Inspired by the book See with New Eyes by Ty Gibson.

An amazing read, and made me really think about who God really is.

Right now, as I haven't much time, I will post my opinion on who God's character is. I will bring scriptures up later.

1. God is a loving God, he is LOVE - He wants the best for us, always.

2. God is a merciful God - He will give us second chances

3. God is a feeling God - He gets sad, angry, etc, just like the rest of us.

4. God is a just God - He detests all that is evil and wants to eliminate evil from the face of the Earth

Because Gods character was questioned at the fall of Lucifer and later at the fall of man, Jesus' death and resurrection are part of God's ultimate plan to show His character. He couldn't just destroy Lucifer (satan) at the beginning of all sin. Because that would mean that He would be followed out of fear, not love, and God doesn't work like that. He IS love. God lets us live as we choose, even though it pains Him, because He cannot force us to follow Him without showing the rest of the universe that He is not fair.

But since we sinned, and sin leads to death, either we all die, immediately, or God offers another plan. His own son would die for us. Not only a physical death, but the kind of final death, the ultimate result of sin, the "Second Death" mentioned in Revelation. The death that comes from separation from God. Jesus died a death worse than any of us could imagine, not physically but spiritually. If he had a speck of sin in him, He would have been eternally separated from God, and the rest of us too. However He was pure, He rose again and that is why we have faith in OUR resurrection in the future.

Anyway, how this relates to God's character is this. God wants to make it possible for as many people as possible to hear His message and come to Him to be saved! Which is why He isn't back yet. Satan's accusations against God have been proven wrong through God's actions, and the way Satan, the prince of this earth, has destroyed things, degraded God's perfect creation, et cetera.

Sorry for the scrambled post guys. Just wanted to get a debate started. Will defend various parts of my post later as I really SHOULD be writing an essay but I'm procrastinating. Oh and please please PLEASE don't get on me for my order, or try to take things out of context. Don't be Bible snobs. Use verses with context and respect for others opinions thank you. I dont want this to be a screaming argument. Also, this is God's CHARACTER, not any other nitpicky theological discussion. This is the only question that truly matters - because, if God isn't love, why choose Him?

This post has been edited by opalecent: Nov 4 2009, 11:47 PM

Well I agree with what your saying and i don't have anything to add. you said it well I'm not sure what you're asking though..