Everywhere I go I see God is Love. God is Love. Yes he does love us. But is that all he is? God is also, Holiness, Goodness, Justice, Truth, Spirit, Infinite, Eternal, Wisdom, Eternal, Unchangeable, just to name a few. We must understand God and all of his attributes to give an accurate understanding of who and what God is. The first question I like to ask people who say God is love is... If God is so loving why is there , hurt, pain, and disease, in the world? This question usually leaves the person in a lurch. I am going on a Tangent : Our evangelism cannot be "lets show Gods love". The truth is man is evil and man sees all the hurt in the world and makes up a God that is the exact opposite of what he sees. Man breaks the second commandment and invents a God that is just Love, no other attributes like WRATH and ANGER, and JUSTICE. Genesis 6:5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. Before the regeneration of the Holy Spirit we are in sins and trespasses. Ephesians 2:1 1As for you, you were in your transgressions and sins. The question is why does God love at all? He loves us because he is Love. Sounds funny. God loves because he is love. We love because we need an opposite reaction to and anger. There is a difference between us and God. Gods ways are not our ways. We all deserve the WRATH and ANGER of a GOOD GOD, but instead he sent his only begotten son to die on a cross for us. End Tangent! We must be diligent to learn about GOD and all of his attributes so we can love him more.
ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.
GOD IS HOLY : Separate for sin and sinners. Isiah 6:1-3 HOLY, HOLY, HOLY
GOD IS WRATH : Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is revealed.
GOD IS JUSTICE : Isiah 30:18 God is a God of Justice.
GOD IS UNCHANGEABLE : Malachi 3:6 I the LORD do not change
GOD IS TRUTH : John 17:17 Your word is Truth.
GOD IS WISDOM : Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom
GOD IS SPIRIT : John 4:24 God is spirit.
GOD IS OMNIPRESENT : PSALM 139:8 God is everywhere.
GOD IS OMNISCIENT : ACTS 15:18 God sees everything, even your thought life.
GOD IS OMNIPOTENT : Matthew 19:26 God can do whatever he wants to.
If God is Good, Omnipotent, and Sovereign, Where Does Evil Come From?
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by Phil Johnson
*When bad things happen, has God lost control?*
rminian reasoning: "If God is sovereign, doesn't that make him the author
of evil? Why wo...
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