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Wisdom: This attribute of God may be defined as the confident and hopeful use of His omniscience (knowledge of all things) in order to secure good results.
Power: As an attribute of God’s character, this quality may be defined as His
strength of will in which He acts
with self-control and perseverance in furthering His plans and purposes. Isaiah 45: 22, 23: “Turn to me and be
saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and
there is no other. By myself have I sworn, my mouth has uttered in all
integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me
every tongue will swear.”
Romans 3: 23-26: “[For] all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in
his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance
he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished he did it to demonstrate
his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies
those who have faith in Jesus.”
In general, Love consists of four
elements: (1) A delight in good
principles; (2) an appreciation of
those who are in harmony with good principles; (3)
sympathy with the righteous and pity for the unrighteous; (4)
a delight to sacrifice in order to further good principles in and for
others.
There
is no better way to appreciate God’s four chief attributes than by an
understanding of His Divine Plan of salvation for
mankind:
•
Wisdom developed the Plan for man’s
salvation;
•
Power carries out that Plan to a
successful completion;
•
Justice ensures that God’s perfect
Law which governs all of His free moral agents, will eventually become
universal; and
• Love has been, and continues to be, the moving force behind that Plan.
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