A brief study of the Attributes of God The Sovereign Creator

Knowledge of The Holy: Chapters 8, 9, 13, 14 What God is Not! Transcendence Infinite Unchangeable Omnipresent Knowledge of The Holy: Chapters 8, 9, 13, 14

Omniscience God perfectly knows Himself and, being the source and author of all things, it follows that He knows all that can be known. And this He knows God perfectly knows Himself and, being the source and author of all things, it follows that He knows all that can be known. God perfectly knows Himself and, being the source and author of all things, it follows that He knows all that can be known. And this He knows instantly and with a fullness of perfection that includes every possible item of knowledge concerning everything that exists or could have existed anywhere in the universe at any time in the past or that may exist in the centuries or ages yet unborn. God knows all of creation exhaustively God knows all the events of history, past, present, and future God knows all things that might have been, as well as things that are When God knows something, he accomplishes it

Wisdom of God Wisdom, among other things, is the ability to devise perfect ends and to achieve those ends by the most perfect means. It sees the end from the beginning, so there can be no need to guess or conjecture. Wisdom, among other things, is the ability to devise perfect ends and to achieve those ends by the most perfect means. Wisdom, among other things, is the ability to devise perfect ends and to achieve those ends by the most perfect means.

The Sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is the attribute by which He rules His entire creation, and to be sovereign God must be all-knowing, all-powerful, and absolutely free. God's sovereignty is the attribute by which He rules His entire creation, and to be sovereign God must be all-knowing, all-powerful, and absolutely free.

God’s decrees are the wise, free, and holy acts of the counsel of his will, whereby, from all eternity, he has, for his own glory, unchangeably foreordained: Whatsoever comes to pass in time, especially concerning angels and men.

God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures; ordering them, and all their actions, to his own glory.

The almighty and everywhere present power of God; whereby, as it were by his hand, he upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures; so that herbs and grass, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, meat and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, yea, and all things come, not by chance, but be his fatherly hand.

“In the working out of His redemptive processes the unchanging God makes full use of change and through a succession of changes arrives at permanence at last. God will not compromise and He need not be coaxed. He cannot be persuaded to alter His Word nor talked into answering selfish prayer. In all our efforts to find God, to please Him, to commune with Him, we should remember that all change must be on our part.” p.54