– God exists, is personal, transcendent. And he reveals himself to human beings in creation, in the alliance, in history. It’s called “I Am He Who Is”:
Ex 3:14 : God replied to Moses: “I am who I am”.
Job 12,7ss : Friends mock him who calls upon God, so that he will answer him.
Ps 13 : 1 : The fool says in his heart: “There is no God”.
Ps 18 : 2 : The heavens tell the glory of God, and the firmament declares his handiwork.
Ps 99,3 : Know that the Lord is God: he made us, and to him we belong.
Wis 13,1-9 : Those who have not known God are foolish by nature.
Eclo 42,15–43,37 : I will now remember the works of the Lord, I will proclaim what I have seen.
Is 40 :6 : “Cry!” said a voice. And I answered: “What shall I cry out?”.
Acts 14:15ff : We preach precisely so that you turn from vain things to the living God.
Acts 17:24-28 : The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth.
Romans 1:19-23 : Because what can be known about God, they read in themselves, because God revealed it to them with evidence.
Heb 3:4 : For every house has its builder, but the builder of all things is God.
Heb 11:6 : Now without faith it is impossible to please God.
– Creator of heaven and earth:
Gen 1 :1 : In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Gen 2 :4 : In the time when the Lord God made earth and heaven.
Ps 135,5-9 : He created the heavens with wisdom, because his mercy is eternal.
Ps 145 :6: This is the God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that they contain.
Eclo 1,1-10 : All wisdom comes from the Lord God, she was always with him.
2Mc 7,28 : Think carefully : everything you see, God created from nothing, as did all men.
Col 1,16s : In him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible creatures.
Rev 4:11 : You are worthy, Lord our God, to receive honor, glory and majesty.
– The concept of God can be obtained through creation:
Rom 1:20 : From the creation of the world, the invisible perfections of God.
– God is not like idols:
Ps 114,3-8 : The Lord is good and just, full of mercy is our God.
– And it cannot be represented in mute images:
Ex 20,4 : You shall not make sculpture for yourself, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above.
– Wants to be God with us:
Ex 3,12 : I will be with you – replied God –; and here is a sign that it is I who send you.
Is 7,14 : A virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him “God with us”.
Is 8,10 : Give orders and they will not be carried out, because God is with us.
Ez 37,27 : I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Ez 43,7 : “Son of man”, the voice told me, “this is the place of my throne”.
Jl 2,27 : Then you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, that I am […] your God […]. And my people will never be confused.
Zc 2,14 : Shout for joy, rejoice, daughter of Zion. Behold, I come to reside in the midst of you – oracle of the Lord.
Mt 1,23 : She will give birth to a son, who will be called Emmanuel (Is 7,14), which means: God with us.
Rev 21:3: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men. He will dwell with them and they will be his people.
– Directs and governs all things:
Job 12,13-25 : In God reside wisdom and power.
Job 28,25ff : When he fixed a weight to the wind and regulated the measure of the waters.
Job 38,8–39,35 : Who closed the sea with doors, when it sprouted from the mother’s womb.
Ps 102,l9s : The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his empire extends over the universe.
Ps 103 : You stretched out the sky like a pavilion, above the waters you fixed your abode.
Is 40,26 : Lift up your eyes to heaven and look. Who created all these stars?
Jr 5,22 : Do not tremble before me, I who set the sand as the limit of the sea.
Jer 33:25 : This is what the Lord says: If I have not made a covenant with day and night, nor have I regulated the laws of heaven and earth.
– In AT God reveals himself through the Word, the Law, wisdom; the language used to talk about God is taken from the agricultural, military, forensic and family world; in the NT God reveals himself through the Son:
Heb 1,2-3 : Lately he spoke to us by his Son, who constituted universal heir, through whom he created all things.
– All creatures sing the glory of God:
Num 14:21 : But for my life and for my glory which fills the whole earth.
Psalm 8 in full: Lord our God, how glorious is your name in all the earth!
Ps 18 : 2-7: The heavens tell the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.
Ps 71:19 : Blessed be his glorious name forever, and may the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Ps 88,6-13 : Lord, the heavens celebrate your wonderful works.
Ps 96 :6 : The heavens declare his righteousness, and all people see his glory.
Is 6:3 : Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts! The whole earth proclaims his glory!
Hab 3 :3 : His majesty covers the heavens, and the earth is filled with his glory.
– Therefore, those who do not know God have no excuse:
Wis 13,1-9 : Those who have not known God are foolish by nature.
Rm 1,20-23 : Since the creation of the world, the invisible perfections of God.
– God is unique:
Deuteronomy 4:35 , 39 : You were a witness to all this, so that you may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none other than him.
Deut 32:39 : Recognize now: I alone, I alone am God, and there is no other besides me.
1Sm 2,2 : There is no other God besides you, nor rock like our God.
2Sam 22:32 : For who is God but the Lord? Who is the rock but our God?
Wis 12:13 : There is no God apart from you who takes care of everything.
Eclo 36,5 : That they may recognize, as we also recognize, that there is no other God besides you, Lord!
Is 41,4 : Who, then, did these things? He who from the beginning calls generations to life.
Is 45,5 : I am the Lord, without a rival, there is no other God besides me.
Jr 2,11ss : My people, however, exchanged him who is his glory for him who is nothing.
Jr 10,11-16 : He alone created the earth by his power and consolidated the world by his wisdom.
Jn 17:3 : Now, eternal life is that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
1Cor 8,6 : But for us there is one God, the Father, from whom all things come and for whom we exist.
– It’s spirit:
Ex 20,4 : You shall not make sculpture for yourself, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above.
Ex 32,1-35 : The Lord hurt the people, for having dragged Aaron to manufacture the calf.
Ex 34,17 : Thou shalt not make gods of molten metal.
Is 31,3 : The Egyptian is man and not god, his horses are flesh and not spirit.
Jn 4:24 : God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship him in spirit and truth.
2Cor 3:17 : Now the Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
– It is eternal and unchanging:
Ex 15,18 : The Lord is king forever, without end!
Ex Ps 9,37: The Lord is King eternal, the pagan nations will disappear from his dominion.
Ex 47,15 : How great God is, our God of eternal ages; he is our guide.
Ex 65,7 : He rules by his power forever, his eyes behold the heathen nations.
Ex 89,2ss : Before the mountains, the earth and the universe were formed, from all eternity you are God.
Ex 101,25-29 : My God, please, do not take me away in the middle of my life, you whose years are eternal.
Is 40,6ss : The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of our God endures forever.
Is 41,4 : I, the Lord, who am the first and who will still be with the last.
Is 43,10 : No god was formed before me, and there will be no others after me.
Is 48,12 : I am always the same, the first, and I am also the last.
Jer 10:10 : The Lord, on the other hand, is truly God, the living God, the eternal King.
Dn 7,14.27 : His dominion will be eternal; will never cease, and his kingdom will never be destroyed.
– It is immense and omniscient:
Job 28,23s : God knows the way to find it and it is he who knows its place.
Job 34,21s : For God looks at the conduct of each one and observes all his steps.
Ps 32:13 : The Lord looks down from heaven, he sees all the sons of men.
Ps 101,20s : Because the Lord looked down from the height of his sanctuary, from heaven he looked down on the earth.
Ps 112,4ss : The Lord is high above all peoples, his glory surpasses the height of the sky.
Ps 138,1-18 : Lord, you search me and know me, you know everything about me, when I sit down or get up.
Is 66 : 1: This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool”.
Jr 23,23s : Am I God only when I am near? […] Am I not the same when from afar?
Am 9,2ss : Even if they go down to the abode of the dead, my hand will snatch them from there.
– Strong and almighty:
Gen 18:14 : Is this a very difficult thing for the Lord?
Ex 15:11 : Who is like you, glorious for your holiness, feared for your praiseworthy deeds?
Numbers 11:23 : Is the hand of the Lord powerless? You will see without delay and whether or not what I told you will do.
Job 12:7-13 : He who holds in His hands the soul of all living things and the breath of life of all mankind.
Ps 32,6-9 : By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
Ps 91,2 : It is good to praise the Lord and sing psalms to your name.
Is 40,28 : The Lord is an eternal God. He creates the ends of the earth, never getting tired or bored.
Is 43,16-21 : This is what the Lord says, who opened a passage through the sea, a path through the waves.
Jr 32,17-22.27 : I am, in truth, the Lord, the God of all creatures. Is there anything that is impossible for me?
Zech 8,6 : If this seems like a miracle in the eyes of the survivors of this people […] will it be impossible in my eyes?
– Holy and terrible:
Leviticus 10:17 : For this is a most holy thing that the Lord has given you.
Leviticus 11:44 : For I am the Lord your God. You shall sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.
Leviticus 20:26 : You will be holy to me, for I, the Lord, am holy.
1Sm 2,2 : No one is holy like the Lord.
1Sm 6,20 : Who will be able to stand in the presence of the Lord and of this Holy God?
Psalm 98 :9 : Exalt the Lord our God and prostrate yourselves before his holy mountain, for holy is the Lord our God.
Ps 102 :1 : Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Ps 104,3 : Glory in his holy name.
Ps 110,9 : Holy and venerable is his name.
Ps 144 :13 : The Lord is faithful in his words, and holy in all that he does.
Is 1 :4 : They abandoned the Lord, despised the Holy One of Israel, and turned their backs on him.
Is 5,16.24 : The holy God will show himself as such, doing justice.
Is 6:3 : Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts! The whole earth proclaims his glory!
Is 10:17 : The light of Israel shall become a fire, and her Holy One a flame, to burn and devour her bushes.
Is 43:15 : I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your king.
Jer 50.29 : Take away from her everything she has done, because she has risen up against the Holy One of Israel.
Ez 20,39 : You shall not profane my holy name by your offerings and by your idols.
Ez 36,20-23 : Among all the peoples where they went, they defiled my holy name.
Hab 1:12 : Are you not, Lord, from the beginning, my God, my Holy One, the Immortal?
Hab 3 :3 : God comes from Teman, the Holy One comes from Mount Paran.
Rev 3:7 : This is what the Holy and True One says, who has the key of David.
Rev 4,8 : Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God, the Dominant, who is, who was and who must return.
– Good and merciful:
Gen 18:23-33 : If I find fifty righteous in Sodom, I will forgive the whole city for their sake.
Ex 20,6 : But I show mercy to the thousandth generation with those who love me and keep my commandments.
Ex 34,6s : Lord, Lord, compassionate and merciful God, slow to anger, rich in goodness.
Deut 5:10 : But I show mercy to the thousandth generation with those who love me and keep my commandments.
Deut 7 :9: A faithful God, who keeps his covenant and his mercy.
Num 14,13-20 : The Lord is slow to anger and rich in goodness; he forgives iniquity and sin.
Ps 35 :6: Lord, your goodness reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness rises to the clouds.
Ps 88,2-6 : Indeed, you said: “Kindness is an eternal building”. Your faithfulness established in heaven.
Ps 105 :1 : Praise the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
Ps 106 :1 : Praise the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
Ps 117,1-4.29 : Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his mercy is eternal.
Wis 11,24ss : Because you love everything that exists, and you do not hate anything that you have made.
Is 57,15-19 : “I have seen his conduct”, said the Lord, “and I will heal him. I will guide you and comfort you.”
Jer 31,1-22 : The Lord appeared to me from afar: “I love you with an eternal love, and for that reason I extend my favor to you”.
Jr 33,10s : Praise the Lord of hosts, for he is good and his mercy endures forever.
Lc 15,11-32 : When his father saw him and, moved with compassion, ran to meet him, hugged him and kissed him.
Rom 5:8 : But here is a brilliant proof of God’s love for us: when we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
– Redeemer and Savior:
Gen 15:14 : But I will also judge the people to whom they are subject, and they will then leave that land with great riches.
Ex 3,7-10 : I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cries because of their oppressors.
Ex 6,2-8 : I am the Lord; I will free you from the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage.
Ex 20,2 : I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Ex 29:46 : I am your God who brought you out of Egypt to dwell among them, I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 26:13 : I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt to deliver you from slavery.
1Chr 16:35 : Say: “Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us and save us from among the nations”.
Ps 17:3: The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer.
Ps 18:15 : In your presence, Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Ps 24 :5 : Direct me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation and in you I trust always.
Ps 77:35 : And they remembered that God was their rock, and that the Most High was their savior.
Wis 16 :7 : And whoever turned to him was saved […] by you, Lord, who are the savior of all.
Is 12,1s : Behold the God who saves me, I trust and fear nothing.
Is 17:10 : Because you have forgotten the God who saves you, and have not remembered your strength!
Is 41:14 : “I am the one who comes to your aid”, says the Lord, “your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel”.
Is 43,3.11 : For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your savior.
Is 45:15 : Truly a God hides in your house, the God of Israel, a God who saves!
Is 47,4 : Says our Redeemer, who calls himself the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel.
Is 62,11 : Say to Zion: behold, here comes your Savior.
Jr 14,8 : Lord, hope of Israel, you who are their savior in the time of misfortune.
Hos 13: 4 : You know no other God besides me, there is no other savior but me.
– It’s love:
Jn 3:16 : Indeed, God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.
Rom 5,8s : But here is a brilliant proof of God’s love for us.
Eph 2,4-8 : But God, who is rich in mercy, moved by the great love with which he loved us.
2Th 2:16 : Our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through his grace.
1Jn 4 :8 : Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
– Universal judge:
Ex 20,5 : I am the Lord your God, a jealous God who avenge iniquity.
Deut 4:24 : For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Deut 6:15 : For the Lord your God, who dwells in your midst, is a jealous God.
