> [!title|noicon] **The Nature of God** <br> &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God is Eternal, ever-Present: - [Exodus 3:14](Exodus%203.md#^14) - [Psalm 90:2](Psalm%2090.md#^2) - [Isaiah 46:9](Isaiah%2046.md#^9), [10](Isaiah%2046.md#^10) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;He Is the Creator from before the beginning: - [Genesis 1:1](Genesis%201.md#^1) - [John 1:1](John%201.md#^1), [2](John%201.md#^2), [3](John%201.md#^3) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God created all things by His Word (by Christ, who Is the Word in the flesh, the God-man): - [Psalm 33:6](Psalm%2033.md#^6); [148:5](Psalm%20148.md#^5) - [Hebrews 11:3](Hebrews%2011.md#^3) - [2 Peter 3:5](2%20Peter%203.md#^5) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God created all things for His pleasure: - [Revelation 4:11](Revelation%204.md#^11) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God is the very Essence and Definition of Love and Eternal Life: - [1 John 4:8](1%20John%204.md#^8), [16](1%20John%204.md#^16) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God Himself alone is good: - [Mark 10:18](Mark%2010.md#^18) - [Genesis 1:10](Genesis%201.md#^10), [12](Genesis%201.md#^12), [18](Genesis%201.md#^18), [21](Genesis%201.md#^21), [25](Genesis%201.md#^25), [31](Genesis%201.md#^31) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Trinity, the Triune God: - [Genesis 1:1](Genesis%201.md#^1) ('God' is *Elohim* in the original language, a plural word to denote the Trinity) - [Genesis 1:26](Genesis%201.md#^26); [3:22](Genesis%203.md#^22); [11:7](Genesis%2011.md#^7) (God speaks within the Godhead) - [Matthew 28:19](Matthew%2028.md#^19) - [2 Corinthians 13:14](2%20Corinthians%2013.md#^14) - [1 John 5:7](1%20John%205.md#^7) - The Holy Spirit expressly speaks: - [Acts 13:2](Acts%2013.md#^2); [28:25](Acts%2028.md#^25) - [Hebrews 3:7](Hebrews%203.md#^7), [8](Hebrews%203.md#^8), [9](Hebrews%203.md#^9), [10](Hebrews%203.md#^10), [11](Hebrews%203.md#^11) - [Revelation 2:7](Revelation%202.md#^7) - The Father and the Son send the Holy Spirit: - [John 14:26](John%2014.md#^26); [15:26](John%2015.md#^26); [16:7](John%2016.md#^7) - [Acts 2:33](Acts%202.md#^33) - The Holy Spirit teaches and glorifies *Christ*, not Himself, through the Word: - [John 15:26](John%2015.md#^26); [16:13](John%2016.md#^13), [14](John%2016.md#^14) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God commonly cares for the unsaved as well as the elect. His goodness and blessings are a witness which all the more condemns the unsaved: - [Luke 6:35](Luke%206.md#^35) - [Acts 14:16](Acts%2014.md#^16), [17](Acts%2014.md#^17) - [Romans 10:21](Romans%2010.md#^21) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God will judge the earth in righteousness: - [Psalm 96:13](Psalm%2096.md#^13), [98:9](Psalm%2098.md#^9) - [Acts 17:31](Acts%2017.md#^31) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God shall surely come: - [Psalm 50:3](Psalm%2050.md#^3), [102:16](Psalm%20102.md#^16) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God commands us to repent: - [Mark 6:12](Mark%206.md#^12) - [Acts 3:19](Acts%203.md#^19) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God Himself saves, He alone is Savior: - [Isaiah 59:16](Isaiah%2059.md#^16), [20](Isaiah%2059.md#^20) - [Hosea 13:4](Hosea%2013.md#^4) - [Jonah 2:9](Jonah%202.md#^9) &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;What God says (speaks) absolutely comes to pass: - [Isaiah 55:11](Isaiah%2055.md#^11) - [Ezekiel 12:28](Ezekiel%2012.md#^28) - Just as He *spoke*, “'Let there be light:’ and there was light.” Compare with all the days of creation: [Gen 1:3](Genesis%201.md#^3), [7](Genesis%201.md#^7), [9](Genesis%201.md#^9), [11](Genesis%201.md#^11), [15](Genesis%201.md#^15), [24](Genesis%201.md#^24) and [30](Genesis%201.md#^30). &#9999;&nbsp;&nbsp;God is the same in the New Testament as in the Old Testament. Some attempt to say that God is no longer a God of Judgment in the New Testament: - [Acts 5:1](Acts%205.md#^1), [2](Acts%205.md#^2), [3](Acts%205.md#^3), [4](Acts%205.md#^4), [5](Acts%205.md#^5), [6](Acts%205.md#^6), [7](Acts%205.md#^7), [8](Acts%205.md#^8), [9](Acts%205.md#^9), [10](Acts%205.md#^10), [11](Acts%205.md#^11) <br> Tags: #Bible_Speaks_for_Itself