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Communicable Attributes of God Flashcards

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What are the 5 major categories of Communicable Attributes of God?

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Five Broad Categories for the Communicable Attributes
(Being moral, mental purpose, summary)

  1. ) God’s being
    e. g. God’s invisibility and spirituality
  2. ) God’s moral attributes
    e. g. God’s love, God’s patience, God’s jealousy
  3. ) God’s mental attributes
    e. g. God’s wisdom and truthfulness
  4. ) Attributes of purpose
    e. g. God’s will and God’s omniscience
  5. ) Summary attributes
    e. g. God’s beauty and God’s perfection
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What does Communicable Attributes mean?

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Those attributes that God does share with others.

In other words, God shares to some extent these attributes with us.

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How many Communicable Attributes are there and what are they?

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Depending on how you break them down, there are roughly twenty-two communicable attributes. Twenty have been defined in Grudem.

A. Attributes Describing God’s Being

 1. Spirituality
 2. Invisibility

B. Mental Attributes

 3. Knowledge (or Omniscience)
 4. Wisdom
 5. Truthfulness (and Faithfulness)

C. Moral Attributes

 6. Goodness
 7. Love
 8. Mercy (Grace, Patience)
 9. Holiness
 10. Peace (or Order)
 11. Righteousness (or Justice)
 12. Jealousy
 13. Wrath

D. Attributes of Purpose [Jeff to complete]

 14. Will
 15. Freedom
 16. Omnipotence (or Power, and Sovereignty)

E. “Summary” Attributes

 17. Perfection
 18. Blessedness
 19. Beauty 20. Glory
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Define the Communicable Attribute - GOD’S KNOWLEDGE (OMNISCIENCE)

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God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act.

God’s knowledge is not limited by the creation.

He does not and cannot learn.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of GOD’S KNOWLEDGE (OMNISCIENCE).

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Job 37:16 “Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?”

1 John 3:20 “For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.”

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Define the Communicable Attribute - GOD’S KNOWLEDGE - WISDOM, OR OMNISAPIENCE

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God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals.

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Summary written on test.

God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals.

Romans 16:27 – He is called “the only wise God”. No other being, entity is called ‘wise’ but God.

Job 12:13 – “With him are wisdom and might” Wisdom is associated ONLY with God or through Him.

Knowing that God was ‘wise’ in the creation of all helps us reach peace in our faith as we understand His character. We can rest in knowledge that since He is wise that he has purpose for everything, every moment, and every situation. What great confidence through Him that should bring us in our daily lives.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of GOD’S KNOWLEDGE - WISDOM, OR OMNISAPIENCE.

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Romans 16:27 “The only wise God”

Job 12:13 “With him are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.”

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Define the Communicable Attribute - GOODNESS

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God is the final standard of good, and all God is and does is worthy of approval.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of GOODNESS.

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Luke 18:19 “No one is good but God alone.”

Psalm 119:68 “You are good and you do good; teach me your statutes.”

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Define the Communicable Attribute - HOLINESS

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God is separated from sin and devoted to seeking his own honor.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of HOLINESS.

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Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory”

Psalm 71:22 “The Holy One of Israel”

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Define the Communicable Attribute - RIGHTEOUSNESS (JUSTICE)

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God always acts in accordance with what is right and is himself the final standard of what is right.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of RIGHTEOUSNESS (JUSTICE) .

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Deuteronomy 32:4 “All his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.”

Genesis 18:25 “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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Define the Communicable Attribute - OMNIPOTENCE.

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God is able to do all his holy will.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of OMNIPOTENCE.

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Jeremiah 32:17 “’Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.”

Ephesians 3:20 “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

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Define the Communicable Attribute - FREEDOM.

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God’s freedom is that attribute of God whereby he does whatever he pleases.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of FREEDOM.

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Psalm 115:3 “Our God is in the heavens; he does whatever he pleases.”

Proverbs 21:1 “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.”

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Define the Communicable Attribute - GOD’S WILL.

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God’s will is that attribute of God whereby he approves and determines to bring about every action necessary for the existence and activity of himself and all creation.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of FREE WILL.

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Ephesians 1:11 “In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will.” (our salvation by God’s will)

Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” (creation by God’s will)

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Define the Communicable Attribute - TRUE.

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God is the true God. All his knowledge and words are both true and the final standard of truth.

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Provide 2 scriptures that support the attribute of TRUE.

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Psalm 12:6 “And the words of the Lord are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.”

John 17:17 “…Your word is truth.”

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Fully define and describe GOD’S KNOWLEDGE (OMNISCIENCE), including the distinctions and aspects.

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God fully knows himself and all things actual and possible in one simple and eternal act. God’s knowledge is not limited by the creation. He does not and cannot learn.

  1. ) God knows all things actual, i.e., all things that exist and all things that happen.
  2. ) God knows all things possible, i.e., things that might happen but do not actually come to pass.
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Fully define and describe GOD’S GOODNESS, including the distinctions and aspects.

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God is the final standard of good, and all God is and does is worthy of approval.

  1. ) God is the final standard of good.
  2. ) All that God is and does is worthy of approval.

God does good to his creatures. He is: Benevolent & Merciful.

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Fully define and describe GOD’S OMNIPOTENCE, including the distinctions and aspects.

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God is able to do all his holy will.

  1. ) God has power to execute his will.
  2. ) God is able to do more than he actually does.
  3. ) God cannot do anything that would be opposed to his own character. Therefore, God’s power is qualified by his other attributes. E.G. God can’t lie (Titus 1:2); God can’t deny himself (2 Timothy 2:13); God can’t be tempted by evil (James 1:13)
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Fully define and describe GOD’S WILL, including the distinctions and aspects.

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God’s will is that attribute of God whereby he approves and determines to bring about every action necessary for the existence and activity of himself and all creation.

  1. ) God’s will in general–God’s will is the final reason for everything that happens.
  2. ) Distinctions in aspects of God’s will– God is able to will different things in different ways.

(A) Necessary Will and Free Will:

  • Necessary will is everything that God must will according to his own nature. e.g. God wills himself. “I am who I am.” (Ex. 3:14). He cannot choose to be different than who he is.
  • Free will is everything that God decided to will but had no necessity to will according to his nature. e.g. the creation of the universe; acts of redemption

(B.) Secret Will and Revealed Will: Secret will (a.k.a. God’s will of decree) includes his hidden decrees by which he governs the universe and determines everything that will happen. We find out what God has willed when events actually happen.

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Summary written on Test

God approves and determines to cause every action necessary for His existence, activity, and for creation.

I can recall what I learned from writing the distinctions and aspects in the review, but I’m not certain the following separates the distinctions from the aspects. Here’s what I recall…

Necessary & Free Will: Necessary will is where He must will everything according to His own nature (Exodus 3:14 speaks to this where God speaks to Moses and says “I am who I am”) –vs- Free will is where He makes decisions because he wants to (e.g. Creation of the universe / redemption of man).

Secret & Revealed Will: Revealed will includes the commandments we are to obey; Secret will includes hidden decrees (e.g. Gen 50:20 “you meant it for evil but God meant it for good” is something that’s not revealed until there’s an occurrence – something happens.

I guess I can state that the importance of understanding the difference between the distinctions and aspects of God’s will allows us to understand God’s consistent aspects of Will and for us to know that they are not changing. This allows us to further trust in Him and that nothing happens apart from His Will.

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Fully define and describe GOD’S TRUTH, including the distinctions and aspects.

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God is the true God. All his knowledge and words are both true and the final standard of truth.

He’s not limited in what he says by his character

He’s not limited in what he says by knowledge

He’s not limited in what he says by power

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