32283 God is Holy

The Supreme Standard of Moral Righteousness

God is Righteous

“You are just, O LORD, and your judgments are fair.” —Psalm 119:137

“The LORD is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does.” —Psalm 145:17

“Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.” —Revelation 15:4

God is Truthful

“God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?” —Numbers 23:19

“For the LORD’s decrees are just, and everything he does is fair.” —Psalm 33:4

God is Just

“As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.” —Deuteronomy 32:4

“God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.” —Romans 3:25

God is Impartial

“For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe, …” —Deuteronomy 10:17

“He will reward each one according to his works…. For there is no partiality with God.” —Romans 2:6,11

God is Forbearing

“The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.” —Numbers  14:18

“The LORD is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.” —Psalm 103:8

“He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.” —Psalm 103:10

“The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.” —2 Peter 3:9

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