Who is God?

What Is The Character Of God?

God has chosen to reveal Himself to me in the Bible. Only by reading it can I come to know Him. Some of the names of God in the Bible are:
Advocate,
Advocate,
Almighty,
Ancient Of Days,
Author And Finisher,
Baptizer,
Bishop And Guardian Of Our Souls,
Chief Apostle,
Chief Cornerstone,
Christ (Messiah),
Comforter,
Counselor,
Daystar,
Deliverer,
Deliverer,
Everlasting Father,
Everlasting God,
First Born,
God Of Everlasting Time,
God Of Seeing,
God Of The Covenant,
God Our Righteousness,
God Our Rock,
Godhead,
Great High Priest,
Head Of The Body,
Highest,
Holy One,
Immanuel (God Is With Us),
Jealous (He Wants Nothing Between Him And Us),
Judge,
King Of Kings,
King, Father,
Lamb Of God,
Lamb Slain Before The Foundation Of The World,
Last (Or Second) Adam,
Lord (Boss),
Lord God Almighty,
Lord God,
Lord Of Lords
Master,
Mighty God,
Mighty God,
Mighty One,
Our Banner,
Our Peace,
Physician,
Pioneer And Perfecter Of Our Faith,
Potentate,
Prince Of Peace,
Redeemer,
Righteous One,
Rock,
Root Of Jesse,
Salvation (Jesus),
Sanctifier,
Savior,
Seven Fold Spirit,
Shepherd,
Shield,
Spirit Of God,
Spirit Of Grace,
Spirit Of Holiness,
Spirit Of Life.
Spirit Of Mercy,
Spirit Of Truth,
Stone,
Strength,
Strengthener,
The Anointed One,
The Branch,
The First And The Last,
The I Am,
The Lord Is There,
The Lord Of Hosts,
The Most High,
The One Who Heals,
The One Who Sanctifies,
The Sun Of Righteousness,
Wonderful,

Let’s look at some of these closer:
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” 1 John 4:16

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy.” Micah 6:8

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Ephesians 2:4

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:10

God is Love.

“Touching the Almighty, we cannot find Him out: He is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: He will not afflict.” Job 37:23

“Justice and judgment are the habitation of Thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before Thy face.” Psalms 89:14

“Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 9:7

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.” Jeremiah 23:5

God is Justice.

“But my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want (have needs).” Psalms 23:1

“O fear the LORD, ye His saints: for there is no want (needs) to them that fear Him.” Psalms 34:9

“The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want (be lacking) any good thing.” Psalms 34:10

“The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want (be empty).” Proverbs 13:25

“Not that I speak in respect of want (need): for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” Philippians 4:11

God is the Supplier.

If God is love and He is the supplier of all my needs and He is just, than if He tells me to do something, He will give me all I need to do it. He will not tell me to do something and then sit back and laugh at me while I flounder. I can depend on His supplying all I need. I can't always tell where that supply will come from and God often waits until what seems to me to be the last minute to give me those supplies in order to build my faith that HE will supply. But I CAN depend on Him. So the next natural question is…

What Does God Want From Me? What Is My Purpose In Life?
This is an important question to ask.
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man (kind).” Ecclesiastics 12:13

“If ye love Me, keep My commandments.” John 14:15

“And He said unto him, ‘Why callest thou Me good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.’” Matthew 19:17

“If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.” John 15:10

“And hereby we do know that we know Him; if we keep His commandments.” 1John 2:3

“By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep His commandments.” 1 John 5:2

OK, He wants me to keep His commandments. What are they?

“Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, …Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” Deuteronomy 6:1,5

“Jesus said unto him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’" Matthew 22:37-40
So if I Love God more than anything else in the world and love my neighbors as much as I love myself I am obeying all the laws and commandments contained in the Bible.


"And who is my neighbor?" Luke 10:29b
Jesus responds by telling him the story we now call "The Good Samaritan."

“And Jesus answering said, “A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded [him], and departed, leaving [him] half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked [on him], and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion [on him], And went to [him], and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave [them] to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.” Luke 10:35

The Levite and priest were high officials in the church. They were fellow countrymen to the injured man, distant family members, if you will. They were also supposed to be in the business of caring for the hurt and poor. It was part of their job. Samaritans were highly despised by the Jews and the feeling was generally mutual. Yet in Jesus' story it was the despised one, the one the hurt man would have spit on if he could have, who helped him.

“Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, "He that shewed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, "Go, and do thou likewise." Luke 10:37

I am to love God more than anything or anyone else in the world. He is to not only be my first priority, but interwoven into all my other priorities.

I am to love other human beings as much as I love myself.
Philippians 2:3-7 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory: but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.”

Like Jesus, I am to put the needs of my fellow man ahead of my own needs. I am to serve others like Christ served them. This includes not only the people living in the physical house next door, but my spouse, my children, my parents and siblings, my friends and coworkers, and those on the other side of the planet.

Only by living a life of sacrifice can I have the fulfillment of truly knowing God. Only by following Luke 17:33 can I have true satisfaction.

“Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.”

I must loose my life to God in order to obtain true happiness.