The Nature of God: Personality of God, Part 1

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C. Personality of God.

God is a , One possessing , Self-determination, and .

People have many vague ideas of God as a , a power, . But it is with a force or an influence. The Words of our Lord as He was in the Garden suggest : “Now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves” (). See also Exodus 3:14; .

Never confuse with . Substance has nothing to do with personality. The can be seen:

1. . “God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you” (Ex. 3:14). The words “I AM THAT I AM” suggest personality.

2. . By this we mean that the Scriptures contrast the only wise God with the gods of the pagans: “Ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God” (). See also Jeremiah 10:16; Acts 14:15.

3. . That which is characteristic of God is called an . That which He does, denotes personality, such as:

a. . Only a person can grieve: “It repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart” ().

b. . In the above Scripture (Gen. 6:6) we note that God repents. says: “The Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.” Here one portion of the Scriptures states that , another declares that . What is the answer? When man repents, he repents of some ; when God repents, He repents of some . God’s attitude toward sin never changes. Take the case of Jonah and Nineveh. Nineveh repented; it changed its ; it changed its . God, however, did not change His mind; He did not change His . But inasmuch as Nineveh had repented, there was . Its sin had been confessed and forgiven.

c. . “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent” (). Only a personality can love.


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