The Attributes of God

1. Creator of everything (Genesis 1, 2):
   Revelation 21:1
   And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2. The I AM
   Exodus 3:14
   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.
   John 8:58
   Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

3. HOLY
   Leviticus 11:44
   For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
   1 Peter 1:16
   Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

4. Three persons
   Isaiah 11:1-3
   And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
   Revelation 22:16
   I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
   Matthew 28:19
   Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
   John 14:26
   But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

5. A Spirit
   John 4:24
   God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

6. Omniscient
   1 John 3:20
   For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

7. Omnipotent
   Matthew 19:26
   But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

8. Omnipresent
   Psalms 139:7
   Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
   Proverbs 15:3
   The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
9. The Resurrection and the Life
   John 11:25
   Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

10. The Way, the Truth, the Life
    John 14:6
    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

11. Light
    John 1:4
    In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
    John 1:9
    That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
    1 John 1:5
    This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

12. Sovereign
    Psalms 115:3
    But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
    Ephesians 1:11
    In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

13. One God
    Deuteronomy 6:4
    Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

    Malachi 2:10
    Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
    Mark 12:32
    And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

14. Our Father
    Matthew 6:9
    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
    Malachi 2:10
    Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

15. God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
    Exodus 3:6
    Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
    Matthew 22:32
    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
16. Judge of Mankind
    Isaiah 33:22
    For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
    1 Peter 4:5
    Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

17. King of Kings
1 Timothy 6:15
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Revelation 17:14
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
18. LORD of lords
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
1 Timothy 6:15
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Revelation 17:14
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
19. Lawgiver
Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Ezra 7:12
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
20. Kinsman Redeemer
    Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

21. Our Brother
    Hebrews 2:11-12
    For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

22. Eternal/Everlasting (both)
    Deuteronomy 33:27
    The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
    Isaiah 43:10
    Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
    Genesis 21:33
    And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
    Isaiah 40:28
    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
    Romans 16:26
    But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment ofthe everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

23. Sustainer of all things
    Colossians 1:17
    And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

24. Alpha and Omega, First and Last, Beginning and the End
    Isaiah 41:4
    Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first,and with the last; I am he.
    Isaiah 44:6
    Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
    Isaiah 48:12
    Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

25. Immutable: The same yesterday, today and forever
Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
26. The Living God of the Living
    Matthew 22:32
    I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

27. The Son
    John 8:58
    Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

28. The Holy Spirit
    Acts 5:3-4
    But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keepback part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

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