The Attributes of God

Definition: An attribute is a property intrinsic to its subject and by which the subject is distinguished or identified.

A few days ago I posted that we cannot love someone we don’t know. Here are some Bible passages that will help you begin to get to know God.

1. Simplicity: a. Meaning. God is uncompounded, incomplex, indivisible. b. Scripture. John 4:24.

2. Unity: a. Meaning. God is one. b. Scripture. Deuteronomy 6:4; 32:39; Isaiah 43:10; 44:6; 45:5.

3. Infinity: a. Meaning. Without termination and finitude. b. Scripture. 1 Kings 8:27; Isaiah 66:1; Acts 17:28;

4. Eternity: a. Meaning. Free from succession of time. b. Scripture. Genesis 21:33; Psalm 90:2.

5. Immutability: a. Meaning. God is unchanging and unchangeable. b. Scripture. Malachi 3:6; James 1:17.

6. Omnipresence: a. Meaning. God is everywhere (not in everything; that is pantheism). b. Scripture. Psalm 139:7-12; Jeremiah 23:24.

7. Sovereignty: a. Meaning. God is the supreme ruler. b. Scripture. Ephesians 1:18-23; 1 Timothy 6:15.

8. Omniscience: a. Meaning. God knows all actual and possible things. b. Scripture. Job 38-39; Matthew 11:21; Luke 6:8; John 2:25; 18:4.

9. Omnipotence: a. Meaning. All power. b. Scripture. Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17; Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; 18:27; Revelation 19:6.

10. Justice: a. Meaning. Moral equity, "no respect of persons." b. Scripture. Psalms 9:8; 96:13; 98:9; Acts.10:42; 17:31.

11. Love: a. Meaning. God seeking the highest good of displaying His own will. b. Scripture. Psalms 136:7; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:4; 1 John 4:7, 8, 10, 16.

12. Truth: a. Meaning. Agreement to and consistency with all that is represented by God Himself. b. Scripture. John 1:14; 14:6.

13. Freedom: a. Meaning. Independence from His creatures. b. Scripture. Isaiah 40:13-14.

14. Holiness: a. Meaning. Righteous. b. Scripture. Isaiah 6:3, 1 John 1:5; Revelation 4:8.