1. God is Sovereign God rules the entire universe. His perfect plans and purposes are The always accomplished and can never be thwarted by anyone or anything, including evil. His supreme rule is always consistent with the totality of His divine character. character Job 42:2 I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. and attributes of Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations. the godhead Daniel 4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. No one can restrain His hand or say to Him, © 2002, 2012 Julie Gossack ‘What have You done?’ 2. God is Holy 3. God is Great The Character and Attributes theof Godhead God is unlike His creation. He is set apart and altogether different God is beyond comparison to anything our minds can imagine. He is Kardiology 101: how to guard your heart from anyone or anything. There is no one like Him. grand, mighty, and majestic beyond measure and comprehension. Exodus 15:11 Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like Deuteronomy 3:24 ‘O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works, and Your Isaiah 6:3 And one cried to another and said: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is mighty deeds?’ the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” Job 37:5 God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each having six wings, things which we cannot comprehend. were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night Psalm 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are saying, “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD GOD, ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS very great; You are clothed with honor and majesty. AND IS AND IS TO COME.” Copy to cardstock © 2002, 2012 Julie Gossack, reproducible Also available at this direct (unsearchable) link: http://gbcmt.org/kardiology101 All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission according to gratis use guidelines, http://www.harpercollinschristian.com. All rights reserved. 5. God is Immutable 4. God is Righteous All that God is and all that He does are consistent with the purity of God’s character remains the same throughout all time; it is constant. His divine nature. He is infinite in moral perfection, never doing The perfection of His character has never and will never change. wrong or evil. Nothing He does is outside His goodness and justice. Malachi 3:6a For I am the LORD, I do not change. Psalm 11:7 For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright. Hebrews 1:10-12 And “You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands; Psalm 33:4-5 For the word of the LORD is right, and all His work is They will perish, but You remain; and they will all grow old like a done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of garment; Like a cloak You will fold them up, and they will be the goodness of the LORD. changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not fail.” Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Psalm 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works. 6. God is Omnipotent 7. God is Omniscient The Character and Attributes theof Godhead Omnipotent (all + able) There is nothing that is beyond God’s mighty Omniscient (all + knowing) God possesses perfect knowledge of all power and ability. He is fully capable of accomplishing anything in aspects of all things throughout all time. Nothing is outside of His Kardiology 101: how to guard your heart accordance with the purity of His will. infinite knowledge. Joshua 4:24 . that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand Psalm 139:1-6 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You of the LORD, that it is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought forever. afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are Psalm 93:4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, waters, than the mighty waves of the sea. but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is Jeremiah 32:17, 27 Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it. heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm! There is nothing too hard for You. (27) “Behold, I am the LORD, the Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” and He weighs all his paths. Copy to cardstock © 2002, 2012 Julie Gossack, reproducible 8. God is Omnipresent 9. God is Eternal Omnipresent (all + present) God is present in all places at all times. God has been, is, and always will be. His existence precedes His He is present everywhere whether His presence is acknowledged or creation. He will never cease to exist in the fullness of His being. not. Psalm 90:1-2 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in generations. Before the mountains were brought forth or ever You trouble. had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Psalm 139:7-10 Where can I go from your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make Lamentations 5:19 You, O LORD, remain forever; Your throne from my bed in hell, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and generation to generation. dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall I Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 10. God is Incomprehensible 11. God is Faithful The Character and Attributes theof Godhead God is so different from man that His infinite ways cannot be God is steadfast in character. He alone remains true to His Word by Kardiology 101: how to guard your heart completely understood. Mankind’s knowledge of God is limited, not keeping every promise, prophecy, and proclamation. His tender care because of lack of revelation, but because man’s mind is unable to is constant; He will never abandon or disown those who are His. fully understand His complete personhood. Isaiah 25:1 O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know what is the way of the wind or Your name, for You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do are faithfulness and truth. not know the works of God who makes all things. II Timothy 2:13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your deny Himself. ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without than your thoughts.” wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Copy to cardstock © 2002, 2012 Julie Gossack, reproducible 12. God is Loving 13. God is Merciful God loves. Love is the very essence of His being; He is love. It is His God, through His mercy, may choose to grant sinners a release from nature to desire the highest good for His creation. His unfailing love all or some of the consequences and misery of their sinful choices. is displayed in word and deed and was ultimately demonstrated by God’s mercy, granted through the blood of Jesus, is motivated by His His provision of salvation for His beloved. great love. Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I Lamentations 3:22-23 Through the LORD’s mercies we are not have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every lovingkindness I have drawn you.” morning; great is Your faithfulness. I John 3:1a, 4:8-9 Behold what manner of love the Father has Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God. (4:8-9) He love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, who does not love does not know God, for God is love.