i think love and holiness are equal. if god were mainly holy that would leave little room for mercy. imho.
All of His attributes have an opposite characteristic with the exception of His holiness. Love is balanced by hate, mercy and justice are also juxtaposed to one another, righteousness and grace, holiness is the one aspect for which there is no corresponding attribute. Thus it is also the one that provides the balance for all of the others.
God loves men, but He hates sin. All of his attributes are intended to draw man back into a state of holiness. Only God can impart holiness to people.
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For god to be both love and holy, these characteristics must be in balance. So i think a natural outcome of this balance is justice. so we can naturally say, god is just.
We say that the father, son and holy spirit are one person. I was trying to understand what is it that makes us a person? what is it that the father, son and hg have in common? what is their essence? we can say they have the same character and attributes. What else do they have in common? What is there essence?
I heard mike bickle say there are 4 god is's in the bible. God is love. God is holy. God is fire and God is light.
Since fire and light are not characteristics, can we say that the essence of god is love and holiness? "Is there any other way to describe the essence of god? what is your opinion or comment?
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God's essence is Spiritual and the attributes/qualities of His nature include many we have. God has a mind, albeit Divine and we have a mind, albeit human. He has emotions and we have emotions etc etc
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There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
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Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
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The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
God is a Spirit,but He has many attributes.He is singular in being,but plural in attributes,He is numerically one He is One Lord,but yet is many things at the same time.
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People who are always looking for fault,can find it easily all they have to do,is look into their mirror.
There they can find plenty of fault.
God is a Spirit,but He has many attributes.He is singular in being,but plural in attributes,He is numerically one He is One Lord,but yet is many things at the same time.
For god to be both love and holy, these characteristics must be in balance. So i think a natural outcome of this balance is justice. so we can naturally say, god is just.
Essence is defined as: the attribute or set of attributes [qualities] that make an object or person what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity.
The “essence” of God? All that He is; which we are now only able to comprehend in part, not knowing the fulness thereof until we see Christ Jesus face-to-face!
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