The Attributes of God part 1

Beauty: God’s beauty simply means He is the culmination of all things desirable. It isn’t just a physical beauty, though that is implied, but every part of Him is desirable. All things beautiful and desirable simply reflect His beauty. He makes them that way. He bestows the beauty. When we see God for who he really is we will desire Him above all else. The more we seek God and the more we come to know who He is and what He has done for us the more we start to see His beauty. We should desire to know more about Him. We should desire an intimate relationship with Him. And to be honest what’s not to like? (Psalm 27:4; 73:25, Rev. 4, Ezekiel 16:14)

Blessedness: God delights fully in Himself. He is deeply happy with who He is, and all He has done. While the world looks everywhere for fulfillment and happiness, God finds fulfillment in Himself. If we want to be blessed, satisfied and happy, we need to follow God’s example and find that blessedness in nothing else but Him. All blessings come from God. He is the one who blesses and the giver of all good things. (1 Tim. 6:15,1:11, Gen. 1 “it is good”, Gen. 2,5,9)

Compassion: God’s grace, mercy, long-suffering, patience, love, faithfulness, pity, etc. toward His creation. God cares for His people. He cares for all those who need His help, and He is willing to help them. His compassion is shown in His forgiveness as well as in His miracles and healings. No matter what our situations may be God is always willing to help us out. We should look to God before all others because we know he wants what is best for us and wants to show us His love. (Exodus 34:6, 2 Kings 13:23, Isaiah 49:13)

Eternal: God has no beginning or end. He sees all of time at the same time, yet He sees events in time and acts in time. God is not affected by time in His knowledge, perfection, purpose, or promises. Our God is not surprised by anything. Nothing is ever new to Him or strange to Him. He is never without a plan. We don’t have to worry about our future because God knows every aspect of it.(Psalm 90:2, Job 36:26)

Faithfulness: God will always do what he has said and will always fulfill what he has promised regardless of the circumstances or the price. Even when we are not faithful to Him He is still faithful to us. He can be completely relied upon. We know that God will do all that He said He would for us. He will provide all of our needs because His word says He will. He will see us through anything. He will always be with us. (Deut. 7:9; 2nd Thess. 3:3; Numbers 23:19;2 Sam. 7:28)

Glory (honor): God’s honor and excellent reputation. His glory is the standard of perfection. We have all fallen short of God’s glory. We were likewise created for His glory. All things cry out His honor and speak of His greatness. We don’t serve a mediocre God. Our God is the glorious one. (Is. 43:7; Rom. 3:23; John 17:5; Hebrews 1:3)

Glory (light): The created brightness that surrounds God’s revelation of Himself. It is how God chose to manifest himself to His creation. It is something that is unique to Him and Him alone. In Revelation Ch. 4, John gives us a description of God’s glory. John tells about God on His throne glowing like precious stones with an emerald rainbow surrounding Him. Our God is one who is unique and brilliant beyond His creation. He is so magnificent that we couldn’t look at him in our mortal bodies and survive. (Rev. 4:10; Luke 2:9; Matt. 17:2)

Graciousness: God is good to those who deserve punishment. While we all deserve to spend an eternity in Hell as punishment for our sins God chose to give us forgiveness. It isn’t an obligation but given freely by God. We are dependent upon God’s grace. Without it there could be no salvation, hope, or peace for us or anyone else. Because God gave freely there and not according to works there is no way to lose His free gift of Grace. (Rom. 3:23-24; 11:6; 4:16)

Goodness: God is the ultimate standard of good. So much so that everything and anything God does is good, or worthy of approval. We know that we can depend on our God because He will always do what is good even if we don’t understand it or even agree with it. He wants what is good for us, and will accomplish it as well. (Luke 18:19; Ps. 34:8; 100:5; Gen. 1; James 1:17; Matt. 7:11; 1 Thess. 5:18)

Holiness: God is separate from sin and devoted to seeking His own honor. He is totally separated from all forms of evil, and there is no evil in him. My God is only good. He keeps His own commands and is without sin. In His temple, the Holy of Hollies is separated from the rest of the temple by a thick curtain to show us this(Ex. 26:33). We do not worship a flawed or depraved God but one who is sinless and completely good. He is above all. (Ps. 24:3; Is. 6:3; Rev. 4; 2 Cor. 7:1)