THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD (2 of 6 notes)

Part Three
Theology Proper: 18 THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

Strong gives the following classification:

A. Absolute or lmmanent Attributes

1. Spirituality, involving Life and Personality.

2. Infinity, involving Self-existence, Immutability, and Unity.

3. Perfection, involving Truth, Love, and Holiness.

B. Relative or Transitive Attributes

1. Related to Time and Space:

Eternity and Immensity.

2. Related to Creation:

Omnipresence, Omniscience, and Omnipotence.

3. Related to Moral Beings:

Veracity and Faithfulness (transitive Truth);

Mercy and Goodness (transitive Love);

Justice and Holiness (transitive Holiness).⁴

4            A. H. Strong, Systematic Theology (Philadelphia: The Judson Press, 1907), p. 248.

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