The Attributes of God

The Attributes of God A – Z

What is God really like? I mean, is He a figment of one’s imagination? Is the persona a neologism, which tends to be a word created for more permanent use? Some would say the name “God” was coined to allow someone an idea from which to hang misguided hope. Is He a real entity with personality, characteristics, the ability to love and care for a creation that came into existence from nothing? Based on written history dating as far back as 3400-4000 BC, we see references to Jehovah, Yahweh, El Shaddai, Elohim, Jehovah Rapha, Adonai, El Elyon, Jehovah Jireh, and many, many more with each having a descriptive attribute of the One we worship as LORD. God tells Moses “I Am who I Am”. Exodus 3:14.

GOD IS……

1. Awesome. “Out of the North he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty.” — Job 37:22, NIV

• Beautiful. “Behold the beauty of the Lord” – Psalm 27:4, NKJV

• Compassionate. “The Lord is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.” — Psalm 145:9, NIV

• Dependable. “God is not a human being that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?” — Numbers 23:19, NRSVA

• Eternal. “The eternal God is your Refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms.” —Deuteronomy 33:27, TLB

• Faithful. “The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he had made.” —Psalm 145:13, NIV

• Good. “For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.” — Psalm 100:5, NKJV

• Holy. “Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His holy hill; For the Lord our God is holy.” —Psalm 99:9, NKJV

1. Impartial. “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.” — Acts 10:34-35, NIV

• Just. “For I will proclaim the name of the Lord; ascribe greatness to our God! The Rock, His work is perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is He.” —Deuteronomy 32:3-4, NRSVA

• Kind. “Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?” —Romans 2:4, NRSVA

• Love. “For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.” — Psalm. 103:11, RSV

• Merciful. “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” — Isaiah 55:7, KJV

• Near. “The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.”– Psalm 145:18, NKJV

• Omnipotent. “It is He (God) who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.” –Jeremiah 10:12, ESV

• Patient. “The Lord is slow to anger and abounding steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression.” – Numbers 14:18, ESV

• Quickens. “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken (give life to) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”– Romans 8:11, NKJV

• Refuge. “The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed. A refuge in times of trouble.” – Psalm 9:9-10, NKJV

• Sovereign. “Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it now I, the Lord? There is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is no one besides me. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.” —Isaiah 45:21-22, ESV

• Trustworthy. “In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them. To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame..” — Psalm 22:4-5, NIV

• Unchanging. “You Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands; they will perish, but You remain; and they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will fold them up, and they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will not fail.” – Hebrews 1:10-12, NKJV
• Victorious. “I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; but You give us victory over our enemies, You put our adversaries to shame.” –       Psalm 44:6-7, NIV

• Wonderful. “This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom” — Isaiah 28:29, ESV

• Xristos. (Greek for Christ). “He is the Christ, the chosen of God.” — Luke 23:35, NKJV

• Yearning (For Us). “Listen I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in you and eat with and you with me.” — Revelation 3:20, NRSVA

• Zealous. “His authority shall grow continually and there shall be endless peace…He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness and from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.” –Isaiah 9:7, NRSVA

How do the attributes of God flow into the character of God.?

Malachi 3:6-12 “For I am the Lord, I change not” — KJV

Bible Versions Used:

• English Standard Version (ESV)
• New Revised Standard Version (NRSVA)
• Living Bible (TLB)
• New International Version (NIV)
• New King James Version (NKJV)
• King James Version (KJV)