Attributes of God = infinitude
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Proposition - As embark on studying the attribute of God’s infinitude this morning we will look what two aspects: 1) what does infinitude mean, and 2) how is infinitude revealed by the Names of God.
Interrogative question - In what ways is your living raveling the infinitude of our God?
5 Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.
The infinite nature of God simply means that God exists outside of and is not limited by time or space. Infinite simply means “without limits.” When we refer to God as "infinite," we generally refer to Him with terms like omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence.
Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (Infinity)
INFINITY
God’s infinity describes his nature as perfectly transcending (existing and acting beyond) all limitations of time and space. God’s infinitude with regard to time is called his eternity or omnitemporality, and his infinitude with regard to space is called his immensity or omnipresence.
The Attributes of God, Volume 1: A Journey into the Father’s Heart (The Journey to Infinity)
Christianity is a gateway into God. And then when you get into God, “with Christ in God,” then you’re on a journey into infinity, into infinitude. There is no limit and no place to stop. There isn’t just one work of grace, or a second work or a third work, and then that’s it. There are numberless experiences and spiritual epochs and crises that can take place in your life while you are journeying out into the heart of God in Christ.
God is infinite! That’s the hardest thought I will ask you to grasp. You cannot understand what infinite means, but don’t let it bother you—I don’t understand it and I’m trying to explain it! “Infinite” means so much that nobody can grasp it, but reason nevertheless kneels and acknowledges that God is infinite. We mean by infinite that God knows no limits, no bounds and no end. What God is, He is without boundaries. All that God is, He is without bounds or limits.
The Attributes of God, Volume 1: A Journey into the Father’s Heart (Infinity Cannot Be Measured)
But that is a misuse of the words “boundless,” “unlimited” and “infinite.” These words describe God—they don’t describe anything but God. They do not describe space or time or matter or motion or energy; these words do not apply to creatures or sand or stars or anything that can be measured.
The Attributes of God, Volume 1: A Journey into the Father’s Heart (Infinity Cannot Be Measured)
The poet says, “One God, one Majesty. There is no God but Thee. Unbounded, unextended unity.” For a long time I wondered why he said, “unbounded, unextended unity”; then I realized he meant that God doesn’t extend into space; God contains space. C.S. Lewis said that if you could think of a sheet of paper infinitely extended in all directions, and if you took a pencil and made a line one inch long on it, that would be time. When you started to push your pencil it was the beginning of time and when you lifted it off the paper it was the end of time. And all around, infinitely extended in all directions, is God. That’s a good illustration.
The Attributes of God, Volume 1: A Journey into the Father’s Heart (Infinity Cannot Be Measured)
If there were a point where God stopped, then God wouldn’t be perfect. For instance, if God knew almost everything, but not quite everything, then God wouldn’t be perfect in knowledge. His understanding wouldn’t be infinite, as it says in Psalm 147:5.
The Attributes of God, Volume 1: A Journey into the Father’s Heart (Infinity Cannot Be Measured)
This little cheap god we’ve made up is one you can pal around with—“the Man upstairs,” the fellow who helps you win baseball games. That god isn’t the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He isn’t the God who laid the foundations of the heaven and the earth; he’s some other god.
We educated Americans can create gods just the same as the heathen can. You can make a god out of silver or wood or stone—or you can make it out of your own imagination. And the god that’s being worshiped in many places is simply a god of imagination. He’s not the true God. He’s not the infinite, perfect, all-knowing, all-wise, all-loving, infinitely boundless, perfect God. He’s something short of that. Christianity is decaying and going down into the gutter because the god of modern Christianity is not the God of the Bible. I don’t mean to say that we do not pray to God; I mean to say that we pray to a god short of what he ought to be. We have got to think of God as being the perfect One.
The names of God reflect the great and varied aspects of God’s character. They are particularly used by the psalmists to speak of God as a source of strength, security, blessing and hope.
1. Titles that depict God’s greatness -
1. Titles that depict God’s greatness -
God Almighty -
1 Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.
3 “May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.
3 Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me,
3 and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, Lord, I did not make Myself known to them.
20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 “I went out full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has witnessed against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
17 “Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
“Almighty” is the favorite divine title in the book of Job -
4 “For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
23 “The Almighty—we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
14 for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
God Most High -
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. 19 He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” He gave him a tenth of all.
22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
8 “When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel.
14 “The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.
2 I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord, And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
9 For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
14 ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he responded and said, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire.
Jesus Christ as the Son of the Most High -
7 and shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!”
32 “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David;
35 The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.
35 “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.
17 Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
The Eternal God -
33 Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.
27 “The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’
26 but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith;
The Ancient of Days -
9 “I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire.
13 “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
22 until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom.
The Mighty One -
22 “The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows, and may Israel itself know. If it was in rebellion, or if in an unfaithful act against the Lord do not save us this day!
1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 How he swore to the Lord And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
5 Until I find a place for the Lord, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
24 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, “Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My foes.
26 “I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
16 “You will also suck the milk of nations And suck the breast of kings; Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
62 And Jesus said, “I am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
49 “For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name.
The living God -
26 ‘For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
10 Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
26 Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?”
36 “Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.”
16 “Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
2 My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
26 “I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel; For He is the living God and enduring forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever. 27 “He delivers and rescues and performs signs and wonders In heaven and on earth, Who has also delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
The Holy One of Israel -
22 ‘Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
22 I will also praise You with a harp, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.
41 Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel.
18 For our shield belongs to the Lord, And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
6 Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, “Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them,
15 For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing,
14 “Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you,” declares the Lord, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
11 Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands.
5 “Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will run to you, Because of the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you.”
9 “Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the Lord your God, And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.
The Lord -
26 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.
15 God, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.
2 God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord;
5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord. 6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; 7 who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
2. Titles that depict God as Lord -
2. Titles that depict God as Lord -
17 “For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.
10 “So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of you.
3 “Keep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn,
10 The Lord will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord!
9 “Why are You like a man dismayed, Like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You are in our midst, O Lord, And we are called by Your name; Do not forsake us!”
14 “Therefore the Lord has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
The Lord God -
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.
The Lord God Almighty -
4 O Lord God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?
8 O Lord God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
14 Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, “Because you have spoken this word, Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire And this people wood, and it will consume them.
16 Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.
5 Even the Lord, the God of hosts, The Lord is His name.
13 For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth, The Lord God of hosts is His name.
The Lord Most High -
17 I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.
9 For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
The Sovereign Lord -
26 “I prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
7 Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan!
28 “Now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant.
8 He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.
17 ‘Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You,
2 And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, “Lord God, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, For he is small?”
3. Titles that depict God as the source of love -
3. Titles that depict God as the source of love -
10 My God in His lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.
17 O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.
2 My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
11 Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
God as shepherd -
15 He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
24 But his bow remained firm, And his arms were agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
1 Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
The true God -
3 “For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.
10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
4. Titles depicting God as the source of light -
4. Titles depicting God as the source of light -
29 “For You are my lamp, O Lord; And the Lord illumines my darkness.
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
17 And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.
8 Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.
17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
5. Titles depicting God as the source of strength -
5. Titles depicting God as the source of strength -
2 “The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father’s God, and I will extol Him.
1 “I love You, O Lord, my strength.”
19 But You, O Lord, be not far off; O You my help, hasten to my assistance.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.
1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
9 Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold.
17 O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.
1 Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
2 “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.”
6. Titles depicting God as the source of security -
6. Titles depicting God as the source of security -
A shield -
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great.”
29 “Blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, Who is the shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread upon their high places.”
3 My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.
31 “As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the Lord is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
9 O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
5 Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
A refuge -
9 The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
3 For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
9 For you have made the Lord, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word.
5 I cried out to You, O Lord; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility and things of no profit.”
16 The Lord roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the Lord is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
7 The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him.
A hiding-place -
7 You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
A fortress -
2 He said, “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
2 My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation And have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants And set them with vine slips of a strange god.
19 O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility and things of no profit.”
A stronghold -
3 My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence.
9 The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble;
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in time of trouble.
2 For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
2 My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me.
16 The Lord roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the Lord is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
A defender -
18 “He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.
5 A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you.
A Rock -
24 But his bow remained firm, And his arms were agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
4 “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
4 “Trust in the Lord forever, For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.
7. Titles depicting God as the source of provision -
7. Titles depicting God as the source of provision -
8 Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.
14 Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide, as it is said to this day, “In the mount of the Lord it will be provided.”
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
57 The Lord is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
5 I cried out to You, O Lord; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of hosts is His name.
19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And of the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of hosts is His name.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.”
8. Titles depicting God as the source of hope -
8. Titles depicting God as the source of hope -
8 “O Hope of Israel, Its Savior in time of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night?
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the Lord.
7 “All who came upon them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, ‘We are not guilty, Inasmuch as they have sinned against the Lord who is the habitation of righteousness, Even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.’
9. Titles depicting God as the source of peace -
9. Titles depicting God as the source of peace -
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and named it The Lord is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
11 Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!
20 Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,
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10. Titles depicting God as the source of comfort -
18 My sorrow is beyond healing, My heart is faint within me!
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
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6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;
31 “Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God.
15 But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
2 He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.
10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
SO WHAT?
In what ways is your living raveling the infinitude of our God?
God’s Infinitude
God’s Immensity
God’s Goodness
God’s Justice
God’s Mercy
God’s Grace
God’s Omnipresence
God’s Immanence
God’s Holiness
God’s Perfection
God’s Self-Existence
God’s Transcendence
God’s Eternalness
God’s Omnipotence
God’s Immutability
God’s Omniscience
God’s Wisdom
God’s Sovereignty
God’s Faithfulness
God’s Love
The Attributes of God, Volume 1: A Journey into the Father’s Heart (The Journey to Infinity)
I wouldn’t quote anybody unless there were Scripture to confirm it, and Scripture does indeed confirm that the Trinity will fill our hearts. “No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit” (1 John 4:12–13).
