Quote bank - nature of God

God as omnipotent - Genesis 1 (creation)

God said ‘Let there be light’, and there was light.’

God as omnipotent - Genesis 7 (the flood)

‘I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made’

God as omnipotent - Exodus 14 (parting the Red Sea)

‘The Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind.’

‘He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving’

God as omnipotent - Mark 4 (calming the storm)

‘He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.’

God as omnipotent - Luke 5 (Healing a paralytic)

‘And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick’

‘Who can forgive sins but God alone?’

‘So he said to the paralysed man, ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home. Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God’

God as loving - John 3:16

‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life’

God as loving - John 4

‘If we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us’

God as loving - Matthew 5 (sermon on the mount)

‘You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you’

God as loving - Luke 15 (parable of the Prodigal son)

‘His father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him’

God as just - Exodus 20 (10 commandments)

• You shall have no Gods before me

• Do not make false idols

• Do not misuse the name of the Lord

• Keep the Sabbath holy

• Honour your parents

• Do not kill

• Do not commit adultery

• Do not steal

• Do not tell lies

• Do not covet

God as just - Matthew 7 (the golden rule)

‘Do to other what you would have them do to you’

God as just - Matthew 25 (Parable of the Last Judgment)

‘Take you inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink’

‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink’

God as just - Luke 16 (Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus)

‘But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony’