Attributes of God *

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Diving in to learn about God
This section will cover information regarding YHWH and his many attributes, and good addl resources to go through.

The greatest need of every individual is to know who God is. No matter who you are, in the church, outside the church or an atheist, your most basic need is to know God if you are to know yourself and understand the world around you. You need to know who God is and what He is like. Every other knowledge that someone may acquire is a far distant second in importance. Everything in a person's life is affected by his knowledge of God. A true knowledge of God is that important. 

Part of the purpose of humanity is to know God. What do you actually know about Him? Are you growing in knowledge of who God is and rejoicing in it? Do you not really know him or not actually really know much of anything about Him? The below will help non Christians and Christians. It is a real blessing to believers, and an eye opener to non believers. 

We are to enter in to the knowledge of God. Part of the Christian's sanctification is growing in the knowledge of God and Christ [more intimately]. We can esteem and adore Him more, the more we grow to know Him. 

Understanding who God is will help you understand all the other doctrines taught in Scripture. 

*If you are an unbeliever, start with the "article" for a brief overview and then go to the study link for a video message on that attribute, (character and nature) of God. One by one. That will help bring clarity to you on who God really is. 

Some of these resources are videos, written, audio, or book resources. Please go through them all as they all are related and important for a solid overall understanding.

‭Proverbs 1:7 
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge

Dive into the depths of God’s awesome attributes, teaching that a deeper knowledge of our Creator can lead us into intimate fellowship with and reverent worship of the One who made us for Himself.

=========The Doctrine of God ========

Who is God and what is he like?
Attributes are character qualities of who God is. 


Basics


God is:
Majestically Awesome
Intensely Personal
Mysteriously Three
Internally Sufficient
Uniquely Immortal
Supremely Reigning
Infinitely Holy
Eternally Unchanging
Universally Present
Intimately Knowing
Irresistibly Powerful
Brilliantly Wise
Absolutely True
Graciously Kind

Brief Summary:

Creator- God made everything. He is uncreated. 
Eternal- God is not limited by and exists outside of time. 
Infinite- God has no limits in His person or on His power. 
Immutable/Unchanging- God never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Omnipotent/Almighty- God holds all power. Nothing is too hard for God. What He wills He can accomplish. 
Holy- God is infinite in perfection and purity. He is set apart from all of his creations. He is without sin.
Good- God is what is best and gives what is best. He is incapable of doing harm. 
Worthy- God deserves all glory and honor and praise Omniscient- God knows everything, past, present, and future- all potential and real outcomes, all things micro and macro. 
Wise- God knows what is best and acts accordingly. He cannot choose wrongly. 
Incomprehensible- God is beyond our understanding. We can comprehend Him in part but not in whole.
Just/Righteous- God is always good and right. God is fair in all His actions and judgments. He cannot over-punish or under-punish, 
Truthful- Whatever God speaks or does is truth and reality. 
Sovereign- God does everything according to His plan and pleasure. He controls all things. 
Loving- God feels and displays infinite, unconditional affection toward His children. His love for them does not depend on their worth, response, or merit. 
Wrathful- God hates all unrighteousness. 
Provider- God meets the needs of His children. 
Faithful- God always keeps his promises. 
Deliverer- God rescues and saves His children. 
Patient/Long-suffering- God is untiring and bears with His children.


God's attributes can be divided into two main categories: incommunicable attributes (those that God does not share with creation) and communicable attributes (those that can be reflected in human beings, being made in His image).


LETS BEGIN THE STUDY: 

*The focus area is the Sermon study. It is good to go through each item in each section but the main education area is the info in the sermon study link. >>Notes in footnote(1). 

1. Intro to God's Attributes

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook  brief look  more  more  more 


2. Attributes of God 

Article  Intro  Sermon Study. Workbook   Summary  brief look   more  more  more


3. The Aseity of God; (independent self existence. Eternal. Uncreated. Self sufficient. Essence. The source.)

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook   more  more  more


4. The Eternality of God

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook   more  more  more


5. The Spirituality of God

Article  Sermon Study   Workbook     more  more 

Our Spiritual God 

The Spirituality of God 


6. The Sovereignty of God   

Article.  Sermon Study  Workbook    more  more  more


7. The Holiness of God; (Transcendent & Morally Perfect)

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook   more  more  more

On God's Holiness 

The Holiness of God  Lawson

The Holiness of God JMac


Our Righteous God 


8. The Omnipresence of God; all present

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook   more  more  more

Our Unchanging God 

*God exists outside time; is in "eternity". Thus the humans who exist in the place of "time" can then understand when Scripture declares that "God is the same yeterday, today and forever". Additionally....
*God doesnt change; his character & nature stays the same. Thus God reveals himself across all of Scripture [66 books; OT& NT], as the same being. He is not different in the OT. 


9. The Omniscience of God; all knowing

Article  Sermon Study .Workbook    more  more  more

Our Foreknowing God 


10. The Omnipotence of God; all powerful

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook   more  more  more


11. The Immutability of God; unchanging

Article  Sermon Study Workbook   more  more  more


12. The Truthfulness of God

Article. Sermon Study  Workbook    more  more  more


13. The Wisdom of God

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook   more  more  more


14. The Goodness of God

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook    more  more  more


15. The Love of God

Article  Sermon Study Workbook   more. (more below)

The Love of God clarity

The Love of God 

What True Love For God Looks Like 

The love of God is different 

Books:

The God Who Loves 


16. The Loving Kindness of God

The loving kindness of God @15:40+

The Loving-kindness of God

The loving kindness of God 


17. The Foreknowledge of God

Article  Sermon Study  Workbook   more  more  more


18. The Wrath of God

Article  Sermon Study Workbook   more  more  more

*Reasons for the Wrath of God Pt1. Pt2. Pt3  Pt4  


19. The Justice of God

Article  Sermon Study  more  more  more


20. The Grace of God 

Article  Sermon Study   Workbook  more  more  more

What Grace is really about @ (#232)


21. The Mercy of God

Article  Sermon Study  more  more  more

The Mercy of God @14:00


22. The Truth of God

Article  Sermon Study  more  more  more


23. The Patience of God 

The Patience of God (243) @12:05+


Additional topics:

The Exclusively of God 

The Jealousy of God 

The Lordship of God

The Forgiveness of God 

*Further study about God, his wrath, about Jesus and the Holy Spirit can be found here, (lower on the page).



The attributes of God  (and more about Christ), by A. W. Pink

The Greatness of God

No One Like Him: A Study of God's Perfections

The Only True God; know Him



God the Being:

The Triunity of God

Grasping the Trinity

Delighting in the Trinity

Why we Love the Trinity


Only THIS God is worthy to be worshipped. 

There is no god like Him because He IS the Only true and living God. 


Exodus 33:6-7 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, abounding in loving-kindness [patient and slow to anger] and truth... and forgiving wrong-doing and sin."

He is the same God in the OT as in the NT. 
God is unchanging. And just as Scripture says of the Son, is true of the Father and the Holy Spirit:

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Note: When we talk about God we are not just talking about The Father, we are also talking about "the Word" Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. But note these attributes are also about Jesus. *You could do a separate study through Scripture on this point. 🙂

⭐ On Jesus deity: 

*Jesus has the same attributes that only God possesses. 

*Here are 160 examples from Scripture proving Jesus is God



Further study on God and human morals:

Books:

Audio books on God's attributes, and others on how to live lives rightly reflecting his moral character as men (believers) made in God's image. 

See the top 7 books there. These found on Amazon too, in print and audio.


Who God Is, by Wayne Grudem

*This book will also cover in depth the Communicable Attributes for humans (over 2 chapters).

Body of Divinity, Thomas Watson


Pillars of Christian Character, J.Mac 

The Inward Frame Should Correspond to Outward Profession, by Thomas Boston

In the pursuit of Holiness, J Bridges

The Practice of Godliness, Jerry Bridges

Respectable Sins Confronted, J Bridges

Gospel Treason: Betraying the Gospel with Hidden Idols, by Brad Bigny

Sanctification: The Christians Pursuit of God-given Holiness, Mike Riccardi (no audio)


Knowing the Living God by Paul Washer. A study and workbook, free here

Also refer to the Westminster Larger Catechism questions 91-153


See also:

*R C Sproul Holiness of God 

*Holiness by J.C. Ryle

*Overcoming Sin and Temptation by John Owens. Some versions include 3 works: Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers, Of Temptation: The Nature and Power of It, and The Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin. 

Sinners in the hands of an angry God 

Show me Your Glory, Steve Lawson,  book or audiobook 

Show me Your Glory, Steve Lawson - Audio book (Spotify users)

Attributes of God, Steve Lawson -workbook


Amazing truths:

The attributes of God seen in the Cross 

Things God cant do 


Books and Sermons:

*Look for ones that point to the character traits believers reflect of God's holy character. 

Fruit of the Spirit 

*See main book page & study here


Beatitudes 

*The Only Way to Happiness, J Mac


Sermon on the Mount:

*The Sermon on the Mount, (for Christian living) by Charles Quarles


Books Specifically for Women:

Becoming A Woman After God's Own Heart, Elizabeth George 

Loving God with all your Mind, Elizabeth George 

10 ways God calls us to reflect His character, Elizabeth George *

A Woman who reflects the heart of Jesus, Elizabeth George

Moral Character series, Elizabeth George

In His Image, Jenn Wilkin *


Galatians for Women:

A Womans Walk with God; Fruit of the Spirit


12 Extraordinary Women, JMac


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On the Communicable Attributes:

God's communicable attributes are attributes that He shares with us, since we are created in His likeness, however, we, as humans will never share in these fully, even as believers, we can only imitate Christ-likeness, through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. Once we reach Heaven and recieve our new eternal body we will be able to fully perfectly live these out as we were meant to. 


Reminders for believers about the communicable attributes we posess, having the righteousness of God in Christ, & a restoredness in living rightly as image bearers of God. 


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On the Trinity...

Usually we see a illustration like this shield to give general idea of who God is, and is not.


but after understanding the attributes of God, thru this study, you can now see clearly that each of the three persons who are God (& together are called God) looks more like this:

credit & discussion here

More on the Trinity can be found here 

Hope this Attributes Study has been of great benefit to you, and you now have a greater understanding of who God is. It will greatly help you now as you read the Bible and see everything very differently as you go through Scripture.  

*See below for a few more resources.

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Footnotes:

(1) Sermon Study Series on Attributes of God by Steve Lawson (16 part). These are the only videos still avail online right now. 

But here are back up1 back up2 

Videos Currently Private as of Sept 2024 may be reactivated in future to public: (#1) Sermon Study, (2) Sermon Study  (3) Sermon Study  (4) Sermon Study  (5) Sermon Study @30:49 (6) Sermon Study  (7) Sermon Study (8) Sermon Study  (9)  Sermon Study (10) Sermon Study  (11) Sermon Study   (12) Sermon Study  (13) Sermon Study  (14) Sermon Study  (15) Sermon Study  (16) Sermon Study (17)  Sermon Study  (18) Sermon Study but available on used dvd at some secondhand sellers online and at some churches who have it in their library.

If all these links go inactive, look for the dvd or see books and other resources listed here for a good study on the topic. 

If his video Study on God's Attributes links are broken they can be found by searching varied sites for used dvd here & here (under used), and here here bhere  here  here  here and more expensive offers like here,...but also look where & when available by alert searches or ISO. Search as "the attributes of God by Lawson, Steven J, dvd". You can also search isbn-10 1567695280 or isbn 13-9781567695281 as they'll come avail sooner or later. And search thrift shops irl near protestant churches, or thrift shop websites. 

Use the workbook that goes with the book set, noted below, to go through the series topic, or as stand alone.

Note.- If using earbuds, [the privated videos]  some have mono sound not in stereo so if needed for those, use your tv youtube and your phone wifi youtube - with 2 diff earbuds to hear audio in both ears.  Play both together to match the audio together and it works fine. 🙂

(2) book, Show me Your Glory, Steve Lawson

⭐ workbook, Attributes of God, Steve Lawson


(3) Jen Wilkin holds diff secondary & tertiary beliefs than we do however those views wouldnt be in writings that have to do with walking as one reflecting the moral character traits of God as a believer. So these books are fine. There are problems with her so be ware and use discernment as with anyone. 

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