Describe your God

[DarkProphet]

Can you describe the attributes of your God?

 

[icarusforde]

My God?

My life, my lord. Saviour, redeemer. Father, king of all.

All that i have, all that i want.

Thats all i can say really... He's God.

 

[DarkProphet]

My God?

My life, my lord. Saviour, redeemer. Father, king of all.

All that i have, all that i want.

Thats all i can say really... He's God.

That sounds nice but what does it really mean?

How is he your life?

How is he your lord?

How is he your Saviour?

How is he your redeemer?

 

[icarusforde]

My life: Well, He's all that i have really. i dont need anything else, and i dont want anything else. just knowing that He is there for me is enough.

My lord: He's lord of my life. Its Him that i live for. Simple

My saviour: He saved me from a pretty crap life. Thats enough for me.

Redeemer: I dont have to worry bout sin anymore. I know im redeemed from it, and thats awesome. he redeemed me from who i was.

 

[GreenMunchkin]

Holy, loving, just, merciful, wrathful, generous, beyond comprehension - He imagined the universe and spoke it into existence.

This is a really nice question, thank you

 

[DarkProphet]

Holy, loving, just, merciful, wrathful, generous, beyond comprehension - He imagined the universe and spoke it into existence.

This is a really nice question, thank you

Loving, just, merciful, wrathful, and generous are contradictions if taken together so how can God be all of these?

 

[GreenMunchkin]

Loving, just, merciful, wrathful, and generous are contradictions if taken together so how can God be all of these?

I don't think those specific adjectives are contradictory. That would be loving and hateful; just and unfair; merciful and unforgiving; wrathful and indifferent; generous and selfish. Not a single one of those red words describes Him... but let's assume they did and His qualities were contradictory, that's only an issue if you assume that God is one-faceted.

In other words, we are a mass of contradictions in many ways, aren't we? Kind, mean, fair, biased, warm, cold, loving, hateful... sometimes on the same day. It doesn't negate our existence.

 

[AV1611VET]

Can you describe the attributes of your God?

• Trustworthy
• Loyal
• Helpful
• Friendly
• Courteous
• Kind
• Obedient
• Cheerful
• Thrifty
• Brave
• Clean
• Reverent

 

[GeorgeWW]

For starters:

God is perfect. Matthew 5:48
God is Creator. Genesis 1:1
God is love. 1 John 4:8,16
God is all powerful. Jeremiah 32:17
God is all knowing. Romans 11:33
God is every where. Jeremiah 23:24
God is spirit. John 4:24
God is sovereign. Romans 8:28
God is great. Psalm 145:3
God is good. Psalm 84:11
God is gracious. 2 Corinthians 9:8
God is faithful. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
God is merciful. Psalm 86:15
God is holy. 1 Peter 1:15,16
and one of my favorites --
God is jealous. Exodus 34:14

 

[MoNiCa4316]

Good question

God is..loving, merciful, compassionate, good, just, holy, all knowing, all powerful, sovereign..He can't be perfectly described or understood by anyone..

Personally to me, He's my Savior, Lord, Best Friend, Creator, ..and my hope, my life, and everything.

 

[DarkProphet]

• Trustworthy
• Loyal
• Helpful
• Friendly
• Courteous
• Kind
• Obedient
• Cheerful
• Thrifty
• Brave
• Clean
• Reverent

Could you clarify a few of these?

Obedient? To whom?

Thrifty? How?

Brave? In what situation would God ever need to be brave?

Clean? What does "clean" mean in terms of God?

 

[DarkProphet]

For starters:

God is perfect. Matthew 5:48
God is Creator. Genesis 1:1
God is love. 1 John 4:8,16
God is all powerful. Jeremiah 32:17
God is all knowing. Romans 11:33
God is every where. Jeremiah 23:24
God is spirit. John 4:24
God is sovereign. Romans 8:28
God is great. Psalm 145:3
God is good. Psalm 84:11
God is gracious. 2 Corinthians 9:8
God is faithful. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
God is merciful. Psalm 86:15
God is holy. 1 Peter 1:15,16
and one of my favorites --
God is jealous. Exodus 34:14

I never did understand God as jealous. Jealous of whom?

 

[MoNiCa4316]

I never did understand God as jealous. Jealous of whom?

it's not like that
it means that God wants all of us, He wants us to have undivided hearts for Him.

 

[AV1611VET]

Could you clarify a few of these?

Obedient? To whom?

Thrifty? How?

Brave? In what situation would God ever need to be brave?

Clean? What does "clean" mean in terms of God?

You've never been a Boy Scout, have you?

It was [somewhat of] a joke.

 

[DarkProphet]

You've never been a Boy Scout, have you?

It was [somewhat of] a joke.

No, I never was a Boy Scout.

 

[AV1611VET]

No, I never was a Boy Scout.

Just fyi ---12 Points of the Scout Law ---

 

[ProScribe]

Can you describe the attributes of your God?

Invisible,Immortal King who transcends time and space. Also describing by the OT Prophets, (ie) Ezekiel,Jeremiah,Isaiah, Hosea,Joel,Amos, and others.

 

[solarwave]

Omniscience
Omnipotent
Omnipresent
Loving
Perfect
Wise
Just
Life
Creator
Saviour

 

[RobinRedbreast]

Could you clarify a few of these?

Obedient? To whom?

Thrifty? How?

Brave? In what situation would God ever need to be brave?

Clean? What does "clean" mean in terms of God?

If you think about it, the characteristics each person "assigns" to God are human characteristics, with the exception of some of the "omni-" ones of course, but even those terms are interpretted by a human mind.

What I mean by that is.. if someone calls God "Brave", it could be that assigning this characteristic to God is more figurative than literal.

It appears to me on some levels, that perhaps you are seeking very literal interpretations of the answers given; when none necessarily exist.

When I was small, I used to think my Dad knew EVERYTHING, and of course I thought he was perfect. In this case, of course neither things were true, but from my perspective as a child? That's all I could see. It didn't matter if he really did not know every piece of information, to me he knew it all.

God being Brave, God being Thrifty, eh they are human-based characteristics used by someone who is attempting his best to answer what could be a very difficult question. They are not right or wrong as logical-based objective answers would be, they are simply.. descriptions from the eyes of a child (God's child, I mean, not a literal child ) -- If a person sees God as brave, I can certainly see where that comes from. If you see someone tackle a person with a gun, you might call them brave, you might call them stupid, but are they either of these descriptions?

The question you ask, ends up invoking subjective answers. Then, you ask people to objectify that subjectivity with solid, logical answers.

That being the case? You will probably never get the answers you want to hear, if that makes any sense. Because there will always be another objective confusion when a subjective answer is brought about.

Eh, but now I'm rambling. I hope any of that made sense.


From this topic, what were you hoping to accomplish, if you don't mind me asking? That's a genuine question for you, just so you know, I'm not being snide.

 

[DarkProphet]

A logic/philosophy professor recently stated that God cannot think. The reasoning being that if God is timeless and already knows everything then he would reasonably know everything about himself and all his future actions as well, because of this God would never need to think. He went on to say of course that there is no God because of the errors in how he is defined.

All this only applies though if Christians actually define God as he described. I don't think that's the case. In reality it seems that God is a more dubious
and amorphous concept for Christians.