Existence and Character of God

Existence and Character of God

God is a Spirit

John 4:23-24 ²³But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. ²⁴God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

God is Holy

KJV Psalms 99:9 ⁹Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

KJV Leviticus 11:45 ⁴⁵For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

KJV Isaiah 6:3 ³And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

KJV Revelation 4:8-9 ⁸And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. ⁹And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

God is One

KJV Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ⁴Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord: ⁵And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might

KJV 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 ⁵For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) ⁶But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

God is Omnipotent and Sovereign

KJV Genesis 1:1 ¹In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

KJV Revelation 1:8 ⁸I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

KJV Revelation 19:6 ⁶And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

We must love God with all our Heart, Soul and Mind

KJV Matthew 22:37-38 ³⁷Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. ³⁸This is the first and great commandment.

KJV John 9:31 ³¹Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

KJV Hebrews 11:6 ⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.