The Bible is a special revelation given to man
by God about Him. God has revealed Himself in the creation (known as general
revelation), but that is insufficient for anyone who wants to know God, not
only as the Creator but also as the
Father. The Bible is primarily about God, and we can understand ourselves only
in the light of who God is and what God has done for us. The Bible is bigger
than most books we know of. It has 66 books in it, co-authored by around 40
human authors (commissioned by God) over 1500 years. Each book of the Bible has
a unique revelation of God. After spending considerable
time of reading and evaluation, this is
what I’ve discovered what each book of the Bible says about God. While I have
attempted to give a one-word summary and
its representative scriptural reference for each book, and while I try to
describe God as an action-doer, there are some books that I ran out of
vocabulary. So, readers can suggest a better word or even a better representative
scripture reference for any book they find hard to agree!
So, here it goes, God is .
. .
1.
Creator
Genesis 1:1 “In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
2.
Deliverer
Exodus 18:10 “Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you
out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, and who
has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.”
3.
Sanctifier
Leviticus 20:7-8 “Consecrate
yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am
the LORD your God. And
you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the LORD who
sanctifies you.”
4.
Provider
Numbers 11:23
“Has the LORD’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will
happen to you or not.”
5.
Chooser
Deuteronomy 7:6-7
“For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has
chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples
on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you
because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least
of all peoples;”
6.
Fighter
Joshua
10:14 “And there has been no day like that, before it or
after it, that the LORD heeded the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for
Israel.”
7.
Tester
Judges 3:4 “And
they were left, that He might test Israel by them, to know whether they
would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers
by the hand of Moses.”
8.
Redeemer
Ruth 4:14 “Then the women said to Naomi, ‘Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this
day without a close relative; and may his name be famous in Israel!’”
9.
Seeker
1 Samuel
13:14 “But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has
sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to
be commander over His people, because
you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”
10.
Establisher
2 Samuel 5:12 “So David knew that the LORD had established him as
king over Israel, and that He had exalted
His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel”
11.
Enthroner
1 Kings
2:24 “Now therefore, as
the LORD lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my
father, and who has established a house for me, as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to
death today!”
12.
Remover
2 Kings 23:27 “And the LORD said, ‘I will also remove Judah from My sight, as I have
removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and
the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’’”
13.
Incomparable
1 Chronicles 17:20 “O LORD, there is none like You, nor is
there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our
ears.”
14.
Available
2 Chronicles 15:2-4 “The LORD is with you while you are with Him.
If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake
you. For
a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching
priest, and without law; but when in their trouble they turned to the LORD God
of Israel, and sought Him, He was found
by them.”
15.
Reviver
Ezra 9:9 “For we were slaves. Yet our God did not
forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the
kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its
ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.”
16.
Strength
Nehemiah 8:10 “Then
he said to them, ‘Go
your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom
nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not
sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.’”
17.
Preserver
Esther
4:14 “For if you remain completely silent at this time,
relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and
your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the
kingdom for such a time as this?”
18.
Vindicator
Job 19:25 “For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth;”
19.
Loving-kindness
Psalm 63:3 “Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.”
20.
Wiser
Proverbs
16:1 “The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.”
21.
Purposeful
Ecclesiastes 3:14 “I know that whatever God does, It shall be forever.
Nothing can be added to it, And nothing taken
from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him.”
22.
Matchmaker
Song of Songs 6:3 “I am my beloved’s, And my beloved is
mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.”
23.
Salvation
Isaiah 12:2 “Behold,
God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; ‘For YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also
has become my salvation.’”
24.
Destroyer
Jeremiah
15:3 “‘And I will appoint over them four forms of
destruction,’
says the LORD: ‘the
sword to slay, the dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the
earth to devour and destroy.’”
25.
Faithful
Lamentation 3:23 “They are new every morning; Great is Your
faithfulness.”
26.
Restorer
Ezekiel 39:25 “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Now I will bring
back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name—’”
27.
Administrator
Daniel
2:21 “And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes
kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those
who have understanding.”
28.
Lover
Hos 3:1 “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover
and is committing adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of
Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the
pagans.’”
29.
Hearer
Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass That whoever calls
on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the
LORD calls.”
30.
Watcher
Amos 9:8 “‘Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the
sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Yet I will not utterly destroy the house
of Jacob,’ Says the LORD.”
31.
Judge
Obadiah
1:15 “For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done,
it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.”
32.
Merciful
Jonah 4:2 “So he prayed to the LORD, and said, ‘Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still
in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God,
slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.’”
33.
Righteous
Micah 6:5
“O My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab
counseled, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, From Acacia Grove to Gilgal, That you may know the righteousness of the
LORD.”
34.
Avenger
Nahum 1:2 “God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; The LORD
avenges and is furious. The LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;”
35.
In-control
Habakkuk
2:20 “But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before
Him.”
36.
Serious
Zephaniah 1:12 “And it shall come to pass at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And punish the men Who are settled in complacency, Who say in their heart, ‘The LORD will not do good, Nor
will He do evil.’”
37.
First
Haggai 1:9
“‘You
looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it
home, I blew it away. Why?’
says the LORD of hosts. ‘Because
of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own
house.’”
38.
Defender
Zechariah
12:8 “In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of
Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David,
and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the LORD
before them.”
39.
Immutable
Malachi 3:6
“For I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O
sons of Jacob.”
40.
King
Matthew
25:34 “Then the King will say to those on His right hand,
‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world:’”
41.
Ransomer
Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served,
but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
42.
Fulfiller
Luke 24:44 “Then He said to them, ‘These are the words which I spoke to you while
I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in
the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.’”
43.
Father
John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through Me.’”
44.
Multiplier
Acts 6:7 “Then
the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in
Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. Stephen
Accused of Blasphemy”
45.
Justifier
Romans
8:33 “Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It
is God who justifies.”
46.
Owner
1 Corinthians 10:26 “for ‘the earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness.’”
47.
Comforter
2 Corinthians 7:6 “Nevertheless
God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus,”
48.
Timekeeper
Galatians 4:4 “But
when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a
woman, born under the law,”
49.
Benefactor
Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with
every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,”
50.
Producer
Philippians 2:13 “for it is God who works in you both to will and to do
for His good pleasure.”
51.
Peaceful
Colossians 3:15 “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to
which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.”
52.
Approver
1 Thessalonians 2:4 “But
as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who
tests our hearts.”
53.
Retributor
2 Thessalonians 1:6 “since
it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who
trouble you,”
54.
Immortal
1 Timothy
1:17 “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God
who alone is wise, be
honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”
55.
Caller
2 Timothy 1:9
“who has saved us and called us with a holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace
which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,”
56.
Saviour
Titus 3:4 “But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior
toward man appeared,”
57.
Providential
Philemon 1:15 “For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose,
that you might receive him forever,”
58.
Chastiser
Hebrews
12:6 “For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”
59.
Impeccable
James
1:13 “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He
Himself tempt anyone.”
60.
Begetter
1 Peter 1:3
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a
living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”
61.
Longsuffering
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all
should come to repentance.”
62.
Light
1 John 1:5 “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is
no darkness at all.”
63.
Consistent
2 John 1:9 “Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not
have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the
Son.”
64.
Good
3 John 1:11 “Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is
good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.”
65.
Protector
Jude 1:24 “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before
the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,”
66.
Revealer
Revelation 1:1 “The
Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things
which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel
to His servant John,”