by Lisa Groen
The “attributes of God” are popular for study among those who seek God’s help. The attributes of God are qualities that God possesses in his personality that describe God’s God-ness. These attributes inform how our approach to God should be as they inspire worship and can also inform how we are able to pray as well as roles God readily fills for the people he has created. The attributes of God that are listed below are taken directly from the Bible. At a later time I will provide the scripture references that are associated with each God-trait.
There are two categories of attributes of God, and they are communicable and incommunicable attributes. The communicable attributes are attributes God shares with those who follow Christ and have been born again when He cleanses them from sin. The incommunicable attributes are attributes He alone as God possesses, and no other one in existence possesses. I have interspersed the two lists and attempted to make this an exhaustive list, but it was a bit difficult knowing God himself is infinite. So, I may have missed a few, but I focused on hitting the larger general areas:
1) His incarnation through Christ
2) His omnipresence
3) His omniscience
4) His omnipotence
5) His glory
6) His graciousness
7) His humanity through Jesus the Son of God
8) His holiness
9) His uncreated existence
10) His eternality
11) His divinity
12) His wisdom
13) His Saving power to save the whole person from sin, spirit mind and body
14) His mercy
15) His humility
16) His throne
17) His kingship
18) His leadership
19) His worth
20) His transcendence
21) His love
22) His joy
23) His peace
24) His patience
25) His kindness
26) His goodness
27) His faithfulness
28) His gentleness
29) His self-control or self-restraint
30) His perfection
31) His suffering
32) His righteousness
33) His incorporeality
34) His immanence
35) His compassion
36) His creatorhood
37) His infinitude
38) His Sovereignty
39) His self-existence
40) His self-sufficiency
41) His justice
42) His immutability-he never changes
43) His incomprehensibility although he allows us to know him and have a relationship with him through Christ
44) His uniqueness-only one God in all of existence
45) His unity within the Godhead, among God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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