God in Relation to Us
God is holy (worthy of veneration).
Psalm 99:9
Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.
Sin cannot be tolerated in God's presence.
Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
God loved the world enough to give His Son as the sacrifice for our sins.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
God is ready to forgive.
Psalm 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalm 145:18
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
When God forgives us, He forgets our sins.
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
God is Merciful, Slow to Anger, of Great Kindness
Psalm 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Psalm 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Lamentations 3:22-25
22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
God adopts us as His children when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior.
Romans 8:15
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
God doesn't want anyone to go to Hell.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Hell was Created for Satan, Not Humans.
Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
God is slow to anger.
Nehemiah 9:17b
... but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
God is angry with the wicked every day.
Psalm 7:11
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
God is wrathful.
John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
God's Engagement with Us
God cannot lie.
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
God keeps His promises.
Psalm 89:34
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
God listens to us.
Psalm 6:9
The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
God delivers us from our fears.
Psalm 34:4
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Sin prevents God from listening to us.
Psalm 66:18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
God is merciful.
Deuteronomy 4:31a
(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;)...
God remembers our frailties.
Psalm 78:39
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Psalm 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.