Attributes ascribed only to God

 

• EACH PERSON IN THE GODHEAD IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING ATTRIBUTES THAT ONLY GOD CAN HAVE

 

• • Eternal (The attribute of eternality does not merely mean that He will exist eternally in the future, which is something that is true of angels and saints. Eternality also means that He eternally existed in the past.)

Father: Romans 16:26; Psalm 41:13; Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12; Isaiah 57:15; Micah 5:2

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

 

Son: Romans 1:20; Revelation 1:11; Revelation 1:17-18; Revelation 2:8; Revelation 21:6 Revelation 22:13;

Revelation 22:13

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

 

Spirit: Hebrews 9:14

Hebrews 9:13	For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Hebrews 9:14	How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

 

• • Omnipresent (Present in all places at all times. Satan can not be omnipresent.)

Father: Jeremiah 23:24;

Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

 

Son: Matthew 18:20; Ephesians 1:23;

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

 

Spirit: Psalms 139:7

Psalm 139:7	Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psalm 139:8	If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

 

• • Omnipotent (All powerful. Having unlimited power.)

Father: Genesis 17:1; Jeremiah 32:17

Genesis 17:1

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

 

Son: John 10:8; Luke 8:25; I Corinthians 15:25-28; Philippians 3:21; Colossians 1:16-17; II Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 1:3; Jude 1:24; Revelation 1:8

Hebrews 1:1	God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hebrews 1:2	Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Hebrews 1:3	Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Hebrews 1:4	Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

 

Revelation 1:7	Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Revelation 1:8	I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

 

Spirit: Romans 15:19; Luke 1:35

Romans 15:18	For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
Romans 15:19	Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

 

• • Omniscient (All knowing. Having infinite knowledge. The Father searches and tries the hearts and reins in Jeremiah 17:10 and the son searches the reins and hearts in Revelation 2:23 and the Spirit searches all things in I Corinthians 2:10.)

Father: Jeremiah 17:10; Acts 15:18;

Acts 15:18

Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.

 

Son: Revelation 2:23; John 21:17;

John 21:17

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

 

Spirit: I Corinthians 2:10, 11

I Corinthians 2:9	But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
I Corinthians 2:10	But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
I Corinthians 2:11	For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

 

• • Holy

Father: Psalm 89:18; Revelation 4:8; 15:4;

Psalm 89:18

For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.

 

Son: Acts 3:14; Psalm 16:10; Isaiah 10:17-20; 55:5; 60:9; Revelation 3:7

Acts 3:14	But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
Acts 3:15	And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

 

Revelation 3:7	And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Revelation 3:8	I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

 

Spirit: I John 2:20; Ephesians 4:30 in more than 90 places, the Bible calls the Spirit of God “the Holy Spirit.”

I John 2:20

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.