I believe:

There is only one true and living God (Isa 44:6; 45:5; Deut 4:35; Jer 10:10; John 17:3; 1 Cor 8:4; Hos 11:9). God exists in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – whom each comprise the one God (Matt 28:19-20; Deut 6:4-5). These three persons are not identical but are equally complete in power and deity, functioning in complete harmony within their distinct functions (Matt 3:16-17; 28:19-20; 1 Cor 12:4-6; 2 Cor 13:14; Eph 4:4-6).

God is the creator (Is 40:12, 22, 26). God is eternal (Ps 90:2; 1 Tim 1:17), perfect (Matt 5:48), holy (Isa 6:3; Rev 4:8), omniscient (1 John 3:20; Job 28:24; 37:16; Osa 55:8-9; Heb 4:13; 1 Cor 2:10-11), omnipotent (Jer 32:17; Ps 24:8; 115:3; Is 46:9-10; Job 42:1), and omnipresent (Jer 23:23-24; Ps 139:7-12; Acts 17:24-28). God is self-sufficient, most absolute (Acts 17:24-25; Is 44:6) has all life (John 5:26) and without limit (1 Kings 8:27; Jer 23:23-24). God is unbound by time and has neither beginning nor end, but can see and act in time (Ps 90:2, 4; Rev 1:8; 4:8; 2 Pet 3:8; Jude 24-25). God is free to do as He pleases (Ps. 115:3) and works according to His will (Eph 1:11; Rom 8:28) all for His own glory (Rom 11:36; Rev 4:11). God is infinitely wise (Job 12:13; Job 36:5; Ps 147:5; Rom 16:27; Isa 40:28) and is perfectly just in all His judgments (Neh 9:32-33; 2 Thess 1:6). God is truth (Ps 117:2; Jer 10:10). God is light (1 John 1:5). God does not change (Mal 3:6; Heb 13:8; Jam 1:17). God’s purposes never change (Ps 33:11; Is 46:9-11). God’s promises never change (Rom 11:29; Num 23:19). God is invisible (1 Tim 1:17), nor have a human body (Luke 24:39; Deut 4:15-16) and is not made of matter, with parts or dimensions, but is pure spirit (John 4:24). God is love and is most loving (1 John 4:8-10, 16). God is gracious and abounding in goodness (Ex 33:19; 1 Pet 2:3; Ps 31:19; 52:1; 11:2). God is merciful, slow to anger and patient (Ex 34:6; Ps 67:1; 86:15; Jam 5:11; 2 Pet 3:15). God hates sin (Ps 5:5-6; Hab 1:13) and responds with wrath (John 3:36; Rom 1:18; Eph 5:6). But out His abundance of goodness and grace He is forgiving (Eph 1:7; Dan 9:9; Ps 86:5). God rewards those who seek Him (Heb 11:6). Each of God’s attributes is in unity, not divided or in contradiction (1 John 1:5). God is jealous for His glory and wants us to know who He truly is (Ex 34:14).

God cannot be fully known to human beings, as God is infinite and we are finite (Isa 55:8-9; Ps 145:3; 147:5; Rom 11:33-34). As humans we cannot comprehend God due to the effects of sin (Rom 1:18-26). However we can know God sufficiently in the ways He has revealed Himself (2 Peter 1:2-3; Jer 9:23-24; John 17:3; 1 John 4:7-8).

Last edited in March 2012