13.
What does the Bible reveal concerning God?
Answer:
That there is only one God, the father of all, even
of our Lord Jesus Christ (and, therefore, the common
idea that there are three Gods is un-scriptural).
Proof:
For
there is one God, and one mediator between God
and men, the man Christ Jesus; (1 Tim. 2:5).
Hear,
O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: (Deut.
6:4).
I
am the LORD, and there is none else, there is
no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast
not known me: (Isa. 45:5).
But
to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom
are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
(1 Cor. 8:6).
Blessed
be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
(2 Cor. 1:3).

14.
What does the Bible reveal concerning the character
of God?
Answer: That He is kind,
yet inflexible in the requirements of His law;
loving and compassionate, yet terrible as a destroying
fire against the rebellious and the guilty; forgiving
towards offenses, yet jealous of the dignity,
the glory, and supremacy of His Name. He is holy,
and cannot look upon sin. He is wise, and cannot
tolerate fools. He is true and faithful, and will
destroy all that is false and perfidious. He is
just and true and perfect -- at once the fountain
of love and vengeance; the author of life and
death; the source of reviving mercy and consuming
fire. He is eternal, unchangeable, unsearchable,
infinite, glorious in power and majesty -- the
King immortal, the Possessor of heaven and earth,
to whom alone is glory due.
Proof:
And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love
me, and keep my commandments. (Ex. 20:6).
The
LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger,
and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide:
neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath
not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded
us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven
is high above the earth, so great is his mercy
toward them that fear him. As far as the east
is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions
from us. Like as a father pitieth his children,
so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he
knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are
dust. As for man, his days are as grass: as a
flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the
wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the
place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy
of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting
upon them that fear him, and his righteousness
unto children's children; To such as keep his
covenant, and to those that remember his commandments
to do them. (Psa. 103:8-18).
For
our God is a consuming fire. (Heb. 12:29).
And
it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the
LORD met him, and sought to kill him. (Ex. 4:24).
Thou
art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst
not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon
them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy
tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that
is more righteous than he? (Hab. 1:13).
The
foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest
all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them
that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody
and deceitful man. (Psa. 5:5-6).
And
they sing the song of Moses the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous
are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true
are thy ways, thou King of saints. (Rev. 15:3).
But
the LORD is the true God, he is the living God,
and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth
shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able
to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto
them, The gods that have not made the heavens
and the earth, even they shall perish from the
earth, and from under these heavens. He hath made
the earth by his power, he hath established the
world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the
heavens by his discretion. When he uttereth his
voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,
and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the
ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain,
and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
(Jer. 10:10-13).
He
is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his
ways are judgment: a God of truth and without
iniquity, just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4).
Beloved,
let us love one another: for love is of God; and
every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God
is love. (1 John 4:7-8).
And
we have known and believed the love that God hath
to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16).
For
we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth
unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And
again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is
a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the
living God. (Heb. 10:30-31).
See
now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god
with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and
I heal: neither is there any that can deliver
out of my hand. (Deut. 32:39).
I
will heal their backsliding, I will love them
freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
(Hosea 14:4).
His
branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be
as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. (Hosea
14:6).
They
have moved me to jealousy with that which is not
God; they have provoked me to anger with their
vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with
those which are not a people; I will provoke them
to anger with a foolish nation. (Deut. 32:21).
I
will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine
arrows upon them. (Deut. 32:23).
Now
unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the
only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and
ever. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17).
For
I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons
of Jacob are not consumed. (Mal. 3:6).
Great
is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his
greatness is unsearchable. (Psa. 145:3).
Great
is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding
is infinite. (Psa. 147:5).
And
he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of
the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
(Gen. 14:19).
Not
unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name
give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's
sake. (Psa. 115:1).

15.
Is God confined to heaven though dwelling there?
Answer: No. He is everywhere
present and nothing can be hid from His knowledge.
Proof:
Can
any hide himself in secret places that I shall
not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven
and earth? saith the LORD. (Jer. 23:24).
Neither
is there any creature that is not manifest in
his sight: but all things are naked and opened
unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
(Heb. 4:13).
O
LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou
knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou
understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest
my path and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways. For there is not a word in my
tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
(Psa. 139:1-4).
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