APRECIATING GODS ABSOLUTE AND INFINITE GREATNESS

1
APRECIATING GODS ABSOLUTE AND INFINITE GREATNESS
By the Means of Studying and Learning His
Attributes
John Stephenson Biblical Worldview
Ministries 408-888-9196 drawgal_at_aol.com
2
We Should Seek Gods Best
Appreciating and Knowing Gods Perfect
Attributes, We, As Christians, Should Pursue
Becoming Mature in Christ At The Highest Skill
Levels And Seek To Do His Most Perfect and
Complete Will. God Is In Charge. Apart From
Walking With God, Having Him Direct All Our Ways
from His absolute Perfection, There Is Nothing.
3
Self-Existence (Eternal Life)
Self-existence is God's independent eternal life
within Himself, whereby He has existence
throughout all eternities of the past, present,
and future. This self-existence and eternal life
is independent of any outside entity. God has
always existed and will always exist.
Consequently, He is able to impart eternal life
to others as they draw life from Him.
Genesis 2133 Psalm 97 4113 10212 Job
3626 Isaiah 4028 5715 Daniel 434 John
526 1 John 511.
4
Sovereignty (Absolute Ruler)
God has top self-rule over all that exists and
can do anything He wants. He will do this only in
accordance with His perfect character qualities
and attributes, and then, without any effective
resistance.
Exodus 1518 Deuteronomy 1014, 17 1 Chronicles
2911-12 2 Chronicles 206 Psalm 1355-6 Luke
137 Acts 1724-26 Hebrews 613.
5
Glory (Everything He Is)
The totality of God's greatness, attributes, and
character qualities is His Glory. Believers can
get a glimpse of it. More of His Glory will be
revealed in eternity.
Psalm 191 7219 10431 1385 Isaiah 352
Matthew 613 Romans 52 64.
6
Spirit
God's substance is spirit invisible,
indivisible, and present everywhere. He does not
have a physical body as humans do. He cannot be
discerned by our physical senses. Those who saw
God in the Old Testament times saw the Lord Jesus
Christ, not God the Father.
(John 118 424 537 Romans 120 1 Timothy
117 616
7
Omnipresence
God is everywhere present throughout all
universes and space. He deals with each person in
the world at the same time, even though there are
billions and billions of people and angels.
Psalm 1397-12 Proverbs 1513 Hebrews 413.
8
Omniscience (Knows Everything)
God has always known everything that can ever be
known past, present, and future. Thus, there is
nothing new that He can ever learn or that is
possible to learn.
Job 3716 Psalm 1396 1453 Isaiah 4028
559 Romans 1133 1 John 320
9
Omnipotence (Infinite Power)
With His infinite power, God created the entire
universe, heaven, the earth, people, and angels
(everything apart from Himself that exists). He
has infinite power to do anything without any
effective resistance.
2 Chronicles 206 Jeremiah 3217 Psalm 1153.
10
Immutability Never Changes
God never changes. He can be relied upon to
always act the same way, according to His
spiritual laws and character qualities. He cannot
improve or get worse.
1 Samuel 1529 Malachi 36 Hebrews 138 James
117.
11
Perfect Righteousness
God's thoughts and actions are always
accomplished in perfection in accordance with
perfect spiritual laws. He is without sin or
mistakes. He always thinks and acts in a right
way according to His perfect character and
perfect spiritual laws.
Psalm 117 1113 1129 119142.)
12
Absolute Holiness (No Sin)
God's holiness is His perfect moral excellence.
He is without sin or error of any kind or amount.
His holiness demands that everyone live holy
lives or face judgment for breaking His spiritual
laws. People can only live holy if God directs
their lives.
1 Samuel 22 Psalm 223 999 Isaiah 63
Revelation 48 154.
13
God Is Love Has Love
God is love, and He loves everyone. His love acts
sacrificially on the behalf of others. The fact
that the Father was willing to lose fellowship
with His Son on the Cross to satisfy His justice
for our sin demonstrates His great love for us.
This kind of love may not be known by any way
other than through sacrifice at a high cost.
John 316 1 John 48, 12
14
Truth Perfect Spiritual Laws
God knows all the absolute truth and laws that
make and run a perfect universe, in every
respect. Furthermore, He is truth. Using His
truth is the only way we can live perfectly
without sin and without breaking spiritual laws.
All of His commandments, concepts and laws of
relationships constitute part of His truth.
Exodus 346 Psalm 315 8611 1084 1172
119142, 151 Isaiah 6516 John 146 1717
Romans 38.
15
Light Perfect Guidance
God provides His light to guide our lives in
truth and righteousness. He is the light Himself.
His light is His presence, His righteousness, and
the commandments we are to keep. His light guides
our paths into righteous living and into an
intimate relationship with Himself.
Psalm 271 369 376 443 7814 8915
119105, 130 Proverbs 623 2913 Isaiah 92
6019, 20 Matthew 416 John 14-9 319 812
95 1235-36, 47
16
Faithfulness
God is faithful to act by His character, to do
what He says, to stand by the righteous, and to
inflict judgment on unrepentant sinners. Great is
the faithfulness of the Lord.
Deuteronomy 324 Psalm 365 4010 89 914
1005 11975, 90, 138 1431 Lamentations 323
Romans 33.
17
Lovingkindness
God acts to help those who love Him and keep His
commandments and do His will. God gives
lovingkindness to afflicted believers. Through
His lovingkindness, He provides salvation and
help to those in need. God acts in lovingkindness
toward His repentant subjects who turn toward Him
in obedience from their sin.
Psalm 57 64 257, 10 317, 16 335, 22
367, 10 4010-11 5917 617 633 643
6620 69 8510 865, 13 892 9518 1061
1182 11976, 88 136.
18
Justice
God's holiness and righteousness require that His
justice be satisfied for sin, transgressions of
His laws. Only His perfect righteousness (from
Him such as by the Cross) can satisfy this
justice.
Job 366 Psalm 8930-37 1117 Isaiah 421-4
514 Amos 42 Jeremiah 42 235 Matthew
1218 Luke 729 Romans 321-30
19
Grace
The fact that God through the Cross is willing to
forgive all sin and bring us into fellowship with
Himself demonstrates His grace and mercy. Grace
brings God's best to those who do not deserve it.
Acts 1123 1343 1426 1511 2024 Romans
324 52 2 Corinthians 415 89 98
Ephesians 17 27-9 2 Timothy 19 Titus 37
Hebrews 416 1 Peter 510.
20
Mercy
God's mercy provides for us when we do not
deserve anything. Even when we have sinned, and
are in great need, He brings us salvation and
provides for us by His mercy. When we deserve
judgment, He holds back and gives us another
chance.
Luke 154, 78 Romans 916, 18 1132 159 1
Corinthians 725 Ephesians 24 Philippians
227 1 Timothy 12, 13 2 Timothy 12, 18 Titus
35 Hebrews 416 1 Peter 13.
21
Long-Suffering
God acts in long-suffering with kindness,
patience, and forbearance to withhold His
judgment for sin, so that many will be led to
repentance, as He continues to draw people into a
personal relationship with Himself in salvation
and in spiritual growth. He does not desire that
anyone goes to the Lake of Fire.
Romans 21-8 2 Peter 39.
22
Provider
God provides life's necessities to His own
people, as they obey Him and do His will. He also
makes provision for all people during times of
prosperity and testing. But His provision may be
withdrawn from those in disobedience when the
time of His judgment comes.
Genesis 2214 4511 5021 1 Kings 174, 9
Nehemiah 915, 21 Psalm 7820 Matthew 633 1
Corinthians 1013.