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Attributes of God
| Aseity | God is independent and needs no one. | Acts 17:25 |
| Eternality | God is everlasting. He is without beginning or end. | Exodus 3:14 Psalm 90:2 Isaiah 40:28 |
| Graciousness | God condescends to show us undeserved kindness. | 2 Chronicles 30:9 1 Peter 2:3 |
| Holiness | God is pure, morally perfect, and without spiritual defect. He is separate and distinct from everything and everyone in His moral and spiritual status. | Exodus 15:11 Leviticus 19:2 Numbers 23:19 Habakkuk 1:13 1 John 1:5 |
| Immanence | God’s presence is manifested in the world. | Isaiah 6:3 Acts 17:28 |
| Immutability | God cannot change. He remains unchanged in His infinity–His nature, character, essence, and attributes. | Psalm 102:27 Malachi 3:6 Hebrews 6:18 Hebrews 13:8 James 1:17 |
| Incomprehensibility | God is not able to be fully known | Isaiah 40:28 |
| Incorporeality | God is spirit–not flesh. He is a spiritual Being. | Luke 24:39 John 4:24 |
| Infinity | God is limitless in His attributes. | Psalm 90:2 Psalm 139:7-8 Matthew 19:26 Hebrews 4:13 |
| Jealousy | God possesses a zeal to protect that which is right, such as His relationship with His people. | Exodus 20:5 Numbers 25:1-18 |
| Mercy | God often withholds deserved punishment/retribution. | Nehemiah 9:31 Isaiah 55:7 Micah 7:18 |
| Omnibenevolence | God is all-loving–possessing a completely unselfish care and concern for what is best for the individual. | 1 John 4:16 |
| Omnipotence | God is all-powerful–able to do anything that infinite power can do. | Genesis 17:1 Job 42:2 Jeremiah 32:27 Matthew 19:26 Mark 10:27 |
| Omnipresence | God is aware of all that is happening everywhere, whether in the physical or spirit realm. | 1 King 8:27 Psalm 139:7-8 Proverbs 15:3 |
| Omnisapient | God is all-wise. | Romans 11:33 Romans 16:27 |
| Omniscience | God is all-knowing. He knows everything there is to be known. | 1 Chronicles 28:9 Psalm 147:4 Matthew 10:29-30 Hebrews 4:13 |
| Oneness | God is one and only, an essential unity, one in His divine essence–yet exists in three separate, distinct persons, forming the unified Godhead. | Deuteronomy 6:4 Romans 1:20 Colossians 2:9 Matthew 3:16-17 Matthew 28:19 2 Corinthians 13:14 John 14:26 |
| Patience/Longsuffering | God waits on and bears with people, giving them time to make the right decision. | Psalm 103:17 Romans 2:4 1 Peter 3:20 2 Peter 3:9 |
| Righteousness/Justice | God is just, fair, and impartial. He shows no favor or bias. He is always right. Every one of His actions is proper and correct. | Psalm 11:7 Acts 20:34 Romans 2:11 |
| Sovereignty | God is the absolute, supreme authority, ruler, and controller of the material and spiritual realms. | 1 Chronicles 29:11-12 Isaiah 45:18 Isaiah 46:9-10 Ezekiel–“sovereign LORD” |
| Transcendence | God transcends all space/time and is not subject to its limitations. | Isaiah 57:15 |
| Wrathful | God possesses appropriate disdain for evil. His anger is unemotional, impersonal, judicial, and proper in magnitude and duration. | Exodus 15:7 Ezra 9:14-15 Psalm 7:11 Romans 1:18 John 3:36 |
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