About GOD
Intro: 4 ways God reveals himself to mankind
WHO IS GOD?
What does God reveal to mankind in the Scriptures about himself?
God reveals Himself to humans through His Word (the Bible) and through His Son (Christ Jesus). The more we study the Bible, the more we come to understand God’s characteristics, the qualities He possesses. As mortals, we struggle to grasp the power and majesty of the God who has created time, space, matter, and all life. “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).
A few things we will see once we understand more about God is that God’s faithfulness leads us to trust Him. His grace prompts gratitude in us. His power incites awe. His knowledge causes us to ask Him for wisdom (James 1:5). Ultimately because you now understand more about God it leads people to properly revere and conduct themselves in holiness and honor (1 Thessalonians 4:4–5).(1)
There are many other characteristics of God revealed in this study which you will also see in the Bible, as the contents here came from Scripture.
We put together these resources to help you grasp the topic of "God" well. Once you go through it, from now on while thinking about God or when in Scripture, you will see these things clearer whenever you read about God or a situation, since you now understand the doctrine of God.
The Attributes, Nature and Character of God (below)
Part 1:
About the Triune God
Scripture reveals there is one God, eternally existing in three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Who know, love, and glorify one another. They are forever equal in nature, attributes, and perfection, yet forever distinct in Their relations to one another and distinct in Their particular relationships both to the creation and to the actions and processes of redemption. They are equally worthy of our worship, love, and obedience. This One true and living God is infinitely perfect both in His love and in His holiness. The Triune God, in affectionate sovereignty, sustains and rules over all things, providentially bringing about His eternal good purpose to redeem a people for Himself – to the praise of the glory of His grace.
About God the Father
Scripture reveals God, as the Father, reigns over His entire universe with providential care, holy justice, and saving mercy, to His own glory. In His holy love, the Father is all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing, and all-wise. He is fatherly in attitude toward all men, but Father, indeed, to those who have been made children of God through salvation in Christ.
How we should understand the concept of God the Father
About God the Son, Jesus Christ
Scripture reveals the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, who humbled Himself by taking on the form of a man by means of His virgin birth, becoming forever both fully human without ceasing to be fully God. We affirm that He lived a sinless life of active love and perfect wisdom. He died by crucifixion on the cross, by His shed blood and death making a vicarious, atonement for our sins. After three days, He was resurrected bodily from the dead, unto an indestructible life. After appearing to His disciples and instructing them for forty days, He ascended to Heaven. He is now seated at the right hand of the Father, interceding for believers, reigning as King over all creation, and working in and through His Church. He will personally return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead, and to raise to immortality those who eagerly await Him, perfecting them in His image.
Jesus has the same attributes that only God posesses.
About God the Holy Spirit
Scripture reveals that God the Holy Spirit, sent by the Father and the Son, has come into the world to reveal and glorify Christ, and to convict and draw sinners to Christ. From the moment of spiritual birth, He indwells believers, individually and corporately, as their Helper. By the Spirit’s agency, believers are renewed, sanctified, and adopted into God’s family. He imparts new life to believers, placing them into the Body of Christ, transforming and empowering them for Christlike living, and sealing them until the day of redemption. He is the source of power for all acceptable worship and ministry as He imparts a diversity of enabling gifts that equip God’s people for service. He provides the power to understand and apply God’s truth in love.
This deep dives into the Holy Spirit and believers. It's good to go through the below first, before this study, as it is in depth.
GOD, A TRINITY
*return to this page (you're reading) to complete the attribute study below. It is an important section of this study about God.
The Trinity defined: “within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
Part 2: The Attributes of God
This will take you deeper in understanding of all of God's attributes so you understand his character and nature very clearly. There are also some audio books & books here for further study. This section includes the attributes humans live out in righteousness (after they are saved by Jesus).
What is the Gospel?
Footnote:
Cr: from Characteristics of God, gotquestions
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