GOD

Attributes and Names

GOD is…

• Omnipresent– God is Everywhere

• Omniscient– God is all-knowing

• Omnipotent– God is more powerful than everything else,

real or imagined, combined

GOD is…

• Eternal– God was before anything else existed– God will be after everything stops existing

• Love– God is perfect love– God loves everyone, including sinners

• REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COOL

TRINITY

• Father– Created us– Cares for us– Gives us rules

• Son– Jesus Christ– Saves us

• Holy Spirit– Dove or flame– Works in our daily lives

NAMES of GOD in Old Testament

• Addonai– My Great Lord

• Shaddai– God Almighty/All-sufficient One

• El– Strong One

• Elohim– Plural of El

• El Elyon– The Most High God

YHWH

• Tetragrammaton– Four Holy Letters

• Hebrew formal name for God• Not spoken by devout Jews• Uncertain pronunciation• Usually spelled Yahweh• Sometimes spelled Jehovah

GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

• Jesus– Son of God– God Incarnate

• God who became man at the birth of Jesus– Both God and Man

• Holy Spirit– A dove at the baptism of Jesus– A flame at Pentecost– The Advocate

• God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob– The Patriarchs