A one-page list of God’s attributes for you to memorize. It closely follows the pattern of “Attributes of God.”


Attributes/Essence of God

 

INCOMPREHENSIBLE 

Man, being finite, will never be able to fully comprehend and understand God's ways

or thoughts. Job 37:5,23; Isaiah 55:8,9; Romans 11:33; Deut. 29:29; Job 38- 40.


SOVEREIGN                

God personally wills the kind of history and creation that comes to pass; chance is

excluded, for He is the ultimate cause of all things. His absolute authority is the formal

object of our obedience. Rev. 4:11; Psalm 103:19; Isaiah 46:9-11; Romans 11:34-36;

Psalm 47:7.


HOLY                          

Perfectly pure; immaculate, moral character; separated to the service of God.

Ex. 15:11 & Jer. 2:3; Heb. 7:26; Proverbs 9:10; Habakkuk 1:12,13.


RIGHTEOUS                

His moral character is the standard in all the cosmos for what is right and wrong. 

Exodus 9:27; Jeremiah 9:24, 12:1; Deut. 32:4; Revelation 16:5-7.


JUST                           

This refers to His uncompromising attitude of judgment upon evil, regardless of who

might be involved. Gen. 18:25; Romans 2:11; Rev. 16:5-7.


GOOD                         

Because of His inherent goodness, God provided for all of man's needs in creation. 

In spite of man's sin and unthankfulness, God still shows His goodness toward us.  

Psalm 34:8 ;107:8,15,21,32; 119:68; Isaiah 63:7. Acts 14:15-17.


LOVING                       

He gives all He can to those whom He loves.  He has initiated a relationship with His

creatures.  They must, therefore, respond positively or negatively.  Deuteronomy 4:37;

John 3:16; 1 John 3:16; 4:8,16; Rom. 5:5.


OMNISCIENT              

This means that God has total knowledge of all things actual and possible for all times

and in all locations, including the "what ifs."  1 Samuel 16:7, Psa. 139:2,5; Matthew 6:8;

11:21-23; Hebrews 4:13. I John 3:20


OMNIPRESENT           

God is completely present at every point in space.  Though He is infinite, He is here now.

There is no need to "practice the presence of God" as though one has to imagine He is

here -- He is here! 1 Kings 8:27; Psalm 16:8; 139:7-12; Prov. 15:3; Jeremiah 23:23;

Matt. 19:26;  Acts 17:27-28.


OMNIPOTENT              

This means that God can do anything compatible with His character.  He never exhausts

His energy and therefore never needs sustenance from outside Himself, as every creature

does.  Psalm 62:11; 136; Jeremiah 32:17, 27; Ephesians 3:20; Revelation 19:6.


IMMUTABLE                

God's character is forever perfectly stable.  This stability, however, is personal, not some

eternally static structure of the Greek philosophers.  His promises to us are backed up

with His eternally stable character.  Truth can exist because He never changes. 

Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 6:17-18; 13:8; James 1:17.


ETERNAL                   

God has always existed.  God has viewed this present moment for all eternity.  He is

never "hurried" through rapid events in history and can see the overview of all history at

once.  Genesis 1:1; cf. John 1:1; Isaiah 43:10; Psalm 90:2; John 8:55-58; I Timothy 1:17.


WISDOM                   

This refers to the wisdom of God. Wisdom differs from knowledge; "Knowledge is what is

known, wisdom is the discerning, intelligent application and perfect display of knowledge

in plan and purpose."  Psa. 104:24; Proverbs 3:19; 8:22-31; Romans 11:33; 16:27.


VERACITY                   

God, who cannot lie, is absolutely truthful.  He will never deviate from His truth.  He is who

He says He is.  Jesus Christ, who is God, is incarnate truth (John 14:6). Numbers 23:19;

Psalm 117:2; 146:6; Titus 1:2.



Other attributes: Infinitude, Immensity, Grace, Mercy, Perfection, Wrathful, Self-Existent, etc. (Excellent book: The Attributes of God, A. W. Tozer)  “The infinity of God means that He, not the created cosmos, is the ultimate reference point; He alone is absolutely free and independent; all else is free only within His creation, design, and sovereign plan, and is totally dependent upon Him (the Creator-creature distinction - an extremely important point concerning today’s New Age philosophy and paganism). There is no need for any "extra gods" to take care of some unexplained residue.” 


Charles Clough, B.S. in Math, MIT; M.S. Atmospheric Science, Texas A&M; Th.M., DTS.

(Some information added by Fred Willson)            

C. Clough      http://www.bibleframework.com/site/home/)