GOD'S MORAL ATTRIBUTES

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 God is holy
Ex. 15:11; I Sam. 2:2; Isa. 6:3; I Pet.
1:16
1. God’s holiness means He is SEPARATE. (Synonyms: other, distinct, unique)
This means that God is unlike us; He is unique to Himself; He is in a category of His own.
Examples of God’s Uniqueness/Otherness Include His:
Eternality — God is without beginning or end; God exists outside of time; He is, He was,
He evermore shall be.
Aseity — God is uncreated; His existence is grounded in Himself; God is neither derived
nor dependent.
Simplicity — God is not the sum of parts, he is indivisible; God is all that He is all of the
time.
Tri-unity — God is three distinct and equal persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, existing
eternally as one God.
Omniscient — All things are known to God from all eternity; God does not learn.
Omnipotent — God is all-powerful; for God, nothing is strenuous, tiring, or beyond His
ability.
Omnipresent — God, in His fullness, is fully present everywhere.
2. God’s holiness means He is TRANSCENDENT.
Every individual aspect of who God is so uniquely glorious that it cannot be fully
measured or comprehended. He is beyond the limits and borders of every other
thing; He is greater in every way than all else.
Consider God’s Transcendence In Relation to His:
Goodness — The goodness of God is higher and greater than all goodness; it is the
source of all goodness.
Creativity — The creativity of God is incalculable in its scope, specificity, grandeur,
complexity, uniqueness, and perfection.
Wisdom — The wisdom of God is supreme, only and always enacting that which is
impeccable.
Knowledge — The knowledge of God is complete; all is open and bare before the
face of God, fully known from all eternity
Authority — The authority of God is without equal, rival, or hinderance. Whatsoever
God wills is done.
Counsel — The guidance of God for His people is pure, perfect, comprehensive, and
circumspect.
Righteousness — The Law of God is utterly clean, pure, right, proper, good,
wholesome, equitable, and morally supreme.
Justice — The justice of God is true, fair, impartial, devoid of misperception, and
altogether accurate and balanced.
Faithfulness — The faithfulness of God is unwavering, unfailing and resolved; He is
the promise-keeping God who never lies.
Compassion — The tender compassion of God acknowledges, pursues, embraces,
mends, and restores the broken hearted.
Mercy — The mercy of God forgives offenses which are unforgivable, makes peace
with enemies, and saves the undeserving.
Grace — The grace of God renews the irreparable, salvages the unsalvageable, and
grants the incalculable inheritance of eternal life with God to sinners who only
ever deserved His wrath and curse.
3. God’s holiness means He is PURE. (Helpful Synonyms: impeccable, perfect,
proper, faultless)
This means that every aspect of God’s being is altogether faultless, proper, and
impeccable.
 God is righteous
Psa. 116:5; Ezra 9:15; Psa. 145:17; Jer.
12:1
 God is merciful
Psa. 103 :8 Deut. 4 :31; Psa. 86 :15;
Rom. 9 :18
 God is love
I John 4:8-16; John 3:16; I John 3:16;
John 16:27
 God is faithful
I Cor. 1:9; II Tim. 2:13; Deut. 7:9; Deut.
32:4
Moral
-moral
concerned with the principles of right and
wrong behavior and the goodness or badness
of human character.
Holy
-banal
sacred
Righteous-
matuwid
(of a person or conduct) morally right or
justifiable; virtuous.
Merciful-
maawain
providing relief
 Love-
pag-ibig
an intense feeling of deep affection.
Faithful-
tapat
remaining loyal and steadfast.
Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the
gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Psalm 116:5
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our
God is merciful.
Deuteronomy 4:31
 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he
will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor
forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware
unto them.
 John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Also God is Glorious-Ex. 15:11; Psa. 145:5. Gracious - Ex. 34:6; Psa. 116:5.
Longsuffering- Num. 14:18; Micah 7:18. Jealous - Josh. 24:19; Nahum 1:2.
Compassionate- I Kings 8:23. Great- II Chr. 2:5; Psa. 86:10.
Unsearchable - Job 11:7; Psa. 145:3. Invisible - Job 23:8,9; I Tim. 1:17.
Good- Psa. 25:8; Psa. 119:68. Upright- Psa. 25:8; Psa. 92:15.
Immutable-- Psa. 102:26,27; Jas. 1:17. Light - Isa.60:19; I John 1.:5.
True - Jer. 10 :10. Perfect - Matt. 5 :48.
Incorruptible- Rom. 1:23. Immortal- I Tim. 1:17; 6:16.
Consuming fire - Heb. 12 :29. None like Him-Ex. 9 :14; Deut. 33 :26.
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