What are the attributes of God?
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What are the attributes of God? What are God's perfections? Which attributes of God are communicable or incommunicable?
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- What are the attributes of God? We're going to answer that question. The Bible tells us what
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- God is and isn't like. Without it, any attempt to understand God would just be an opinion.
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- Only what God has chosen to reveal of himself can be known. One of God's qualities is light, meaning that he is self -revealing with information about himself.
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- The fact that God has revealed knowledge of himself should not be ignored. Creation, the
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- Bible, and the person of Jesus Christ will help us to know what God is like.
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- Let's start by understanding that God is our creator and we, his art, are created in his image.
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- Man was given dominion over all creation and by considering its vastness, complexity, beauty, and order, we can have a sense of the awesomeness of God.
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- The names of God help us to see more of his greatness. Elohim, strong one, divine.
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- Adonai, lord, indicating a master -to -servant relationship. El Elyon, most high, the strongest one.
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- El Roy, the strong one who sees. El Shaddai, almighty God. El Olam, everlasting
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- God. Yahweh, lord, I am, meaning the eternal, self -existent
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- God. God had no beginning and his existence will never end. He is immortal and infinite.
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- God is unchanging, making him reliable and trustworthy. God is incomparable, unequaled, and perfect.
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- God is inscrutable, unfathomable, and beyond comprehension. God is just, incapable of favoritism.
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- God is omnipotent, he is all -powerful, but his actions will always match the rest of his character.
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- God is present everywhere, but this does not mean that God is everything. God is omniscient, knowing the past, present, and future, including our thoughts.
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- Therefore, his justice will always be administered fairly. God is one and is worthy of our worship and devotion.
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- It is because of God's righteousness and justice that in order for our sins to be forgiven,
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- Jesus had to experience God's wrath when our sins were placed upon him.
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- God is sovereign, meaning he is supreme. God is spirit, meaning he is invisible.
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- God is a trinity. He is three in one, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
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- God is truth. God is holy, separated from all moral defilement and hostile toward it.
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- God sees all evil and it angers him. God is gracious and his grace includes his goodness, kindness, mercy, and love.
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- If it were not for God's grace, his holiness would exclude us from his presence. Since God is an infinite being, no human can fully answer this
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- God -sized question. But through God's word, we can understand much about who
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- God is and what he is like. That answers the question, what are the attributes of God?
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