Character of God

How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out. Job 36:26

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Synopsis

God's nature is beyond our understanding. He is all knowing, all seeing and all powerful. He is the creator of the largest star and the smallest flower.He gives life to all and he is the author of love and forgiveness. He is completely holy and without any evil. God is also three in one - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - the Trinity.

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Related topics

• God is the creator
• God is love
• God is holy
• God is forgiving
• Trinity

Comments, Personal Articles, Studies and Sermons

Character of God (discussion) (For short comments and opinions)

• Sermon: Luke 15 - What is God like? (G.G.)

For related quotations see Character of God (quotes)

Main article

God's nature is beyond our understanding. He is all knowing, all seeing and all powerful. He is the creator of the largest star and the smallest flower.He gives life to all and he is the author of love and forgiveness. He is completely holy and without any evil.

God is the creator

Genesis tells us that, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". Later, in the New Testament, the apostle John wrote that, "All things were made by him (Jesus Christ)".

God is love

God loves all people. His love can be seen throughout creation, but no greater understanding can we have of God's love than this - that he send his Son Jesus Christ into the world, to die on the cross so that we might live. God calls us to love like he does.

God is holy

God is holy, which means that set apart from all evil and that he is pure and full of complete love.

God is forgiving

To forgive is to let go of any resentment for being wronged. God is a loving and merciful God who forgives. In the Book of Isaiah God tells say, "Come now, let us reason together. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

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