“Can God sin? If God cannot sin, is He truly omnipotent?”……Answer: To answer this question, we must first consider who God is. The human mind, however, cannot adequately grasp who He is if it were not for the special revelations He has given us. One avenue of revelation is through God's creation (Psalm 19:1-6). Creation's […]
“Is God fair?”……Answer: Fortunately for us, God is not fair. Fairness would mean that everyone got exactly as he or she deserved and everyone would be treated the same. If God were completely fair, we would all spend eternity in hell paying for our sin, which is exactly what we deserve. We have all sinned […]
Does God have a physical body? …Both the Bible and good philosophy report that God is non-physical – spirit. In John 4:24 it is said that God is spirit (see also Luke 24:39Romans 1:20Colossians 1:151 Timothy 1:17). This is why no material thing was to be used to represent God (Exodus 20:4). But this can […]
“What does it mean that God is Almighty?”……Answer: In Hebrew, the title “God Almighty” is written as El Shaddai and probably means "God, the All-powerful One" or "The Mighty One of Jacob" (Genesis 49:24Psalm 132:2,5), although there is a question among most Bible scholars as to its precise meaning. The title speaks to God's ultimate […]
Descriptive Attributes of God July 26, 2012 “And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran.” (Acts 7:2) There are seven beautiful descriptive attributes of God mentioned in the New Testament. The first was used by Stephen, […]
“Could God create a rock so heavy He could not lift it?”……Answer: This question is frequently asked by skeptics of God, the Bible, Christianity, etc. If God can create a rock that He cannot lift, then God is not omnipotent. If God cannot create a rock so heavy that He cannot lift it, then God […]
Attributes of God Part of a series on Attributes of God in…Christian theology Aseity…Eternity…Graciousness…Holiness…Immanence…Immutability…Impassibility…Impeccability…Incorporeality…Jealousy…Love…Mission…Omnibenevolence…Omnipotence…Omnipresence…Omniscience…Oneness…Providence…Righteousness…Simplicity…Transcendence…Trinity…Veracity…Wrath v┬Àd┬Àe Main article: Attributes of God Classification Many Reformed theologians distinguish between the communicable attributes (those that human beings can also have) and the incommunicable attributes (those which belong to God alone).[11] Donald Macleod, however, argues that “All the suggested classifications […]