Who God really is

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 55

9 “For as heaven is higher than earth,

so my ways are higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Lexham Survey of Theology (Attributes Describing God in Himself)

In proclaiming the divine perfections, theologians have classified God’s attributes variously in order to best represent a well-rounded biblical doctrine of God. One such classification—most commonly found in Reformed theologies—is the distinction between God’s “communicable” and “incommunicable” attributes. God’s incommunicable attributes are those divine attributes that have no counterpart in the human experience.

Lexham Survey of Theology God’s Attributes

but these ways generally fall into two categories: attributes that describe God in himself and attributes that describe God in his relations to creatures. The former are often called incommunicable or absolute (like infinity or omnipresence), and the latter communicable, or relative (like holiness or faithfulness).

Lexham Survey of Theology (Attributes Describing God in Himself)

As such, his incommunicable attributes point to God’s absolute being and divine otherness. They include at least the following:• God’s glory describes his unique excellence.• God’s immutability is his imperviousness to change.• God’s omnipotence is his all-mightiness—he has all power.• God’s omnipresence describes his relationship to space: he is everywhere.• God’s eternity describes his relationship to time: he is everywhen.• God’s omniscience names his all-knowingness; he is ignorant of nothing and never has learned anything new.• God’s self-existence points to his independence: he needs no other beings and exists to and for and by himself.• God’s spirituality reveals his nature as nonphysical.• God’s unity points to the biblical teaching that God is one, unique and undivided.• God’s simplicity reveals that God is not made up of various parts.• God’s infinity is his quality of being unlimited, by time or space or anything.

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

20 For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

15 He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation.

16 For everything was created by him,

in heaven and on earth,

the visible and the invisible,

whether thrones or dominions

or rulers or authorities—

all things have been created through him and for him.

17 He is before all things,

and by him all things hold together.

18 He is also the head of the body, the church;

he is the beginning,

the firstborn from the dead,

so that he might come to have

first place in everything.

19 For God was pleased to have

all his fullness dwell in him,

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Christian Standard Bible (Chapter 13)

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Christian Standard Bible (Psalm 139)

7 Where can I go to escape your Spirit?Where can I flee from your presence?8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.9 If I live at the eastern horizonor settle at the western limits,10 even there your hand will lead me;your right hand will hold on to me.