James 1:17 (ESV)17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. We have been looking for several days at the … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Unchanging
Nahum 1:2–6 (ESV)2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Wrath
Deuteronomy 32:4 (ESV)4 “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. The Lord always does what is right. He is the Judge of all … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Justice
Psalm 145:8–9 (ESV)8 The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.9 The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. What do we mean when we say … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Gracious
Lamentations 3:22–23 (ESV)22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. God will never let you down. He will never say one thing and … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Faithfulness
Isaiah 6:1–3 (ESV)1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Holy
1 Corinthians 1:20–25 (ESV) – 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Wisdom
Luke 6:35–36 (ESV)35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Mercy
Exodus 34:4–7 (ESV)4 So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Patient
Psalm 136:1 (ESV)1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Ever since the beginning, God’s goodness has been questioned. This was the tact taken by the cunning serpent in Genesis 3 when … Continue reading The Attributes of God: Goodness
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