1) God is One. Genesis 1:1 says that in the
beginning “God” created the earth. God is one; he did not call upon other
“gods” to help him. The creation itself did not spring forth everything, God
did. The one God made everything.
2) God is Loving. God did not have to create
anything, yet he chose to experience temporality and create us in order that we
might have life in and through him.
3) God is Active. God created humanity and
entered into a covenant with us, sustaining us, and caring for us. He did not
create the world and back off, rather God created the world and violently has
been pursuing us ever since. He is not, like a deist would believe, inactive
and docile.
4) God is Powerful. The roaring of oceans,
powerful winds, and erupting volcanoes give only a sample of the power that
resides within God. For God is the maker of such systems and those systems bow
to his sovereignty!
5) God is Holy. God is not evil, but good.
Everything that is within him is good. God is only good. Although humanity has
stained God’s good creation, God will again renew and make holy that which has
been defiled.
6) God is Gracious. Although humanity
deserves nothing from God, God is still gracious by giving life and love
towards humanity. Even non-believers receive the grace of God with every breath
they take. When Christ returns, Christ will fully renew and restore his world
and people!
7) God is Trinitarian. In the process of
creating humanity God states, “Let us
make man in our own image.” God exist eternally as Father, Son, and
Spirit and creation is made from them!
8) God is Unmade. God was not
made, but has existed eternally, independent of any maker. God is eternal and
creation is not.
9) God is Artistic. The world is a large
canvas in which the artist, God, decided to make beautiful. God could have made
the world unattractive, but chose to make it unique and beautiful. God is
creative and has made his people creative.
10) God is Free. God is not dependent upon his creation; he is free to do as he pleases.
His motive then for loving us is purely intimacy and love.
