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from God, 3aul e0claims, To the only wise God be glory forever through /esus
2hrist )menE %Romans 1&'+9(. The interrelation of the attributes is already
evident as the divine omniscience is aware not only of what is but also of what
ought to be %morally(. >ivine faithfully and consistency involve moral integrity
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and no hypocrity.

I,. ETHICA# ATTRIBUTE

A. Go$ is Holy
God is holy, and as such is the source and standard of w hat is right. God is
free from all evil, loves all truth and goodness. :e values purity and detest
impurity and in authenticity God, God cannot approve of any evil, has no
pleasure in evil %3salm A' (, and cannot tolerate evil %:aba!!u! 1'1-@1 (. God
abhors do not stand in awe of abstract holiness but of the holy one % saiah 8'+A(.
:oliness is not solely the product of God;s will but a changeless characteristic of
his eternal nature. The #uestion 3lato as! therefore needs to be rewarded to apply
to the 2hristian God.
The good, just, the pure, the holy is holy, not by reason of an arbitrary act
of the divine will, nor of a principle independent of God, but because if is an
outflow of his nature. God always will in accord with his nature consistently. :e
wills the good because he is good, and because he is holy, he consistently hates
sin and is repulsed by all evil without respect of persons.
B. Go$ is Ri('teo*s
God is just, or righteous, God;s justice or righteous is revealed in his
matters of merit, e0actly what they serve. :is judgment is not arbitrary or

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7lemer, *. Towns. Bible Answer !or Al"ost All Yo r Fuestions. %$ashville' Tennessee, Thomas $eson
nc., +88-(, 8.

:urst, >.C. And He (ave Teachers . %Springfield' Gospel 3ublishing :ouse, <o., 1 AA(, ++1.

capricious but principled and without respect of persons. 4ld Testament written
fre#uently protest the injustice e0perienced by the poor, widows, orphans,
strangers and the godly God in contrast has compassion on the poor and needy
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strangers and the godly. God, in contrast, has compassion on the poor and needy.
:e answers, delivers, revives, ac#uits, and grants them the justice that is due. n
righteous he delivers the needy from injustice and persecution. 7ventually he will
create a new heaven and a new earth in which righteous will dwell % saiah &A'19(.
God;s wrath is revealed as sinners, both /ews and Gentiles. Believers are
justified freely by God;s grace that came by /esus 2hrist, who are fully persuaded
that God can do what he has promised % saiah '+1( find t heir faith credited to
them for righteousness God in his justice graciously provides for the just status of
believers in 2hrist. Righteousness in God is not unrelated to mercy, grace and
love. 18
C. #ovin(
t is not that God is lac!ing something in himself %)ct 19'+A(, but that God
desires to give of himself for the well@being of those loved, in spite of their being
unlovely and undeserving. God not only loves but is in himself love. % /ohn ' (.
:is love is li!e that of a husband toward his wife, a father toward his son, and a
mother toward her unweaned baby.
*ove cares for the aged, the opposed, the poor, the orphans, and others in
need. The loving God of the bible is not unmoved by %or impossible toward(
people with real needs. The God of )braham, saac, /acob, /ob, /eremiah, /esus,
/udas, 3eter, and 3aul suffered, indeed was longsuffering. n empathy God enters
through imagination into feeling of his creatures. Beyond that, God@incarnate
entered through participation into our temptations and suffering

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