The Nature and Character of God
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2/11/19 The Nature and Character of God
Acrostic: HE IS COOOLL: holy, eternal immutable, Spirit, Creator, omnipresent, omiscient, omnipotent, love, and light.
Holy
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.
And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
Eternal
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
Immutable
“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Spirit
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Spirit
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Creator
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Omnipresence
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.
that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, for
“ ‘In him we live and move and have our being’;
as even some of your own poets have said,
“ ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’
Omniscience
then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
Omnipotence
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Light
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This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Love
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Love
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Jesus is all that God is.
Incarnation Foretold by Prophets
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
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Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
His Incarnation
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
Immutable
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Jesus is Omnipotent
Power , ,
And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Authority ,
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Power over the enemy ,
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Jesus is Omniscient
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Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.”
He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
Jesus is Omnipresent
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For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Jesus is the Light
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Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Jesus is the Love
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Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
The Holy Spirit
Omnipresent. .
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
Omniscient. .
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
Omnipotent. ; .
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.
by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;
Quotes
"The permanence of God's character guarantees the fulfillment of his promises." -A.W. Pink
"By the light of nature we see God as a God above us, by the light of the law we see him as a God against us, but by the light of the Gospel we see him as Emmanuel, God with us."-Matthew Henry
Maxims
* If you have a high view of God, you will have a high view of man.
* God is God; I am not, and neither are you.
* Intrinsic value obligates.
* God has a right on our lives. God's right is founded in his value.
* The expulsive power of a greater affection.
Discussion Questions
1. Is God good by choice?
2. Is Jesus God? Explain with scriptural references.
3. How does creation reflect the Godhead.
Practical Challenges
Memorize one verse for each attribute of God.
Study the promises of God; pray them out loud.