God is incomparable. He is matchlessly many-sided and yet perfectly one; indescribably high and yet tenderer than any father; holy, holy, holy, and in that very holiness the God who stoops the deepest. Beneath all His attributes and deeds burns one fire: a love that does not look on from a distance but is passionately involved. It is the reason for His faithfulness, the glow in His zeal and His holy anger, the pain when He is betrayed, and the joy with which He sings over His people. This appendix sketches a portrait of that incomparable God: who YHWH is, His Names, His mighty deeds, and how He deals with us.
You may take this overview into your quiet time, to ponder it, to meditate on it, and to hold on to it in hard seasons. The God who made a way straight through the sea, at the place where every hope of rescue seemed to have drowned, is still the same God today. In our distress He is near, even when it seems He has forgotten us. Whether we live or die, we are safe in His hand.
On the left is an attribute or an act, on the right the Scripture passages where the book shows it. The portrait summarizes and is no exhaustive systematic theology. Above all, it wants you to look up the texts yourself, read them, and worship Him anew.
His heart and character
Attribute or act
Passages
Love: the source of all He does; He loves because He loves
Deuteronomy 7:7–8; Jeremiah 31:3; Hosea 14:4; 1 John 4:8, 16
Strong as death: many waters cannot quench His love
Song of Songs 8:6–7
Incomparable, without equal
Exodus 15:11; Psalm 89:6; Isaiah 40; Micah 7:18
Holy, holy, holy, and therefore not indifferent
Isaiah 6:1–4; Hosea 11:9; Revelation 1:12–17
Compassionate and gracious, with the compassion of a womb
Exodus 34:6; Joel 2:13; Psalm 103:13; 145; Isaiah 49:15
God is incomparable. He is matchlessly many-sided and yet perfectly one; indescribably high and yet tenderer than any father; holy, holy, holy, and in that very holiness the God who stoops the deepest. Beneath all His attributes and deeds burns one fire: a love that does not look on from a distance but is passionately involved. It is the reason for His faithfulness, the glow in His zeal and His holy anger, the pain when He is betrayed, and the joy with which He sings over His people. This appendix sketches a portrait of that incomparable God: who YHWH is, His Names, His mighty deeds, and how He deals with us.
You may take this overview into your quiet time, to ponder it, to meditate on it, and to hold on to it in hard seasons. The God who made a way straight through the sea, at the place where every hope of rescue seemed to have drowned, is still the same God today. In our distress He is near, even when it seems He has forgotten us. Whether we live or die, we are safe in His hand.
On the left is an attribute or an act, on the right the Scripture passages where the book shows it. The portrait summarizes and is no exhaustive systematic theology. Above all, it wants you to look up the texts yourself, read them, and worship Him anew.
His heart and character
His names and titles
His mighty deeds
How He moves toward us
The Incomparable One against the idols