Show how these attributes are revealed in the Holy Scriptures.
That God is Spirit, Jesus Christ himself has said: “God is a spirit, and those who express adoration to him must express adoration in spirit and truth” (Joh 4:24; see Q337, Q401). Of the eternity of God, David sings: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God” (Psa 90:2 [89:2 LXX]). In the Apocalypse we hear the unceasing doxology: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come” (Rev 4:8). Of the goodness of God, Jesus Christ himself says: “No one is good but one, that is, God” (Mat 19:17).
The Apostle John says, “God is love” (1Jo 4:16; see Q607); and David the Prophet-King sings: “The Lord is gracious and merciful, long-suffering, and of great goodness. The Lord is loving to everyone, and his mercies permeate all of his works” (Psa 145:8–9 [144:8–9 LXX]). Of the omniscience of God, the Apostle John says: “God is greater than our heart and knows all things” (1Jo 3:20). The Apostle Paul exclaims: “Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and how unfathomable are his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord!” (Rom 11:33; see Q298).
Of the justice of God, David sings: “The LORD is righteous; he loves righteousness; his countenance beholds the thing that is just” (Psa 11:7 [10:7 LXX]). The Apostle Paul says that God “will render to everyone according to his deeds,” and that “there is no partiality with God” (Rom 2:6, 11).
Of the almighty power of God, the Psalmist exclaims: “For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created” (Psa 33:9 [32:9 LXX]; see Q607). The archangel says in the Gospel: “For nothing shall be impossible with God” (Luk 1:37; see Q006, Q386).
The all-knowing omnipresence of God is described by David in these famous words:
Even before there is a word on my tongue, behold, O LORD, You know it all… Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me… even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. (Psa 139:4–12 [138:4–12 LXX])
The Church confesses this omnipresence daily in her opening prayer to the Holy Spirit: “O Heavenly King, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, who art everywhere present and fillest all things…”
Of God’s unchangeableness, the Apostle James says that with “the Father of lights with whom there can be no variation or shifting shadow” (Jas 1:17; see Q252).
