Attributes of God – The Characteristics
Wisdom: “Wisdom is the ability to devise perfect ends and to achieve these ends by the most perfect means.” In other words, God makes no mistakes. He is the Father who truly knows best, as Paul explains in Romans 11:33: “Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways!”
Infinitude: God knows no boundaries. He is without measure. This attribute by definition impacts all of the others. Since God is infinite, everything else about Him must also be infinite.
Sovereignty: This is “the attribute by which He rules His entire creation.” It is the application of His other attributes of being all-knowing and all-powerful. It makes Him absolutely free to do what He knows to be best. God is in control of everything that happens. Man still has a free will, and is responsible for his choices in life.
Holiness: This is the attribute that sets God apart from all other created beings. It refers to His majesty and His perfect moral purity. There is absolutely no sin or evil thought in God at all. His holiness is the definition of that which is pure and righteous in all the universe. Wherever God has appeared, such as to Moses at the burning bush, that place becomes holy just for God having been there.
Trinity: Though the actual word is not used in the Bible, the truth of God revealing Himself in three persons is included. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all called God, given worship as God, exist eternally, and are involved in doing things only God could do. Although, God reveals Himself in three persons, God is One and cannot be divided. All are involved completely whenever One of the Three is active.
Omniscience: “God possesses perfect knowledge and therefore has no need to learn. God has never learned and cannot learn.” Omniscience means all-knowing. God knows everything, and His knowledge is infinite. It is impossible to hide anything from God.
Faithfulness: Everything that God has promised will come to pass. His faithfulness guarantees this fact. He does not lie. What He has said in the Bible about Himself is true. Jesus even said that He is the Truth. This is extremely important for the followers of Jesus because it is on His faithfulness that our hope of eternal life rests. He will honor His promise that our sins will be forgiven and that we will live forever with Him.
2007-10-22 02:09:37
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answered by Andrei 2
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Say: He, Allah is One.
Allah is He on Whom all depend.
He begets not, nor is He begotten;
And none is like Him
God is not seen, nor does he visit Mankind as one of their own.
God is not born of a women or a man.
God does not Die.
God does not eat nor drink
God does no sleep
God is only One
God is not man and man is not God
God does not have children.
Allah! There is no God but He,
the Living, the Self-subsisting, the Eternal.
No slumber can seize Him, nor sleep.
All things in heaven and earth are His.
Who could intercede in His presence without His permission?
He knows what appears in front of and behind His creatures.
Nor can they encompass any knowledge of Him except what he wills.
His throne extends over the heavens and the earth,
and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them,
for He is the Highest and Most Exalted.
And To Him Belongs The Most Beautiful Of Names
Allah
Ar-Rahman 1 The All-Compassionate
Ar-Rahim 2 The All-Merciful
Al-Malik 3 The Absolute Ruler
Al-Quddus 4 The Pure One
As-Salam 5 The Source of Peace
Al-Mu'min 6 The Inspirer of Faith
Al-Muhaymin 7 The Guardian
Al-'Aziz 8 The Victorious
Al-Jabbar 9 The Compeller
Al-Mutakabbir 10 The Greatest
Al-Khaliq 11 The Creator
Al-Bari' 12 The Maker of Order
Al-Musawwir 13 The Shaper of Beauty
Al-Ghaffar 14 The Forgiving
Al-Qahhar 15 The Subduer
Al-Wahhab 16 The Giver of All
Ar-Razzaq 17 The Sustainer
Al-Fattah 18 The Opener
Al-'Alim 19 The Knower of All
Al-Qabid 20 The Constrictor
Al-Basit 21 The Reliever
Al-Khafid 22 The Abaser
Ar-Rafi' 23 The Exalter
Al-Mu'izz 24 The Bestower of Honors
Al-Mudhill 25 The Humiliator
As-Sami 26 The Hearer of All
Al-Basir 27 The Seer of All
Al-Hakam 28 The Judge
Al-'Adl 29 The Just
Al-Latif 30 The Subtle One
Al-Khabir 31 The All-Aware
Al-Halim 32 The Forebearing
Al-'Azim 33 The Magnificent
Al-Ghafur 34 The Forgiver and Hider of Faults
Ash-Shakur 35 The Rewarder of Thankfulness
Al-'Ali 36 The Highest
Al-Kabir 37 The Greatest
Al-Hafiz 38 The Preserver
Al-Muqit 39 The Nourisher
Al-Hasib 40 The Accounter
Al-Jalil 41 The Mighty
Al-Karim 42 The Generous
Ar-Raqib 43 The Watchful One
Al-Mujib 44 The Responder to Prayer
Al-Wasi' 45 The All-Comprehending
Al-Hakim 46 The Perfectly Wise
Al-Wadud 47 The Loving One
Al-Majíd 48 The Majestic One
Al-Ba'ith 49 The Resurrector
Ash-Shahid 50 The Witness
Al-h Haqq 51 The Truth
Al-Wakil 52 The Trustee
Al-Qawi 53 The Possessor of All Strength
Al-Matin 54 The Forceful One
Al-Wáli 55 The Governor
Al-Hamid 56 The Praised One
Al-Muhsi 57 The Appraiser
Al-Mubdi 58 The Originator
Al-Mu'id 59 The Restorer
Al-Muhyi 60 The Giver of Life
Al-Mumit 61 The Taker of Life
Al-Hayy 62 The Ever Living One
Al-Qayyum 63 The Self-Existing One
Al-Wajid 64 The Finder
Al-Májid 65 The Glorious
Al-Wahid 66 The Only One
Al-Ahad 67 The One
As-Samad 68 The Satisfier of All Needs
Al-Qadir 69 The All Powerful
Al-Muqtadir 70 The Creator of All Power
Al-Muqaddim 71 The Expediter
Al-Mu'akhkhir 72 The Delayer
Al-Awwal 73 The First
Al-Akhir 74 The Last
Az-Zahir 75 The Manifest One
Al-Batin 76 The Hidden One
Al-Walí 77 The Protecting Friend
Al-Muta'ali 78 The Supreme One
Al-Barr 79 The Doer of Good
At-Tawwib 80 The Guide to Repentance
Al-Muntaqim 81 The Avenger
Al-Afu 82 The Forgiver
Ar-Ra'uf 83 The Clement
Malik al-Mulk 84 The Owner of All
Dhul-Jalali
Wal-Ikram 85 The Lord of Majesty and Bounty
Al-Muqsit 86 The Equitable One
Al-Jami 87 The Gatherer
Al-Ghani 88 The Rich One
Al-Mughni 89 The Enricher
Al-Mani' 90 The Preventer of Harm
Ad-Darr 91 The Creator of The Harmful
An-Nafi 92 The Creator of Good
An-Nur 93 The Light
Al-Hadi 94 The Guide
Al-Badi 95 The Originator
Al-Baqi 96 The Everlasting One
Al-Warith 97 The Inheritor of All
Ar-Rashid 98 The Righteous Teacher
As-Sabur 99 The Patient One
2007-10-22 02:24:01
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answered by Sol 2
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the 1st concept to appreciate is that God isn't a guy (Numbers 23:19). he's exterior the area time continuum, plenty so as that he can journey a parity of era equivalent of one thousand years buffered to a million day and a million day accelerated to one thousand years (2 Peter 3:8). We as human beings can't do this. We would desire to journey sometime at a time. God's ideas at the instant are not our ideas (Isaiah fifty 5:8). we are actual. God is spirit (John 4:24). There are spirit beings who've had no mothers and dads (Hebrews 7:3). the father (the main severe God) become not born and has no mothers and dads. he will exist endlessly into the destiny (Revelation 11:15). He has existed endlessly interior the previous (Titus a million:2). Our minds are finite and we can't conceptualize the assumption of endlessly into the overdue to this dilemma in our minds. even with the actual incontrovertible fact that we are in a position to nicely known the very fact. We, as human beings would desire to income capacity as we advance up by way of fact we are actual. besides the incontrovertible fact that, that's the character of God (who's spirit) to be all useful, almighty (Genesis 17:a million). His capacity is likewise inifinite (having no end). Our lifestyles is bounded via the fee of sunshine. yet God IS easy! (a million Timothy 6:sixteen). His Son is the easy for this planet (John 8:12, John 9:5, John 12:forty six). many times actual issues are better while they are greater complicated. The Spirit international is the choice. That that's better has greater simplicity (2 Corinthians 11:3). any guy or woman who has seen Christ has, in essence, seen the father (John 14:9). there become no want for God to be created. God is self-existent; he's the great i'm (Exodus 3:14). God has the attributes of capacity, creativity, and stability. that's throughout the sacrifice of his Son that we've a huge gamble at salvation (Acts 4:12). "remember the former problems with previous: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else; [i'm] God, and [there is] none like me, putting forward the top from the beginning up, and from historic circumstances [the failings] which at the instant are not [yet] performed, asserting, My information shall stand, and that i visit do all my excitement: Calling a starving chook from the east, the guy that executes my information from a a methods united states: confident, I surely have spoken [it]. i visit additionally carry it to pass; I surely have purposed [it], i visit additionally do it" (Isaiah forty six:9-11).
2016-11-09 04:36:23
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answered by scasso 4
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God is experienced by all people via pre-learned mental models by which we determine what a deity would be like and seems to be acting like. Most often, God is compared to our ideal of what a Father should be and then assigned cosmis powers of infallibility and so on. So someone who believes a father should be strict and rule with an iron fist will respond to "God is Love" with "God is also wrath, jealousy, righteousness, judge, etc."
I have done my very best to strip away all the metaphors caused by conditioning and language and upbringing and have experienced divinity as directly as possible. My experience has been that God is, in fact, Love. Which is not to say that Love never inflicts pain on people!
2007-10-22 02:28:06
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answered by Anonymous
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To Nogodian: Your intelligence is tasteless, invisible, intangible, etc. So, it does not exist. Have you tasted the laws of nature? Have you seen the laws of nature, not just laws of physics written on paper, but the true laws of nature? Intelligence, consciousness, etc. do exist even if they are intangible, not material, transcendental, etc.
God is even more than this transcendental reality. He is the totality that encompasses both the transcendental and the relative aspects of life. According to scriptures, He has the power to come into flesh. There is no proof of this today. We only have these records. However, we have plenty of evidence that this transcendental reality, which is tasteless, etc. is real, practical, with scientifically verifiable benefits, etc.
2007-10-22 02:20:27
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answered by My account has been compromised 2
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Find a practising muslim in your area or wherever you can find one and ask him to give you a copy of the 99 Names of ALLAH...These are but a few of his attributes....
2007-10-22 02:10:09
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answered by vees 2
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The main one is pure Love. All the rest branch off from there.
2007-10-22 02:08:18
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answered by Acorn 7
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What are some attributes of God? God is Eternal, Invisible, Immortal, Immutable (Unchangeable), Good, Perfect, Holy, Righteous, Just, Light, life, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, self Existent and self sufficient. The Heavens cannot contain Him, He measures the Heavens with the span of His hand. God is infinite in wisdom, knowledge, understanding and in fathoming the totality of all that God is could not be exhausted in an eternity spent with Him revealing all that He is to us as glorified Children of God in eternity to come with Jesus. https://www.goodnewsofjesuschrist.org/tv
2017-03-12 22:38:05
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answered by Gnojesuschrist 1
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God would be able to cook bacon perfectly. Crispy, but not too dried out.
That is very difficult to do.
2007-10-22 02:09:14
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answered by Anonymous
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God seems to be invisible, silent, intangible, odorless, tasteless it's not possible to sense him via any of our human senses, so to all intents and purposes he may as well not be there and I don't think he is personally, I think God is an imaginary and fictional being.
2007-10-22 02:10:39
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answered by Anonymous
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