Character

The character of God

God is the Father of believers

Ephesians 1:2 CJB

Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

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God is good

Psalm 34:8 CJB

Taste, and see that Adonai is good. How blessed are those who take refuge in him!

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God is holy

1 Samuel 2:2 CJB

“No one is as holy as Adonai, because there is none to compare with you, no rock like our God.

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God is faithful

Psalm 36:5 CJB

Adonai, in the heavens is your grace; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

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God is just and righteous

Romans 3:25–26 CJB

God put Yeshua forward as the kapparah for sin through his faithfulness in respect to his bloody sacrificial death. This vindicated God’s righteousness; because, in his forbearance, he had passed over [with neither punishment nor remission] the sins people had committed in the past; and it vindicates his righteousness in the present age by showing that he is righteous himself and is also the one who makes people righteous on the ground of Yeshua’s faithfulness.

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God is loving

Psalm 145:17 CJB

Adonai is righteous in all his ways, full of grace in all he does.

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God is merciful and compassionate

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The character of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ possesses the exact likeness of God

Hebrews 1:3 CJB

This Son is the radiance of the Sh’khinah, the very expression of God’s essence, upholding all that exists by his powerful word; and after he had, through himself, made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of HaG’dulah BaM’romim.

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Jesus Christ is faithful

Hebrews 3:6 CJB

But the Messiah, as Son, was faithful over God’s house. And we are that house of his, provided we hold firmly to the courage and confidence inspired by what we hope for.

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Jesus Christ is holy

Mark 1:24 CJB

“What do you want with us, Yeshua from Natzeret? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

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Jesus Christ is loving

2 Corinthians 5:14 CJB

For the Messiah’s love has hold of us, because we are convinced that one man died on behalf of all mankind (which implies that all mankind was already dead),

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The character of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is holy

Romans 1:4 CJB

he was powerfully demonstrated to be Son of God spiritually, set apart by his having been resurrected from the dead; he is Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord.

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The Holy Spirit is powerful

Luke 4:14 CJB

Yeshua returned to the Galil in the power of the Spirit, and reports about him spread throughout the countryside.

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The Holy Spirit is eternal

Hebrews 9:14 CJB

then how much more the blood of the Messiah, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself to God as a sacrifice without blemish, will purify our conscience from works that lead to death, so that we can serve the living God!

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, the Counsellor

John 14:16–17 CJB

and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another comforting Counselor like me, the Spirit of Truth, to be with you forever. The world cannot receive him, because it neither sees nor knows him. You know him, because he is staying with you and will be united with you.

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Character as a moral strength

Romans 5:3–4 CJB

But not only that, let us also boast in our troubles; because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope;

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The character of believers

Believers should be compassionate

Colossians 3:12 CJB

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with feelings of compassion and with kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

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Believers should be humble

1 Peter 5:5 CJB

Likewise, you who are less experienced, submit to leaders. Further, all of you should clothe yourselves in humility toward one another, because God opposes the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.

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Believers should be joyful

Philippians 4:4 CJB

Rejoice in union with the Lord always! I will say it again: rejoice!

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Believers should be loving

1 John 4:7 CJB

Beloved friends, let us love one another; because love is from God; and everyone who loves has God as his Father and knows God.

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Believers should be content

Philippians 4:11 CJB

Not that I am saying this to call attention to any need of mine; since, as far as I am concerned, I have learned to be content regardless of circumstances.

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Believers should be holy

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Believers are to be poor in spirit

Matthew 5:3 CJB

“How blessed are the poor in spirit! for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

Believers are to be meek

Matthew 5:5 CJB

“How blessed are the meek! for they will inherit the Land!

Believers are to be merciful

Matthew 5:7 CJB

“How blessed are those who show mercy! for they will be shown mercy.

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Believers are to be pure in heart

Matthew 5:8 CJB

“How blessed are the pure in heart! for they will see God.

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