We study the Bible sometimes without understanding why apart from we should. Therefore, what is the true purpose that God should have left us His Word? Could it be therein we might gain a deep Knowledge of All God is? He, who resides outside of time and space, created all things, knows all things provided us with words of truth about His character. Like a treasure map to living life more fully. After all is that not the most important thing? To become all that we are in Him. “for in Him we live and move and have our being” Acts 17:28.
Jean Paul Sartre wrote: “Being and Nothingness”, speaking of humanity’s search for meaning and purpose. Spiritually dead, we wander around in a world of nothingness, where everything seems to lose its meaning, always in search of being or becoming. Yet, in God, we are made spiritually alive and only in Him do we truly find our being.
God, knowing how difficult this time in history would be, provided us a way through. He mapped out a plan to guide us. A major part of that plan is to gain a deep knowledge of All God IS, so we can face every trial. Could He not have just thwarted the difficult times? Yes, but then would we be all we could be devoid of any trials?
Seeking to Gain a Deep Knowledge of All God IS.
12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3 (NKJV).
But it goes even deeper than that. The Word is God—all that He has spoken displays the essence of WHO GOD IS. He who spoke everything into being chose to come to earth and take on the form of human flesh that He might provide the way of salvation.
JOHN 1:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it….14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
The story of creation begins with God, ELOHIM, the triune God. He was always there. For each part of the creation, the Bible says, “Then God said, let there be” and it was. At His Word—all the stars and galaxies suddenly went flying forth from His lips into being—each into its place. We can never on this earth bound by time and space, fully grasp or understand all God is; but we can obtain enough deep knowledge so as to yearn for and to love Him. Thereby, discovering the true meaning of our own existence. We are so much more than our food, drink, jobs, and style.
The Bible Paves the Way to a Deep Knowledge of All God Is.
Therefore, what is the most important reason to study God’s Word. It is to come to Know Him, that we might have a deep knowledge of all He IS. Without that, all our theology falls apart. Idolatrous worship is our making a God of our own ideas of who He is. We cannot truly worship Him without a deep knowledge of who God Is. Think about all the prophets. They fell on the ground in utter humility when they saw Him, truly saw Him.
Jesus came to earth. The perfect, righteous Holy God humbled Himself to become a helpless baby, to face every temptation that could face a man and yet not sin. Thereby becoming the perfect sacrifice for you and for me, that justice might be fulfilled, and grace could be given to fallen creatures such as you and I. So, who is this God we worship? What are His attributes? And why is it so important that you and I seek to Know Him truly as He is? Not some imagination of who we think He should be, but who He truly is.
Infinite In all He IS
We must recognize that in each attribute of God, He is infinite. That is a concept outside our full understanding. Too often we think of, “Infinity and beyond” as Buzz Lightyear always said. But the truth is there is no beyond infinity. Infinity is the ultimate and truly beyond words. Yet, God is infinite is all of His attributes. Not only is He infinite—the ultimate in each attribute. He also holds each one equally, harmoniously. His Mercy does not exceed His justice and cannot. Harmoniously just, righteousness, and Holy while at the same time showing equally His mercy, love, and grace. Unlike us who can be disharmonious. He is not. I may flip flop from one moment of peace, interrupted into fear or love erupting into anger, but not God. So any attempt by us to fully comprehend a deep knowledge of all God Is and all His attributes may appear futile; but it is not futile. It is the quest of greatest importance.
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power, His Understanding is Infinite. Psalm 147: 5 (NKJV)
Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8 (NLT)
Now all glory to God, who is able through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 (NLT).
In All God Is—He is United as One
When we consider the Trinity—The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we must never forget there is complete unity as well. All that the Father Is the son is, as also the Spirit is. There essence is One, perfectly united in all they are and do. That is why we can at the same time say There is One God: yet in three persons. That is the best analogy we in our finite minds can say and what we do not fully see, we must take on faith. One day we shall see fully and understand fully, but for now, we see dimly as though through a glass.
The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! Deuteronomy 6:4, Mark 12:29
One Lord, One faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:5-6
However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:9-11
God is IMMUTABLE—Unchanging over time, unable to be changed
God will not change, cannot change. Who God was in eternity past, He is eternally. There is no way that today He is one and tomorrow different. All His attributes in perfect harmony will always be unchanging.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good? Numbers 23:19 KJV
“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”
Ecclesiastes 3:14-15, KJV
“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:”
Isaiah 46:9-10, KJV
“In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”
Titus 1:2, KJV
“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:”
Hebrews 6:17-18, KJV
Now, with that groundwork, Let’s look at some of God’s Attributes
What is an attribute? The Oxford dictionary defines attribute as a quality or featured regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something. So, what is inherent to God? That which is and always will be a part of who He is in terms that our finite human brains at least can see and comprehend. Even the prophets who saw God’s throne could only describe things as “like a” or “in the appearance of”. Why? Because whatever our greatest imaginations are pale in comparison to the reality of All God Is. Now with each of these, never forget His infinitude. Therefore, you can truly say-God is Love or God is Justice, because He is the Perfection of each of these traits. Without Him, they are nonexistent.
GOD IS Love –
God is Love and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him. I John 4: 16
God is Justice
Shall not the Judge of all the World do right? (Genesis 18:25). The Judgements of the Lord are true and right altogether. (Psalm 19:9) The Lord executes righteousness
And justice for all who are oppressed. (Psalm 103:6 NKJV)
God is Righteousness
But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all [a]and on all who believe Romans 3:21-23
God is Goodness-
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth” Exodus 34:6 O taste and see that the Lord is good. Psalm 34:8
God is Wisdom
To God, only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever Romans 16:27 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath He established the heavens Proverbs 3:19
God is Holiness
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory. Isaiah 6:3 Who is like thee, O Lord, among the gods? Wo is like thee, glorious in holiness? Exodus 15:11
God is Mercy—
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of Mercies and the God of all Comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3)
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
9 He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
14 For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 For the wind passes over it, and it is [b]gone,
And its place remembers it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
On those who fear Him, (Psalm 103: 8-17 NKJV)
God is Grace
16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (John 1: 16-17 NKJV) 24 being justified [g]freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. (Romans 3:24-25 NKJV)
God is Omnipotence (All Powerful)
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. (Revelation 19) For with God nothing shall be impossible (Luke 1:37)
God is Omniscient (All Seeing)
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (Hebrews 4)
God is Omnipresent (Everywhere at once)
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. (Psalm 139)
God is Immanent (God Penetrates Everything)
Lo I am with you Always (Matthew 28:20) Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not (Genesis 28: 16)27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being (Acts 17)
God is Self-Existent
14 And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you….this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. (Exodus 3:14-15)
God is Eternal
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. (Psalm 90:1-2)
God is Transcendent (beyond or above anything we can imagine)
Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. (I Chronicles 29:11)
God is Sovereignty
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. (Job 12: 9-17)
God is Faithfulness
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever;
With my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, “Mercy shall be built up forever;
Your faithfulness You shall establish in the very heavens.”…
5 And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord;
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints. (Psalm 80: 1-2,5 NKJV) If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful he cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13)
God is Light
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
God is Truth
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6) Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.” (John 18:37 NLT)
God is Gentleness
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. (Psalm 18:35)
God is Patience
3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nahum 1:3) 4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? (Romans 2:4)
God is Creator
5 Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand toward heaven. 6 He swore an oath in the name of the one who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and everything in them, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it. He said, “There will be no more delay. 7 When the seventh angel blows his trumpet, God’s mysterious plan will be fulfilled. It will happen just as he announced it to his servants the prophets.” (Revelations 10:5-7 NLT)
God is Sustainer
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,[e]
16 for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
17 He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together. (Colossians 1:15-17)
And the list goes on. As we study our Bible, God’s Word, let us always be in search of a deep knowledge of All God IS. Then, remember, that is only the beginning of knowledge.
DO YOU KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD? He is our only Hope in Life and Death! Our Joy is found in Him.
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