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| + | [[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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| + | [[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. | ||
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| + | ===[[God is the creator]]=== | ||
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| + | [[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]])". | ||
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| + | ===[[God is love]]=== | ||
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| + | [[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. | ||
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| + | ===[[God is holy]]=== | ||
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| + | [[God]] is [[holy]], which means that set apart from all evil and that he is pure and full of complete love. | ||
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| + | ===[[God is forgiving]]=== | ||
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| + | 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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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.
See Character of God (overview) for more information
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Comments, Personal Articles, Studies and Sermons
Character of God (discussion) (For short comments and opinions)
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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