The Attributes of God | Why Knowing God Changes Everything

When we think about God, we tend to think in fragments.

God is loving.
God is holy.
God is powerful.
God is just.

But the attributes of God are not disconnected pieces of His personality. They are simply windows into who He is eternally, always and forever. Studying the attributes of God is not merely an academic exercise. Learning about who God is grows our trust and confidence, leading to extensive transformation while inviting us into deep worship.

Faith is thin when our understanding of God is shallow. As a result, we create a God shaped by preference, culture, politics, pain, or sentiment rather than who God revealed Himself to be in Scripture. Historically, spiritual renewal has always been rooted in a rediscovery of who God truly is.

As we embark on a series exploring the attributes of God, I invite you to slow down and behold Him anew again.

Why the Attributes of God Matter

What you believe about God shapes everything else. It’s the most important thing about you. What you think about God when you think about God is the greatest thought you’ll ever think.

A small view of God creates a fragile faith. However, a biblical vision of God produces awe, humility, courage, repentance, and hope.

When the prophet Isaiah saw the holiness of God, it shattered his self-righteousness. When Job encountered the majesty of God, his complaints dissolved into worship. When the disciples saw the authority of Christ over the storm, they asked, “Who then is this?”

The Christian life begins not with self-discovery, but with God-discovery.

God Cannot Be Reduced

One danger in studying God’s attributes is treating them like isolated categories in a theology textbook. But God’s attributes are not compartments. He is holy, living, righteous, and perfect.

Everything God does flows from the perfection of His nature.

Unlike us, God is not divided or inconsistent. He never struggles between competing desires. He never becomes wiser, stronger, kinder, or more truthful than He already is.

When God revealed Himself to Moses, He declared His divine name:

“I AM WHO I AM.”

Exodus 3:14 ESV

God is self-existent, eternal, complete, and unchanging. He depends on nothing outside Himself for life, meaning, power, or fulfillment.

That truth alone is powerful!

God doesn’t need us. He wants us.

The God We Need, Not the God We Invent

Modern culture often prefers a more manageable God who never confronts sin, who exists to affirm every desire, who can be reshaped according to personal preference, who is inspiring but never terrifying, and who comforts yet never commands.

The God of the Bible refuses to fit inside human expectations.

He is both Lion and Lamb.
Near yet transcendent.
Merciful but just.
Infinite yet personal.

And that is good news!

Friend, a God small enough for us to fully comprehend would also be too small to save us.

What This Series Will Explore

Over the next few Fridays, we will explore the attributes of God like:

• The holiness of God
• The love of God
• The justice of God
• The mercy of God
• The sovereignty of God
• The faithfulness of God
• The omniscience of God
• The omnipresence of God
• The immutability of God
• The wisdom of God
• The wrath of God
• The grace of God

And more.

We will not simply go on a theological journey, but connect the dots so we can live according to how what we know about God shapes our everyday walk with Him.

The goal is not simply to know more about God.

The hope is to know God more deeply.

A Call to Wonder

One of the tragedies of modern Christianity is that many have lost the capacity for wonder. We are informed, busy, distracted, entertained, and exhausted, yet rarely astonished.

Scripture continually calls us to behold:

“Behold your God!”

Isaiah 40:9 ESV

The attributes of God are not dry doctrines reserved for scholars. They are fuel for worship and anchors in our suffering. They provide us light in confusion and courage amid our uncertainty.

To truly know God is to be transformed by Him. Knowing God rightly is a life-changer.

So let us launch this series with a simple prayer:

Lord, show us who You are.

When we truly see Him for who He is everything else finds its proper place.

Be salty, stay lit.

Rainer Bantau —The Devotional Guy™

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