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God - Who is he and what is he like? |
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God is everything good and righteous (Psalms 107 & Daniel 9:14) – God is perfect in every way – he never makes a mistake (Deuteronomy 32:3-4 & Psalms 18:30). God is the creator of all that is (Genesis 1) – everything good came from God. God created the devil to tempt us with evil to test if our love for God is a true love (James 1:12-17) God is the heavenly Father to all that will seek him and serve him (Matthew 6:14-15) God is the fullness of love – all true, faithful, and righteous love comes from God, for God is love (I John 4:7-21). His love goes far beyond the capability of human love (Romans 5:7-8), and the only good that human love can do is due to God giving that capability of love to people. God is the all knowing and perfect in understanding, just and righteous judge – because God created everything about us, he knows and understands us perfectly: what we are capable of, and whether we are doing our best with what he has given us, and exactly what we hold secret within our heart (Psalms 44:21). Consequently, he has every right to judge us for what we do or don’t do.
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