Character (3)

The character of God

God is the Father of believers

Ephesians 1:2 KJV 1900

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

See also Ga 1:1; Col 1:12; 1 Th 1:3; 1 Th 3:13

God is good

Psalm 34:8 KJV 1900

O taste and see that the Lord is good: Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

See also Ex 33:19; La 3:25; Mt 19:17; 2 Pe 1:3

God is holy

1 Samuel 2:2 KJV 1900

There is none holy as the Lord: For there is none beside thee: Neither is there any rock like our God.

See also Le 11:44–45; Is 6:3; Is 43:15; Eze 39:7; 1 Pe 1:15; Re 4:8

God is faithful

Psalm 36:5 KJV 1900

Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; And thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

See also Dt 7:9; 1 Ki 8:56; Ps 89:2; Ps 146:6; La 3:23; 1 Th 5:23–24

God is just and righteous

Romans 3:25–26 KJV 1900

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; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

See also 2 Ch 12:6; Ps 33:5; Is 30:18; Zep 3:5; Ac 17:31; Re 16:5–6

God is loving

Psalm 145:17 KJV 1900

The Lord is righteous in all his ways, And holy in all his works.

See also Jn 3:16; Ro 5:8; Eph 2:4; Tt 3:4–5; Heb 12:6; 1 Jn 4:7–10

God is merciful and compassionate

Ps 86:15; Lk 1:50

See also Ne 9:31; Is 63:7; La 3:22; Jon 4:2; Lk 18:10–14; 2 Co 1:3; Jas 5:11

The character of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ possesses the exact likeness of God

Hebrews 1:3 KJV 1900

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

See also 2 Co 4:4; Col 1:15

Jesus Christ is faithful

Hebrews 3:6 KJV 1900

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

See also 2 Th 3:3; Heb 2:17; Re 1:5; Re 3:14

Jesus Christ is holy

Mark 1:24 KJV 1900

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.

See also Lk 1:35; Jn 6:69; Heb 4:15; Re 3:7

Jesus Christ is loving

2 Corinthians 5:14 KJV 1900

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

See also Jn 15:9; Ro 8:35–39; 1 Jn 3:16

The character of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is holy

Romans 1:4 KJV 1900

And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

See also Ro 15:16; 1 Co 6:19; Tt 3:5

The Holy Spirit is powerful

Luke 4:14 KJV 1900

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

See also Mic 3:8; Ac 1:8; Ro 15:13; Ro 15:19; 2 Ti 1:7

The Holy Spirit is eternal

Hebrews 9:14 KJV 1900

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?

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, the Counsellor

John 14:16–17 KJV 1900

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

See also Jn 14:26; Jn 15:26; Jn 16:7

Character as a moral strength

Romans 5:3–4 KJV 1900

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

See also Ru 3:11; Pr 12:4; Pr 31:10; Ac 17:11; 1 Co 15:33

The character of believers

Believers should be compassionate

Colossians 3:12 KJV 1900

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

See also Ps 112:4; 1 Pe 3:8

Believers should be humble

1 Peter 5:5 KJV 1900

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

See also Is 29:19; Php 2:3; Col 3:12; 1 Pe 3:8

Believers should be joyful

Philippians 4:4 KJV 1900

Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

See also Ro 12:12; Ro 15:13; 1 Th 5:16

Believers should be loving

1 John 4:7 KJV 1900

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

See also Ga 5:22; Col 3:14; 1 Th 4:9

Believers should be content

Philippians 4:11 KJV 1900

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.

See also 1 Ti 6:6–8; Heb 13:5

Believers should be holy

Dt 7:6; 1 Pe 1:15–16

See also Ro 12:1–2; Col 3:12; Heb 12:14

Believers are to be poor in spirit

Matthew 5:3 KJV 1900

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Believers are to be meek

Matthew 5:5 KJV 1900

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Believers are to be merciful

Matthew 5:7 KJV 1900

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

See also Lk 6:36; Ro 12:8; Jas 3:17

Believers are to be pure in heart

Matthew 5:8 KJV 1900

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

See also 2 Co 11:2–3; Php 1:10; 1 Ti 5:22; 2 Ti 2:22