"O LORD My God,Thou Art Very Great"
Psalm 104:1
(Some Attributes of The One True and Living GOD.)
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all
thy strength: this is the first commandment” (Mark 12:30).
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The ETERNALITY of God
The FAITHFULNESS of God
The FORGIVENESS of God
The GOODNESS of God
The GRACE of God
The HOLINESS of God
The IMMUTABILITY of God
The JUDGMENT of God
The KINDNESS of God
The LONGSUFFERING of God
The LOVE of God
The MERCIES of God
The POWER of God
The RIGHTEOUSNESS of God
The SALVATION of God
The SUFFERING of God
The SUPREME RULE of God
The THREE-FOLD ‘OMNI’ attributes of God
The TRINITY of God
The WAY of God
The WILL of God
God Seeks True WORSHIPPERS
INTRODUCTION
The more the child of God knows about his Saviour the more
he will love Him, and desire to please Him with his life.
It will also help him to have more comfort, peace and assurance
in the Lord. In this little booklet a few of the attributes of
the Lord are given with a few Scripture references for each attribute.
There are other attributes of God with many additional Scripture references.
It would be a profitable endeavor for each one to study the attributes of God,
find even more Scriptures describing those attributes in order to learn more
about Him. Our ultimate goal should be for the Lord to be honored and glorified
through our lives.
Hopefully, these few attributes and Scriptures will be a great encouragement to
the saved person to draw nigh unto God and serve Him faithfully because of his
love for Him. An often forgotten, but very important truth is that God receives
glory in and through one of His true New Testament churches. “Unto Him be glory in
the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen”
(Ephesians 3:21).
God’s attributes are perfect. They can not be improved upon, increased or become greater.
They certainly can never be decreased. In God these attributes are fully, completely,
perfectly, permanently and infinitely existent.
Since God is not changeable, His attributes do not change. God is who God is. He is not
who a person may desire or think Him to be or not to be. He is who He is, and He will never
change.
These attributes are attributes of the Triune Godhead. Thus, these are attributes of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Jesus is the One, true and living God [John 1:1-3; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:8;
I John 5:7 and many other Scriptures]. He is God the Son. He is as much God as is the Father
and the Holy Spirit. Jesus is fully God and at the same time fully man, the unique God-man.
May you enjoy and be blessed by these passages of Scripture.
THE ETERNALITY OF GOD
-“And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called
there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God”
(Genesis 21:33).
-“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said,
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath
sent me unto you” (Exodus 3:14, 15).
-“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the
everlasting arms: and He shall thrust out the enemy from
before thee; and shall say, Destroy them” (Deuteronomy
33:27).
-“Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to
everlasting. Amen, and Amen” (Psalm 41:13).
-“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst
formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to
everlasting, thou art God” (Psalm 90:2).
- “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall
be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).
-“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the
everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the
earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching
of His understanding” (Isaiah 40:28).
-“But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the
prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting
God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:”
(Romans 16:26).
-“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise
God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen”
(I Timothy 1:17).
-“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge
your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?”
(Hebrews 9:14).
-“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal
glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while,
make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you”
(I Peter 5:10).
THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD
-“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the faithful
God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand
generations;” (Deuteronomy 7:9).
-“O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy
name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of
old are faithfulness and truth” (Isaiah 25:1).
-“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of
His Son Jesus Christ our Lord” (I Corinthians 1:9).
-“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to
man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make
a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (I Corinthians
10:13).
-“Wherefore in all things it behooved Him to be made like unto
His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for
the sins of the people” (Hebrews 2:17). [Jesus is the faithful
High Priest.]
-“Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God
commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as
unto a faithful Creator” (I Peter 4:19).
-Jesus, the faithful witness:
“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the
first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the
earth. Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins
in His own blood,” (Revelation 1:5);
“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;
These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the beginning of the creation of God;” (Revelation 3:14).
-Jesus, Faithful and True: “And I saw heaven opened, and
behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and
make war” (Revelation 19:11).
GOD IS FAITHFUL and TRUSTWORTHY.
TRUST, BELIEVE, OBEY and FOLLOW HIM!
THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD (An Example for Us)
-“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against
any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you
your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your
Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses”
(Mark 11:25, 26).
-“For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in
mercy unto all them that call upon thee” (Psalm 86:5).
-“To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,
though we have rebelled against Him;” (Daniel 9:9).
-“Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye
shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:”
(Luke 6:37).
-“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what
they do. And they parted His raiment, and cast lots”
(Luke 23:34).
-“Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a
Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of
sins” (Acts 5:31).
-“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that
through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of
sins: And by Him all that believe are justified from all things,
from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses”
(Acts 13:38, 39). [Jesus is ‘this man’.]
-“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light,
and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified by faith that is in me” (Acts 26:18). [Faith in Jesus].
-“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;”
(Ephesians 1:7). [Only through Jesus’ blood and God’s grace.]
-“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you”
(Ephesians 4:32).
-“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (I John 1:9).
-“I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven
you for His name's sake” (I John 2:12).
THE GOODNESS OF GOD
-“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The
LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering,
and abundant in goodness and truth,” (Exodus 34:6).
-“O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man
that trusteth in Him. O fear the LORD, ye His saints: for there
is no want to them that fear Him” (Psalm 34:8, 9).
-“Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the
goodness of God endureth continually” (Psalm 52:1).
-“Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean
heart” (Psalm 73:1).
-“For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth
endureth to all generations” (Psalm 100:5).
-“Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto His
name; for it is pleasant” (Psalm 135:3).
-“Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness” (Psalm 143:10).
-“The LORD is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all
His works” (Psalm 145:9).
-“The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul
that seeketh Him” (Lamentations 3:25).
-“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and He
knoweth them that trust in Him” (Nahum 1:7).
-“Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you
from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?”
(John 10:32).
-“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and
with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that
were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him” (Acts
10:38).
-“Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness and forbearance
and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God
leadeth thee to repentance?” (Romans 2:4).
-“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His
good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and
disputings:” (Philippians 2:13, 14).
-“And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the
world to come,” (Hebrews 6:5).
THE GRACE OF GOD
-“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give
grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them
that walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11).
-“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we
beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).
-“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear
unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the
ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify
the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24).
-“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that
is in Christ Jesus:” (Romans 3:24).
-“Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the
promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is
of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham;
who is the father of us all,” (Romans 4:16).
-“For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more
they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)”
(Romans 5:17).
-“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But
where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: That
as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign
through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our
Lord” (Romans 5:20, 21).
-“And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is
no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace:
otherwise work is no more work” (Romans 11:6).
-“For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace
might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory
of God” (II Corinthians 4:15).
-“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God:” (Ephesians 2:8).
-“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to His own purpose
and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the
world began,” (II Timothy 1:9).
-“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to
all men,” (Titus 2:11).
THE HOLINESS OF GOD
-“Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like
thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?”
(Exodus 15:11).
-“For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of
Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am
Holy” (Leviticus 11:45).
-“There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee:
neither is there any rock like our God” (I Samuel 2:2).
-“O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build
thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and
is all thine own” (I Chronicles 29:16).
-“Give unto the LORD the glory due unto His name; worship the
LORD in the beauty of holiness” (Psalm 29:2).
-“Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the
remembrance of His holiness” (Psalm 30:4).
-“I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my
God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of
Israel” (Psalm 71:22).
-“Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; for
He is holy” (Psalm 99:5).
-“The LORD hath made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the
nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation
of our God” (Isaiah 52:10).
-“So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people
Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more:
and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy
One in Israel” (Ezekiel 39:7).
-“Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou
Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee
who thou art, the Holy One of God” (Mark 1:24).
-(Jesus Christ) “..declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the
dead:” (Romans 1:4).
-“And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him;
and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and
night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was,
and is, and is to come” (Revelation 4:8). [The three-fold
proclaimation of Holiness of the Triune Godhead.]
THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD
(God Himself Does Not Change)
-“And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for He
is not a man, that He should repent”(I Samuel 15:29).
-“The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of
His heart to all generations” (Psalm 33:11).
-“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the
heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but
thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a
garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they
shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years
shall have no end” (Psalm 102:25-27).
-“There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the
counsel of the LORD, that shall stand” (Proverbs 19:21).
-“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there
is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient
times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel
shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a
ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my
counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also
bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it” (Isaiah
46:9-11).
-“For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob
are not consumed” (Malachi 3:6).
-“They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax
old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold
them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same,
and thy years shall not fail” (Hebrews 1:11, 12).
-“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show unto the
heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed
it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was
impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong
consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the
hope set before us:” (Hebrews 6:17, 18).
-“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever”
(Hebrews 13:8).
-“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17).
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
-“.. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” (Genesis
18:25).
-“He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are
judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is
He” (Deuteronomy 32:4).
-Jesus said, “I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I
judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me” (John
5:30).
-“And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to
testify that it is He which was ordained of God to be the
Judge of quick and dead. To Him give all the prophets
witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him
shall receive remission of sins” (Acts 10:42, 43).
-“Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge
the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath
ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in
that He hath raised Him from the dead” (Acts 17:31).
-“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus
Christ according to my gospel” (Romans 2:16).
-“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that
every one may receive the things done in his body, according
to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad”
(II Corinthians 5:10).
-“I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and
His kingdom;” (II Timothy 4:1).
-“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His
appearing” (II Timothy 4:8).
-“And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons
judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning here in fear:” (I Peter 1:17).
-“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He
that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in
righteousness He doth judge and make war” (Revelation
19:11).
THE KINDNESS OF GOD
-“Blessed be the LORD: for He hath shown me His marvellous
kindness in a strong city"(Psalm 31:21).
-“O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people.
For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of
the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD” (Psalm 117:1, 2).
-“For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great
mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from
thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have
mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. .. For the
mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my
kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the
covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath
mercy on thee” (Isaiah 54:7, 8, 10).
-“And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the
LORD your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth Him of the evil”
(Joel 2:13).
-“And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD,
was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country?
Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art
a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great
kindness, and repentest thee of the evil” (Jonah 4:2).
-“But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be
the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful
and to the evil” (Luke 6:35).
-“That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches
of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus”
(Ephesians 2:7).
-“But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward
man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our
Saviour; That being justified by His grace, we should be
made heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:4-7).
THE LONGSUFFERING OF GOD
-“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed,
The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious,
longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,"
(Exodus 34:6).
-“The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving
iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the
guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation” (Numbers 14:18).
-"But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth” (Psalm
86:15).
-“The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and
plenteous in mercy” (Psalm 103:8).
-“Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the
goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”
(Romans 2:4).
-“..the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set
forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to
declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are
past, through the forbearance of God;” (Romans 3:24, 25).
-“Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be
likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:”
(Romans 15:5).
-“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law” (Galatians 5:22, 23).
-“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first
Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern
to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life
everlasting“ (I Timothy 1:16).
-“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men
count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing
that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance” (II Peter 3:9).
THE LOVE OF GOD
-“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but
have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might
be saved” (John 3:16, 17).
-Jesus said, “For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God”
(John 16:27).
-“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave
Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
-“But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He
loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)”
(Ephesians 2:4, 5).
-“And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given
Himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
sweetsmelling savour” (Ephesians 5:2).
-“Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting
consolation and good hope through grace,” (II Thessalonians
2:16).
-“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down
His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren” (I John 3:16).
-“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us,
and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (I John
4:10).
-“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and
God in him” (I John 4:16).
-“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His
own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and
His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen” (Revelation 1:5, 6).
THE MERCIES OF GOD
-“Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God, the faithful
God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love
Him and keep His commandments to a thousand
generations;” (Deuteronomy 7:9).
-“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my
transgressions” (Psalm 51:1).
-“O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for His mercy endureth
for ever” (Psalm 136:26).
-“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have
mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly
pardon” (Isaiah 55:7).
-“Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring
from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in
darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into
the way of peace” (Luke 1:78, 79).
-“And that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy; as it is
written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the
Gentiles, and sing unto thy name” (Romans 15:9).
-“But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He
loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)” (Ephesians
2:4, 5).
-“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He
shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;”
(Titus 3:5, 6).
-“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead,” (I Peter 1:3).
-“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
(Romans 12:1)
THE POWER OF GOD
-“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”
(Genesis 1:1).
-“Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is
infinite” (Psalm 147:5).
-“I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon
the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm,
and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me”
(Jeremiah 27:5).
-“Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the
earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is
nothing too hard for thee: Thou showest lovingkindness unto
thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into
the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty
God, the LORD of hosts, is His name” (Jeremiah 32:17, 18).
-“The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at
all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath His way in the whirlwind
and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet”
(Nahum 1:3).
-“And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds
with great power and glory” (Mark 13:26).
-“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).
-“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of
God” (I Corinthians 1:18).
-“And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up
us by His own power” (I Corinthians 6:14).
-“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time” (I Peter 1:5).
-“Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art,
and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee
thy great power, and hast reigned” (Revelation 11:17).
-“And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as
the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty
thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth” (Revelation 19:6).
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
-“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but
establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts
and reins” (Psalm 7:9).
-“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness;
His countenance doth behold the upright” (Psalm 11:7).
-“The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the
judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether”
(Psalm 19:9).
-“Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful”
(Psalm 116:5).
-“The LORD is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His
works” (Psalm 145:17).
-“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto
David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and
prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the
earth” (Jeremiah 23:5).
-“Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and
brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all
His works which He doeth: for we obeyed not His voice”
(Daniel 9:14).
-“To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might
be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus”
(Romans 3:26).
-“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that
day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His
appearing” (II Timothy 4:8).
-“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to
them that have obtained like precious faith with us through
the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:”
(II Peter 1:1).
-“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin
not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And He is the
propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for
the sins of the whole world” (II John 2:1, 2).
-“And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God
Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments” (Revelation
16:7).
THE SALVATION OF GOD
-“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for
the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also is
become my salvation” (Isaiah 12:2).
-“Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel
together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath
told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no
God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none
beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of
the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:21,
22).
-Jesus said, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall
never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my
hand” (John 10:28).
-“Of this man's seed hath God according to His promise raised
unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:” (Acts 13:23).
-“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to
the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).
-“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation” (Romans 10:9, 10).
-“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received,
how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day
according to the scriptures: And that He was seen …”
(I Corinthians 15:3-5).
-“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God:” (Ephesians 2:8).
-“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He
shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;”
(Titus 3:5, 6).
-“Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that
come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make
intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25).
THE SUFFERING OF GOD
(Psalm 22:1-19 The Suffering of God the Son, Jesus Christ)
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so
far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in
the night season, and am not silent.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver
them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee,
and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and
despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip,
they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the LORD that He would deliver Him: let Him
deliver Him, seeing He delighted in Him.
9 But thou art He that took me out of the womb: thou didst make
me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from
my mother's belly.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to
help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have
beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a
roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint:
my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue
cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust
of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked
have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my
vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste
thee to help me.
(Isaiah 52:14; 53:1-12 The Suffering of God the Son, Jesus Christ)
14 As many were astonied at thee; His visage was so marred more
than any man, and His form more than the sons of men:
1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD
revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out
of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we
shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He
was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
4 Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did
esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with
His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his
own way; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His
mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep
before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare
His generation? for He was cut off out of the land of the living: for
the transgression of my people was He stricken.
9 And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His
death; because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in
His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief:
when thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His
seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the LORD
shall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for He shall
bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall
divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out His
soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors; and
He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors.
-“Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen
again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you,
is Christ” (Acts 17:3).
THE SUPREME RULE OF GOD
-“He ruleth by His power for ever; His eyes behold the nations:
let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah” (Psalm 66:7).
-“The LORD hath prepared His throne in the heavens; and His
kingdom ruleth over all” (Psalm 103:19).
-“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand
by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may
know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth up over it the
basest of men” (Daniel 4:17).
-“That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat
grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of
heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know
that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it
to whomsoever He will” (Daniel 4:25).
-“And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass
as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou
know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and
giveth it to whomsoever He will” (Daniel 4:32).
-“And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine
eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me,
and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured Him
that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting
dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation:
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing:
and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and
among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His
hand, or say unto Him, What doest thou?” (Daniel 4:34, 35).
-“And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was
made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild
asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was
wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high
God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that He appointeth
over it whomsoever He will” (Daniel 5:21).
THE THREE-FOLD ‘OMNI’ ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
(Omniscience; omnipotence; omnipresence)
(Psalm 139:1-16, 23, 24)
1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou
understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou
knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand
upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot
attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from
thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall
hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night
shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth
as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in
my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right
well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in
secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in
thy book all my members were written, which in continuance
were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the
way everlasting.
-“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty
God; walk before me, and be thou perfect” (Genesis 17:1).
-“Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:
praise Him in the heights. Praise ye Him, all His angels:
praise ye Him, all His hosts. Praise ye Him, sun and moon:
praise Him, all ye stars of light. Praise Him, ye heavens of
heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let
them praise the name of the LORD: for He commanded,
and they were created” (Psalm 148:1-5).
-“The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not
at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath His way in the
whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of
His feet” (Nahum 1:3).
-“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth” (Matthew 28:18).
-“And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is
impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are
possible” (Mark 10:27).
-“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that
worketh in us,” (Ephesians 3:20).
-“Which in His times He shall shew, who is the blessed and
only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;”
(I Timothy 6:15).
-“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith
the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come,
the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).
-“And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him;
and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and
night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which
was, and is, and is to come” (Revelation 4:8).
-“And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as
the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty
thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth” (Revelation 19:6).
-“And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and
the Lamb are the temple of it” (Revelation 21:22).
THE TRINITY OF GOD
-“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:..”
(Genesis 1:26).
-“And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the
water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him: And lo
a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased” (Matthew 3:16, 17).
-“For He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God
giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Him. The Father loveth the
Son, and hath given all things into His hand” (John 3:34, 35).
-Jesus said, “I and my Father are one” (John 10:30).
-Jesus said, “..he that hath seen me hath seen the Father;..”
(John 14:9).
-“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father,
He shall testify of me:” (John 15:26).
-“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of
God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of
sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit
of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that
raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal
bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you” (Romans 8:9-11).
-“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen”
(II Corinthians 13:14).
-“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14).
-“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the
blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied”
(I Peter 1:2).
-“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,
and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” (I John 5:7).
-“And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they
were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to
come” (Revelation 4:8). [The three-fold proclaimation of Holiness
of the Triune Godhead.]
THE WAY OF GOD
-“He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are
judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is
He” (Deuteronomy 32:4).
-“As for God, His way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried:
He is a buckler to all those that trust in Him” (Psalm 18:30).
-“Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my
heart to fear thy name. I will praise thee, O Lord my God,
with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For
great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my
soul from the lowest hell” (Psalm 86:11-13).
-“The LORD is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all His
works” (Psalm 145:17).
-“Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are
they that keep my ways” (Proverbs 8:32).
-“The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction
shall be to the workers of iniquity” (Proverbs 10:29).
-“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways
my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher
than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8, 9).
-“Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King
of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways judgment:
and those that walk in pride He is able to abase” (Daniel
4:37).
-“And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas
saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and
how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me” (John 14:4-6).
-“O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of
God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways
past finding out!” (Romans 11:33).
-“And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the
song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy
works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou
King of saints” (Revelation 15:3).
THE WILL OF GOD
-Jesus said, “For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my
brother, and my sister, and mother” (Mark 3:35).
-“And He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the
Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the saints according to
the will of God” (Romans 8:27).
-“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2).
-“And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to
the Lord, and unto us by the will of God” (II Corinthians 8:5).
-“Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this
present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:”
(Galatians 1:4).
-“Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the
Lord is” (Ephesians 5:17).
-“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to
pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the
knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”
(Colossians 1:9).
-“Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,
always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand
perfect and complete in all the will of God” (Colossians 4:12).
-“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:” (I Thessalonians 4:3).
-“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you” (I Thessalonians 5:18).
-“For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of
God, ye might receive the promise” (Hebrews 10:36).
-“Make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you
that which is wellpleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to
whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen” (Hebrews 13:21).
-“That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the
lusts of men, but to the will of God” (I Peter 4:2).
-“Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit
the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing, as unto a faithful
Creator” (I Peter 4:19).
-“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (II Peter 3:9).
-“And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth
the will of God abideth for ever” (I John 2:17).
GOD SEEKS TRUE WORSHIPPERS
-“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father
seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit: and they that
worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth” (John
4:23, 24).
-“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head,
and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said,
Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I
return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken
away; blessed be the name of the LORD” (Job 1:20, 21).
-“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the
LORD our maker. For He is our God; and we are the people
of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today if ye will
hear His voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation,
and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:” (Psalm
95:6-8).
-“Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very
great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty” (Psalm
104:1).
-“The four and twenty elders fall down before Him that sat on
the throne, and worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, and
cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy,
O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast
created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created” (Revelation 4:10, 11).
-“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the
book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and
hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred,
and tongue, and people, and nation;… Saying with a loud
voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power,
and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory,
and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on
the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea,
and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour,
and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four
beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down
and worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever” (Revelation
5:9, 12-14).
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