal. Here the sense is earnestly protective or watchful. This is the jealousy we attribute to God. It continues at the present time, for we read, The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand (John 3:35). By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from HarperCollins Christian Publishing (501 Nelson Place, Nashville, TN 37214 USA) providing information about products and services of HCCP and its affiliates. Here are a few passages that speak of Gods goodness: Scripture also tells us that God is the source of all good in the world. Paul tells us that even now in our Christian lives we all are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another (2 Corinthians 3:18). He doesnt love humanity in some vague sense, he loves humans. 3:21), Unlimited by time (Psa. His grace is something we do not earn or lose (For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God Eph. This article first appeared in the Viewpoint column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 45, Este artculo es una exclusiva en lnea de Christian Research Journal. He can blink and create a new galaxy. Proud member Our ability to exercise will and make choices is one of the most significant marks of God-likeness in our existence. Omni means "all," andpotensmeans "powerful." And yet none of those words is adequate to describe the awesome holiness of our God. It is by his grace that God imputes merit where none previously existed and declares no debt to be where one had been before.. James makes this connection when he says, You also be patient. who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, He knows what we need before we ask him (Matthew 6:8), He knows the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30), He knows when we sit, when we rise, and what we think (Psalm 139:12), He knows words we will say before we speak them (Psalm 139:4), He knows the days of our lives before we are born (Psalm 139:16), He knows every possible future (1 Samuel 23:1113). His promises ( 1 Kings 8:56, Hebrews 6:17-18). Just like his other attributes, Gods goodness exists within his immutability, and infinite nature, so that he is unchangingly, always good. All change of necessity must go from worse to better or better to worse. Often God is called "Almighty," describing Him as the One who possesses all power and authority(2 Corinthians 6:18; Revelation 1:8). Matthew 5:45 tells us, For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.. This ought to bring deep comfort to Christians who struggle with loneliness and deep sorrow. 1:26-28; Rev. He is both fully merciful and fully just. Likewise, although this is hard for many to accept, his sentencing of evil, unrepentant sinners to hell is also right and good. The essence and substance of God is that which underlies all outward manifestation. On the right are listed various lessons which can be learned from those attributes. . Tozer says this about what Gods holiness demands: Since Gods first concern for His universe is its moral health, that is, its holiness, whatever is contrary to this is necessarily under His eternal displeasure. God is infinitely wise, consistently wise, perfectly wise. When we as Gods people walk in his ways, we come to know more and more fully by experience that the kingdom of God is indeed righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17), and we can say of the path of Gods wisdom, Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace (Proverbs 3:17). Human rulers cant oppose Gods will, for the kings heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will (Proverbs 21:1). If the situation changes, then of course Gods attitude or expression of intention will also change. When God declared his name to Moses, he proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6). This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 44, number 2 (2021). PERSONAL: God, as the author of personhood in the created universe, cannot be less than personal Himself; thus He experiences relationships with other persons, or self-conscious beings. What do the rest get? Where shall I go from your Spirit? The Natural (Non-Moral) Attributes of God. It is human misery and sin that call forth the divine mercy., "The LORD is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness." True Holiness, justice, love, goodness, truth, and mercy are all examples of the non-moral attributes of God. False God is reliable and faithful in his words. OMNIPRESENT: God is perfect in that He transcends all space and spatial limitations, and is thus infinite with respect to space, with His whole Being filling every part of the universe and being present everywhere (not diffused through the universe, but present at each point in His fullness). Love of God. God delights fully in himself and in all that reflects his character. But Christians can take comfort in these moments by remembering these attributes of God, for when we go through hard times, we know that God is nevertheless unchangingly faithful, good, always with us and wise. And yet, since we as human beings are made in the image of God, there are echoes of his attributes in our lives that we share with him. The word holiness refers to His separateness, His otherness, the fact that He is unlike any other being. Because God is all-knowing, we can trust that he knows everything were going through today and everything we will go through tomorrow. God is spirit. The fact that God is self-existent -- that he was created by nothing and has always existed forever -- is perhaps one of the hardest attributes of God for the believer to understand. This does not mean Gods form is spread out so that parts of him are in every location. Not that anyone has seen the Father except him who is from God (John 6:46). God doesnt have size or spatial dimensions and is present at every point of space with his whole being. God cannot change. We can have a personal relationship with God, k. Our loyalty and fear is to be toward God alone, l. No matter how bad things look, God is working them out for good, m. We must relate to God through our spiritual inner person, n. God is not a part of this world, so He is not stuck along with us in our problems with us, o. It indicates His complete and infinite perfection. 23:19; 1 Sam. 6. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. 3:5; Lev. 45:21; Zeph. False ________ literally means "all-knowing" Omniscience A person can know God better by studying the attributes ascribed to Him throughout Scripture. Is It Different from the Spirit? Because he possesses these unfathomable riches in the perfect knowledge and love of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt 11.25-27;John 17:24-26), God is the "blessed" or "happy" God (1 Tim 1.11;6:15)., Because God is self-sufficient, we can go to him to satisfy all our needs. God always does what is right, and He is the final standard of what is right. 82:1, 6; John 10:34-36), Yahweh is Elohim (Gen. 2:4; Deut. All rights reserved. 42:5), God is near, so He can be known (Deut. INCOMPREHENSIBLE: God is incomprehensible, not in the sense that the concept of God is unintelligible, but in the sense that God cannot be fully and directly known by finite creatures, because of His uniqueness and His infinitude. Hes independent because: 1. says the Lord. So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. 1. If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. In many ways, God is nothing like us. The attributes of God are the inherent characteristics closely associated with or belonging to God. Every attribute is completely true of God and Gods character. . Each is Deity, yet they are distinct in personality. For all have sinned and fall short glory of God, and, the wages of sin is death. But because of mercy, we dont get what we deserve. Debbie McDaniel writes this about the omniscience of God, He can be everywhere, at the same time. The idea of a moral deity, the guardian of the moral order, is a human rather than a cosmic conception, for divine morality is a reflex of human ethic raised to its highest imaginable power. 1:11), God cannot lie, be tempted, deny Himself, etc. Gods ability and creative power (Jeremiah 32:17). Everything weve done in secret He is aware of. 18:20; 28:20), Fills all things (Jer. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. All our obligations to God can be summarized in this: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. Acknowledging these non-moral attributes of God can strengthen the faith and provide comfort for the believer in many ways. His holiness, righteousness, goodness, love, mercy, grace, and faithfulness. In context, the rhetorical question, Is anything too hard for the Lord? (Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:27) implies that nothing is too hard for the Lord. 4. And any very short period of time (such as one day) seems to God to last forever. It is a strange and beautiful eccentricity of the free God, Tozer writes, that He has allowed His heart to be emotionally identified with men. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! The psalmist affirms that God is timeless in Psalm 90:2: Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.. Indeed, Tozer writes this about the confusing, head-spinning attribute of Gods infinity: To admit that there is One who lies beyond us, who exists outside of all our categories, who will not be dismissed with a name, who will not appear before the bar of our reason, nor submit to our curious inquiries: this requires a great deal of humility, more than most of us possess, so we save face by thinking God down to our level, or at least down to where we can manage Him., In his article on Christianity.com, Dr. Adrian Rogers writes about the self-existence of God: The name Jehovah is used some 6,800 times in the Bible. Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine (Job 41:11). 43:10; 44:6, 8; 45:5-7, 21-22; Zech. In the King James Version of the Bible, it's translated Lord God. Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him? Omnipresence (God is everywhere at once, but we can only be in one place at a time) Thus, God cannot lie, sin, deny himself, or be tempted with evil. Thus, God sees and knows all events past, present, and future with equal vividness. In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures (Psalm 104:24). 107:8; 118:1; Nahum 1:7; Mark 10:18; Rom. Implied by doctrines of self-existence, transcendence, omnipresence, and creation. Be unfaithful (2 Corinthians 1:20, Lamentations 3:23-24). Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us (Ephesians 3:20), 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? No one canrestrain His hand Or say to Him, What have You done (Daniel 4:35)? His radiance and beauty emanate from all that his is and all that he does. In verse 19, he makes the remarkable announcement, Many are the afflictions of the righteous. Even with a good God, who is sovereign over everything and has the power to do whatever he likes, good people still suffer. Acknowledging these non-moral attributes of God can strengthen the faith and provide comfort for the believer in many ways. It is only in this that we can hope to stand in the presence of the blindingly pure, perfect, Holy One of Israel. . Amen (1 Timothy 1:17). Thats why He cant lie, tolerate sin, or save impenitent sinners. John MacArthur, Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. Nevertheless, God caused his glory to pass by Moses while he hid Moses in a cleft of the rock, and then God let Moses see his back after he had passed by, but said, my face shall not be seen (Exodus 33:2123). Were there no guilt in the world, no pain and no tears, God would yet be infinitely merciful; but His mercy might well remain hidden in His heart, unknown to the created universe. Thankfully, the Christian will never have to experience Gods holy wrath poured out. The Psalms frequently affirm that the Lord is good (Psalm 100:5). Goodness of God means In goodness of God he is absolutely perfect. If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Pantheism- one god existing in the creation-i.e., world=god His grace is also sovereign. This is also comforting. Our God is omnipotent. God. 10:6-7; Micah 7:18), Analogical language necessary to describe God (Ezek. He cannot cease to exist, or cease to be God, or act in a way inconsistent with any of his attributes. Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens.Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor (Romans 9:16-18 and Romans 9:21)? True A person can know God better by studying the attributes ascribed to Him throughout Scripture. Yet, it is important to understand that for God to be in a place is not the same way we are in a place. Gods love is active, drawing us to himself. The names and titles given to God in Scripture reveal what he is like. An attribute, as we can know it, is a mental concept, an intellectual response to God's self-revelation. INCORPOREAL: God has no body or parts, and is immaterial, being a simple and infinite being of spirit; excluding the Mormon doctrine of God as an exalted man. He . Paul says that Gods actions are characterized by peace and not by disorder (akatastasia, a Greek word meaning disorder, confusion, unrest). ETERNAL: God is perfect in that He transcends all time and temporal limitations, and is thus infinite with respect to time. Self-sufficient as He is, He wants our love and will not be satisfied till He gets it. While we must say that God has made all creation so that each part of it reflects something of his own character, we must also affirm that to picture God as existing or being like anything else in creation is misleading and dishonors who he is. Immutability being attributed to Jesus declares his deity. Without the mercy of God, we would have no hope of heaven. Jehovah or Yahweh is the most intensely sacred name to Jewish scribes and many will not even pronounce the name. His character never changes he never gets better or worse. His plans do not change. ONE: God is a perfectly unique and simple being, existing as one infinite Being called God. Mercy is often emphasized where people are in misery or distress. God is always perfectly just and righteous in all He does. The holiness of God, the wrath of God, and the health of the creation are inseparably united. We imitate Gods blessedness when we find delight and happiness in things that please God. God cannot do the self-contradictory (e.g., make a rock He cannot lift), nor can He do that which is contrary to His perfect nature (e.g., He cannot change, He cannot lie, etc.). He commands them, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy (Leviticus 19:2). O taste and see that the Lord is good! (Psalm 34:8). We should never think, for example, that God is a loving God at one point in history and a just or wrathful God at another point in history. God loves all that is right and good, for rightness and goodness conforms to his moral character. God, however, has never once been in need of anything. A natural question that arises from this is, how then can a just God justify the unjust (as each of us are without Christ!)? His mercy flows from his goodness. 14. Spurgeon writes that, It is undeserved mercy, as indeed all true mercy must be, for deserved mercy is only a misnomer for justice. 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). His common grace is a gift to all of mankind. Thus, we individually and corporately reflect Gods beauty in every way in which we exhibit his character. 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 2 Sam. It is not accurate to say, as some have said, that God is a God of justice in the Old Testament and a God of love in the New Testament. Scripture presents Gods glory in two major ways. We will love God, not the world (1 John 2:15), and we will do all this because he first loved us (1 John 4:19). In his goodness to us, we see that He has purposed to be good in a special way to his people(Ligonier.com). September 14, 2014. His lists of the attributes typically included . 17:10a), Knows all events to come (Isa. 41:22-23; 42:9; 44:7), God is not a man (Num. His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He. Duet 32:4. Tempt people to sin (James 1:13). Jesus tells us, You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48). He holds degrees from Harvard (AB), Westminster Theological Seminary (MDiv, DD), and Cambridge (PhD). O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 17:20; Psa. 15:29). 12. To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. We are to imitate Gods mercy in our conduct toward others: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy (Matthew 5:7). 1) Eternity - God is eternal. 115:3; Matt. He is complete or perfect in every way. He is the author of more than a dozen books including the bestselling. No attribute of God is completely communicable, and no attribute of God is completely incommunicable. 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