- God and Jesus existed before anything else and will always exist.
- God predated time and space.
- God was not created by another entity — He has life within Himself.
- Instead of holding the worldview that it would be better if God changed, we actually benefit that He is unchangeable.
- That God is unchanging allows us to build a strong foundation on His Word.
- Jesus does not change in His administration of the Plan of Salvation.
- God is self-sufficient because He is blessed.
- God is self-sufficient because He can do it all — far more than we mere humans can do.
- God is self-sufficient because He is King of kings and Lord of lords.
- God is self-sufficient and meets our needs according to His riches and power.
- Jesus is self-sufficient because He resembles God.
- God does keep secrets from us.
- We need to accept that we will not understand everything that God does.
- God saves His revelations for His children.
- God instructs us to seek Him, not understanding.
- Worshiping God moved the Israelites from polytheism to monotheism.
- Sovereign God is interested in a relationship with us because He is the Father of all.
- Our Sovereign God is unique in His forgiveness and His works.
- Sovereign God is clothed by His moral character.
- Sovereign God is known for His love for us.
- Sovereign God loves us so much that He has specific plans for our lives.
- Because God is Sovereign God, we should praise and worship Him.
- God’s omnipotence is shown in His ability to create things.
- God is able to do everything with ease.
- Even though God’s power earned Him the other name of Lord Almighty, He is also our Father.
- God’s power is never ending and goes beyond what we can imagine.
- God will never once say, “Ooo, baby. I did not see that coming.”
- God’s wisdom is sufficient that it puts Him in control.
- We cannot hide our thoughts from God.
- We will have to accept we won’t understand everything about God and work to understand what He reveals.
- There is no place that God is not.
- God is all-encompassing.
- God is our guardian and keeper.
- God is a spirit.
- Because God is invisible, we worship Him in Spirit and truth.
- Being made in His image means we have the character of God.
- God transcends time and space, yet He chooses to live in us when we imitate His character.
- God’s thoughts and ways are transcendent to ours, but we must try to imitate Him.
- Our focus should remain on God.
- He is pure, faithful, and blameless in what He does because He is pure, faithful, and blameless.
- God is pure and can’t tolerate sin, but He loves us and calls us to salvation.
- Because God is pure, His laws and commandments are, too.
- If God is pure, and His laws and commandments are pure, that means His Word is pure, too.
- It is difficult to understand the concept of the Trinity sometimes.
- All that disciples do to expand the kingdom is in the name of the Trinity.
- While their character is the same, there is a hierarchy.
- We are to worship only God.
- God wants us to focus on Him rather than forming alliances with worldview people.
- God is jealous when we divide our loyalties between Him and money.
- Because God is a jealous God, He will one day pass judgment on us when He “… pour[s] out [His] wrath …” (Zeph. 3: 8 NIV).
- God’s wrath will abate when we ask for forgiveness of our sins.
- The gloriousness is dependent on God.
- Mankind was made to glorify God.
- The gospel itself is glorious.
- Being glorious, God is worthy of our praise, honor, and thanksgiving.
- God’s beauty should be revealed as our inner beauty through our character.
- Disciples should navigate the Sanctification Road to gain the beauty of holiness.
- We see God’s holiness through His laws and worship.
- It doesn’t work when we try to bring God down to our unholiness.
- God desires us to have His character.
- God’s work is the actions He takes through us to accomplish His plans, which are accomplished perfectly.
- God’s way is perfect because of His purity, an aspect of His holiness.
- Being perfect tells us the status of the other attributes are spiritually whole and complete.
- God is just because He shows no favoritism.
- When God must judge us, He is just in His judgment.
- God’s being just stems from His mercy and compassion.
- God’s being just does not allow Him to accept sinful behavior.
- God is righteous because He is pure.
- Righteousness comes from God’s character.
- God wants to shower his righteousness on us.
- God’s righteousness brings us joy and increases our reverence for Him.
- God requires us to choose to live the way that honors Him.
- We are to choose God because of Who He is, not what we gain from Him.
- We can choose God for eternity because He is faithful to us.
- God is both the true God and truth itself.
- When God promises to do something — or not do something — He does or doesn’t.
- Following God’s true instructions will bring us to lead godly lives.
- The fact that God cannot lie should give us peace.
- If we know God and try to imitate Him, we will imitate His love.
- God expects a response to love – but it may not necessarily be what we think.
- All of the warm fuzzy words are attributes of God.
- The Plan of Salvation was given because of God’s grace.
- God chooses to show us mercy in order to forgive us of our sins.
- Mercy plays a part in salvation.
- God’s abundant mercy stems from His love.
- The abundance of God’s mercy impacts God’s forgiveness.
- Sovereign God is Creator of the universe.
- God will provide for us what we need.
- God will withhold His provision when we are disobedient.
- God shows us the goodness of His character in many ways.
- We should experience the goodness of God’s character.