Who Is God

The Name

YHWH = Yahweh = The LORD, was considered too sacred to pronounce, so adonai = my lord was substituted in reading

The Name Yahweh is best described to mean “present to act”

Immanuel = God is with us, Yahweh is present, accessible to help when we call

Matthew 1:23 NASB95

23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.”

The Creator

Genesis 1:1–3 NASB95

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

John 1:1–3 NASB95

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

John 1:14 NASB95

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

The Father and The Son are one, so to know the Son is to know The Father

God is love

1 John 4:16 NASB95

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.

1 John 4:8 NASB95

8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

God is our Refuge, Strength, Help

Psalm 46:1 NASB95

1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

Psalm 54:4 NASB95

4 Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul.

God is Gracious and Compassionate

Deuteronomy 4:31 NASB95

31 “For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

Psalm 116:5 NASB95

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate.

God is Light

1 John 1:5 NASB95

5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

God is Peace

1 Corinthians 14:33 NASB95

33 for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

Isaiah 9:6 NASB95

6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

God is Faithful

1 Corinthians 1:9 NASB95

9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Revelation 19:11 NASB95

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.

God is Righteous

Deuteronomy 32:4 NASB95

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.

Psalm 129:4 NASB95

4 The Lord is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.

Psalm 145:17 NASB95

17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways And kind in all His deeds.

God is Unchanging

Malachi 3:6 NASB95

6 “For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Hebrews 13:8 NASB95

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

God is the Beginning and the End

Revelation 22:13 NASB95

13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

The Way, The Truth, The Life

John 14:6 NASB95

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

God of the living

Matthew 22:32 NASB95

32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

God is King of all the earth

Psalm 47:7 NASB95

7 For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with a skillful psalm.

A few other things about God

Psalm 115:3 NASB95

3 But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases.

Psalm 7:11 NASB95

11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day.

Deuteronomy 4:24 NASB95

24 “For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Nahum 1:2 NASB95

2 A jealous and avenging God is the Lord; The Lord is avenging and wrathful. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

Zephaniah 3:17 NASB95

17 “The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

John 4:24 NASB95

24 “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”