God in Christianity

Definition of God in Christianity

God in the Christian religion refers to

• an eternal being.
• This eternal being created and preserves the universe
• It is never refered to in an impersonal sense in the bilble.
• It os however referd to in a personal sense: the who is, who speaks, who sees, hears, acts, and loves...

One primordial feaure of God as believed by Christians and which is common in othetr religions too, is the fact that God has

• a will and personality 
• is an all powerful, divine 
• benevolent being. 
• primarily concerned with people and their salvation.

Characteristics of God

God is believed by most Christians to be :

• immanent (meaning that he is with and within all things), 
• transcendent (meaning that he is outside space and time, and therefore eternal and unable to be changed by forces within the universe), though God the Son was on earth during the Ministry of Jesus and will return to earth in the Second Coming of Christ.
• having the properties of holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justice (fair, right, and true in all his judgments), 
• omnipotence (all powerful), 
• omniscience (all-knowing), 
• omnibenevolence (all-loving), 
• omnipresence (everywhere present) 
• and immortality (eternal and everlasting).

Trinitarians

In Christianity, the doctrine of the Trinity states that God is one being who exists, simultaneously and eternally, as a mutual indwelling of three persons: the Father, the Son (incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth), and the Holy Spirit (or Holy Ghost).