Nature and Character of God

Question 1

He is Uncreated and Eternal

Answer 1

Genesis 21:33

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.

Question 2

He is all powerful

Answer 2

Luke 1:37

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Question 3

He is all-knowing

Answer 3

Psalms 147:5

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

Question 4

He is ever-present

Answer 4

Jeremiah 23:23-24

“Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord

Question 5

He is a spiritual being

Answer 5

Psalms 139: 7-10

Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me

Question 6

He is triune (Three in One)

Answer 6

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

Question 7

He is infinite

Answer 7

Isaiah 40:12-13

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel

Question 8

His holiness is our foundation

Answer 8

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

Question 9

Holy like our Father God

Answer 9

Leviticus 11:44

For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.

Question 10

His love surrounds us

Answer 10

1 John 4:8-10

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins

Question 11

His justice will be done

Answer 11

Revelation 20:15

And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Question 12

He will riegns supreme

Answer 12

2 Kings 20:5-6

“Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake

Question 13

His creativity knows no bounds

Answer 13

Nehemiah 9:6

“You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.

Question 14

His memory can blank out sin

Answer 14

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, “I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Question 15

His mind shapes our destiny

Answer 15

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

Question 16

His emotions reveal his care

Answer 16

Judges 10:13-16

Yet you have forsaken me and served other gods; therefore I will save you no more. Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.” And the people of Israel said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.” So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel

Question 17

His heart is for relationships

Answer 17

Genesis 1:26-27

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them

Question 18

His works are without equal

Answer 18

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Question 19

His faithfulness is perfect

Answer 19

Deuteronomy 32:4

“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Question 20

His grief over judgement

Answer 20

2 Samuel 18:33

And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Question 21

His delight is in his children

Answer 21

Psalms 16:3

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

Question 22

He wants to be known by us

Answer 22

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

Question 23

He wants to be loved by us

Answer 23

Matthew 22:37-40

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets

Question 24

He bears our sorrows

Answer 24

Mark 14:31-37

But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same. And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.” And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.” And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour

Question 25

His word is truth

Answer 25

Isaiah 2:5

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Question 26

He is the light of the life

Answer 26

Isaiah 29:18

In that day the deaf shall hear
the words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.