Attributes of God

Attributes of God

God is eager for us to grow into manhood. When we reach

that place in the Lord, we will have the same attributes that our

Father has.

What are some of our Father’s attributes? Isaiah 9:6 reveals

this as he says, ...his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,

The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of

Peace. A name always reveals something about a person or a

product, etc. We make the statement regarding certain people,

“He has a good name.” A name is synonymous with one’s reputation.

In this verse we can see our God referred to as Wonderful! If

we had this revelation written within our hearts, we would not

doubt the goodness of God, nor would we blame Him for the evil

in this world.

I John 3:21 says, Beloved, if our heart condemn us not,

then have we confidence toward God. Evil was originally meant

to be nonexistent. It was meant to exist only as the opposite of

good. For evil to exist, it takes an act of someone’s will. Some

moral being must deliberately choose to disobey the laws of God

for evil to exist. If none of us ever broke God’s laws or disobeyed,

there would be no evil: Evil is the result of a broken law.

Lucifer, who was once an angel created by God as a moral

being, made the first decision to sin and break God’s law. Due to

his sin, he was cast out of heaven, down to this earth and hell, and

a third of God’s angels who listened to him were cast out with

him. This account is found in Isaiah 14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:12-18,

and Revelation 12:7-12. We will not deal with the devil and his

evil fallen spirits here, but will cover this in another book, Exposing

Satan’s Devices.

Many people blame God for all the evil in the world today,

and do not understand why God would allow it to exist if He is so

wonderful and a God of love. If God destroyed all the evil in the

world at this moment, it would mean everyone that had evil in

their hearts would be destroyed too. God, in His mercy, has chosen

not to do this, but instead has given each of us a chance to

come to the knowledge of Him and His ways, so that we might

become free of our depravity.

Someday (in the not too distant future, according to God’s

Word) sin and evil will be destroyed at the second coming of the

Lord. All that do the works of evil will perish because they have

chosen sin instead of receiving the gifts of salvation and deliverance

provided for them through the Son of God. God plans to

give everyone an opportunity to either accept or reject Him before

the end. Matthew 24:14 says, And this gospel of the kingdom

shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all

nations; and then shall the end come.

When we see the results of iniquity and evil, it should cause

us to turn to God for help and deliverance, instead of blaming

Him for all of the bad things in the earth. Many still bring reproach

on our Wonderful Saviour by declaring, “Well, God may

not be responsible for evil, but He allows it, so that puts Him at

the source of it anyhow.” The Bible declares otherwise. In James

1:13-18 we find:

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of

God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth

he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn

away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath con25

ceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,

bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every

good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh

down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,

neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us

with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits

of his creatures.

Everything that is good and perfect is from God, and He is

not sending evil. We have allowed evil by choosing to sin, but,

praise God, He made a way to for us to overcome it through

Jesus.

We are the first fruits of God’s Son Jesus; therefore we have

the same opportunity to overcome as He did. He overcame death,

hell and the grave, and we also can do this by walking in the

power and Spirit of the Lord. The Lord declared in Luke 10:18-

19, ...I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I

give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and

over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any

means hurt you. We do not have to be a victim of Satan and his

demons; we can have the power to overcome in the name of Jesus!

We can be a “victor” or a “victim”; the choice is up to us. If we

choose God and His way, we are promised victory! If we are

living in defeat and failure, it is not God’s fault; it is our own.

We have been given the Spirit of God within us. This same

Spirit raised Christ Jesus from the dead (Romans 8:11). And since

this power raised Him from the dead, is there anything that He

cannot overcome? If He conquered death, cannot the Holy Spirit

heal a sick body? deliver a drug addict? set the homosexual free?

or give us power over any sin or situation? He is able. We are the

ones who have neither sought nor obeyed.

We would much prefer to put the blame on God instead of

taking a good look at ourselves, appropriating His power and His

way of victory. The Word of God says His name shall be called

Wonderful! We need to cry to God to fill us with His love and

power. Then we can know Him in all of His wonder!