The Attributes of God

 

 

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Why study the Attributes of God?
Daniel 11:32 says that “know their God will display strength & take action 
Click for Joy of Knowing God through His attributes.

 

The Attributes of God
"I PRAY THEE SHOW ME THY GLORY" EX 33:18

NATURAL
(Inwardly in Himself)

MORAL
(Outwardly to His Creation)

NOTE: mouse over BRIGHT BLUE  or click attribute for more
(eg hold point over &/or click "
OMNISCIENT")
"
CHS" = quotes from C. H. Spurgeon on The Attributes of God (CLICK full page of Quotes HERE)

 

Knows EVERYTHING

(v2) When I go
(v2) What I think
(v3) What I do
(v4) What I say
His Knowledge = too high
 
Ps 139:1-6

(Spurgeon's Note)
(
See Perfect in Knowledge)
"There never was a time in which we were unknown to God, and there never will be a moment in which we shall be beyond His observation...This is a fact to be remembered every moment: sitting down to consider, or rising up to act, we are still seen, known, and read by Jehovah our Lord...Though Thou shouldst give but a glance at my heart, and see me as one sees a passing meteor moving afar, yet Thou wouldst by that glimpse sum up all the meanings of my soul, so transparent is everything to Thy piercing glance....The Lord judges our active life and our quiet life; he discriminates our action and our repose, and marks that in them which is good and also that which is evil. There is chaff in all our wheat, and the Lord divides them with unerring precision...This should fill us with awe, so that we sin not; with courage, so that we fear not; with delight, so that we mourn not....Behind us there is God recording our sins, or in grace blotting out the remembrance of them; and before us there is God foreknowing all our deeds, and providing for all our wants. We cannot turn back and so escape Him, for He is behind; we cannot go forward and outmarch Him, for He is before...Shall we not alter the figure, and say that our heavenly Father has folded His arms around us, and caressed us with His hand? It is even so with those who are by faith the children of the Most High...Such knowledge not only surpasses my comprehension, but even my imagination....Mount as I may, this truth is too lofty for my mind. It seems to be always above me, even when I soar into the loftiest regions of spiritual thought. Is it not so with every attribute of God? Can we attain to any idea of His power, His wisdom, His holiness? Our mind has no line with which to measure the Infinite.  " (CHS)

Infinite in understanding
Ps 147:5

(Spurgeon's note)
 

Hold pointer over each attribute or click for more information

HAS
ALL POWER

(Click 12 hymns= Gods strength)
(Click 9 hymns= Gods power)
(Click 30+ hymns= God Creator)
(
See God is Able)

Ge 18:14 "Is anything too difficult for the LORD?
Nothing is too difficult  for Jehovah

What impossible situation or task are you facing today? Ask yourself this question: Is it too difficult for God? Run to the Rock that is higher than you & take refuge in His tower of strength (Ps 61:2-3
Read Spurgeon's devotional). Cry out to the God of the impossible & rest in His perfect wisdom, timing & power.

The omnipotent God is your Source of strength - "You cannot serve Him in your strength. You can only serve Him in the strength He gives as you need it. Here, take the bread, take the fish, and feed the thousands. Never say that it is not enough (Mt 14:17)" The omnipotent One "will multiply both the bread and the fish as it is broken and consumed. There will be more than you need. " (CHS)

Jer 32:17 'Ah Lord GOD! Behold, Thou hast made the heavens & the earth by Thy great power &  by Thy outstretched arm! Nothing  is too difficult for Thee
(Read Spurgeon's devotional)

Cf "Is the LORD'S power limited ?"Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not." Nu 11:23 (Read Spurgeon's devotional)

"I know that Thou can do all things & that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted.
Job 42:2

 

 

PRESENT EVERYWHERE
ALL OF GOD
ALL THE TIME

(See The Lord is With Us)
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil & the good.
Pr 15:3

(Click here for every use of the phrase "the eyes of the LORD" in the NASB)

God is everywhere all the time for as the psalmist says "He will not allow your foot to slip. He who keeps you will not slumber." (Ps 121:3)
Spurgeon remarks "
A present God! I cannot suggest a theme to make you more courageous. You will find it exceedingly helpful and comforting to discover God in the unimportant things. You will find it exceedingly helpful and comforting to discover God in the unimportant things. If we had a God for only great things and not also for little things, we would be miserable. Blessed be our heavenly Father. He that wings an angel, guides a sparrow. He that rolls a world along, molds a tear and marks its track when it trickles from your eye."

"Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?" declares Jehovah. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares Jehovah
Jer 23:23-24


Ps 139:7 139:8  139:9 139:10 139:11 139:12
(Spurgeon's Note)
Spurgeon adds that "the Puritans believed in an ever-present God. Oh to be able to feel God everywhere, in the little as well as the great, in our rising up and our sitting down, in our going out and our coming in. I cannot imagine a life more blessed or a spirit more related to the spirit of the glorified than the mind and heart of the person who lives in God, who knows and feels that God is ever-present. If you are in personal danger, or in the midst of a storm, or facing illness, and if you hear a voice saying, “Surely the Lord is in this place” (Ge 28:16) you will be perfectly at rest." (See Note)

"The God Who made the world & all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven & earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands
Acts 17:24

 

NO BEGINNING & END & NOT CONFINED TO TIME

(See Everlasting)
God's Testimony
'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, &  say, as I live forever Dt 32:40

For thus says the high & exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, "I dwell on a high and holy place & also with the contrite & lowly of spirit in order to revive the spirit of the lowly & to revive the heart of the contrite. Isa 57:15

Man's Testimony
"But at the end of that period I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him Who lives forever; for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation." Da 4:34

"The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, 'Destroy!' (Dt 33:27) (Spurgeon's Note)

EVERLASTING

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the Jehovah the Everlasting God.
(El Olam =
God of Eternity)
Ge 21:33


Do you not know ? Have you not heard ? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. Isa 40:28

 

GOD
NEVER CHANGES

(Click 13 hymns=God unchanging)
(
See I Change Not)

Heaven &  earth will perish BUT He is ever the same & His years will not end.

"Of old Thou founded the earth & the heavens are the work of Thy hands.
Even they will perish, but Thou dost endure & all of them will wear out like a garment  like clothing Thou will change them & they will be changed. But Thou art the same & Thy years will not come to an end. Ps 102:25-27

"Thou art the same...God, the same in essence & nature, the same in will & purpose, Thou dost change all other things as Thou pleaseth; but Thou art immutable in every respect..."
(Spurgeon)

God does not change
For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
Malachi 3:6

"It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows...The delight which the mariner feels, when, after having been tossed about for many a day, he steps again upon the solid shore, is the satisfaction of a Christian when, amidst all the changes of this troublous life, he rests the foot of his faith upon this truth-"I am the Lord, I change not." The stability which the anchor gives the ship when it has at last obtained a hold-fast, is like that which the Christian's hope affords him when it fixes itself upon this glorious truth. With God "is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." What ever his attributes were of old, they are now ...He has ever been the refuge of His people, their stronghold in the day of trouble, and He is their sure Helper still. He is unchanged in his love. He has loved his people with "an everlasting love"; he loves them now as much as ever he did, and when all earthly things shall have melted in the last conflagration, his love will still wear the dew of its youth. Precious is the assurance that He changes not! The wheel of providence revolves, but its axle is eternal love."
(Spurgeon's full devotional)

Are you riding on storm tossed seas today? Then cast your anchor onto the Solid Rock of the glorious truth that His character changeth not - He was the refuge for David & He can be your Refuge from the storm (Isa 25:4)  your stronghold in the day of trouble (Nah 1:7). Why? Because....
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday & today & forever. Heb 13:8

God does not vary

 Every good thing bestowed & every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with Whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. (Js 1:17, cf Ro 11:29)

"Ancient of Days"(Da 7:22)

Click song: Ancient of Days

 

 

beyond our understanding
(click note)

Man cannot plumb the depths or limits of God
Can you discover the depths of