Sunday School Resource: Who is God?

As revealed unto us by the Bible, we believe that there is only one God, He is the Creator of both visible and invisible creatures - Genesis 1:1; Psalm 86:9-10; Isaiah 43:10-11; John 1:1-3. Only God will be in existence forever. Ezekiel 3:14; in God every creature receives life - John 5:26.

In simple terms God can be described as The One True God - Isaiah 45:5, Deuteronomy 6:4, the God who created all eternity Romans 4:17, John 1:3, the God of Love 1 John 4:8 & 16, the God who was never created Exodus 3:14, the God who is, the Holy God, the God who cannot lie Numbers 23:19, the God of Wisdom 1 Corinthians 2:7, the God who cannot sin or habour sin Habakkuk 1:13, the God who manifests in three ways Matthew 28:19-20, the triune God Genesis 1:26, He is the God who is Spirit John 4:24, even though He manifest in the flesh as Jesus John 10:30. He is the God who is all-seeing, all-knowing and is everywhere at all times Jeremiah 23:24. He is the creator of all things, He is the God who lives in eternity and who lives outside of time Psalm 90:2.

He manifests as:

         One God - Isaiah 43:10; 44:6, 8; John 17:3; 1 Corinthians 8:5-6; Galatians 4:8-9.

         Triune God (God manifest in three ways) - Matthew 3:16-17, 28:19; John 14:16-17; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Acts 2:32-33, John 10:30,17:11, 21; 1 Peter 1:2.

         Ominiscient God (All Knowing God) - Acts 15:18; 1 John 3:20.

         Ominipotent God (All powerful God) - Psalm 115:3; Revelation 19:6.

         Ominipresent God (Ever present God) - Jeremiah 23:23, 24; Psalm 139.

God's characteristics:

         God is a Spirit - John 4:24

         God is Holy - 1 Peter 1:15

         God is Love - 1 John 4:8

         God is Sovereign – He has no equal or any being like Him - Zechariah 9:14; 1 Timothy 6:15-16

         God is the embodiment of all that is True, He is Truth - Romans 3:4; John 14:6

         God is Just and Righteous - Psalm 19:9, 116:5, 145:17; Jeremiah 12:1

God's attributes and features:

         God is eternal, infinite and everlasting. God is never ending He is the God that was, the God that is and the God that is to come - Psalm 90:2; Genesis 21:33; Acts 17:24

         God does not change - James 1:17; Malachi 3:6; Isaiah 46:9-10

Who He is:

         The Holy Spirit is God - Acts 5:3-4; 1 Corinthians 2:11-12; 2 Corinthians 13:14

         Jesus Christ is God - John 1:1, 14, 10:30-33, 20:28; Colossians 2:9; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 1:8

         Jesus was and is fully God and fully man - Colossians 2:9; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21, Genesis 1:26.

What has He done to be called God:

God created everything visible and invisible – Colossians 1:16, Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 44:24 This mighty God is the God who made us. We have his attributes and His features. We were created in His image. He is our maker and our Father, it therefore follows that we as created beings will always go to our maker in our times of need so that He will sort us out and help us.