THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD (continued)

God is holy. He is infinite in purity. He is separated from all that is evil. He is good, pure, and right. He is not affected by that which is evil, unclean, and common. Holiness is much more than the absence of evil. Holiness is the positive existence of purity.

"For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy." Leviticus 11:44

"For holy is the Lord our God." Psalm 99:9

God is truth. He infinitely represents Himself in a way consistent with His being. He is totally trustworthy and reliable in any way that He reveals Himself. His words are consistent with His nature.

"In the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago." Titus 1:2

"God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" Numbers 23:19

God is just. He is infinitely righteous in Himself and in His treatment of good and evil. He is righteous in His treatment of all that He has created.

"The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and upright is He." Deuteronomy 32:4

"The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether." Psalm 19:9

God is love. He is infinite in the expression of holiness. He accomplishes the best for Himself and the best for man. God is love. The reverse of that, love is God, is not true.

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

"The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love." 1 John 4:8

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