Attributes of God - Part 1

God of Peace

To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. - Romans 1:7

Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. - Romans 15:33

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. - Romans 16:20

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. - 1 Corinthians 14:33


God is the author of peace.

Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. - 2 Corinthians 13:11

And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. - Galatians 6:16

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:7

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. - Philippians 4:9

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. - Colossians 3:15

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. - 1 Thessalonians 1:1

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. - 1 Thessalonians 5:23

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, - Hebrews 13:20


Compare these verses with the verses in the previous post that declare the LORD to be a man of war.  If God and LORD are one and the same then we have a problem.  The two are not compatible. Especially since Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15)), and:



Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.  -  Hebrews 13:8


When does God change?  Never.


One portion of the fruit of the Spirit is peace.   Is peace the fruit of war?  If you live by the sword then you will die by the sword.  Certainly the peace that passeth understanding does not come by war.  No reasonable way to reconcile war and peace exists.  LORD and God must be different persons.

God is No Respecter of Persons

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: - Acts 10:34

For there is no respect of persons with God. - Romans 2:11

God does not respect persons.  In the Romans verse, this simply means that whether Jew or Gentile keeping the law or not keeping the law will have the same outcomes irrespective of race.  God is not partial to one or the other.  In Acts, Peter sees that people that follow after God receive the same benefit.  Again, God favors no race or nation.  Therefore, he cannot be a jealous God.  God shows no partiality.  Anybody that believes God will be counted righteous.  He has no favorite NFL team or player.  Tebow doesn't get blessing and not Eli Manning.

So does God get jealous if you worship another god?  Good question don't you think?  People expect that God reacts with anger.  In this situation, the LORD visits the sins of the father to the third and fourth generation.  Have a look at Leviticus 26:14ff to see the LORD's reaction in greater detail.   However with God it is his goodness that leads people to repentance according to Romans 2:4.  Romans 2:4 also talks of the riches of his goodness, forbearance and longsuffering.  Also, charity never (ever) faileth.  When does God abandon charity (I Corinthians 13), since he must be the supreme example of it?  Again we see a separation between God and LORD.