Huy Dang
Dr. John Tarwater
Old Testament Survey
May 3rd, 2014
God humanity and his attributes
It is no concerning that God is wonderful. He is the creator of everything with his
powerful capacity. Beside his power, he is also known by many great attributes such as
sovereign, loving, forgiving.
God is the greatest man with the supreme power and place as well. The God’s sovereign
is mentioned by his creations. He creates the lives of nature and people. He also creates the earth
and the land. This is not only stated in the first verses of Genesis but also repeated many times in
the Bible. We can easily see in the 1 Chronicles 29:11-12: “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and
the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the
earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches
and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your
hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.” This verse has stated very clearly about
God’s sovereign and power. He is over everything and by other ways; everything is created and
owned by God. The sovereign of God is implied by not the statement but also evidences such as
miracles and promises. God is the promises keeper. Once God has made a promise with
someone, he must finish it. God is sovereign outside of his word, not inside. In Psalm 89:34 God
has said that, “My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips”. And
God is not promisor only. He keeps the promise and make become real. The evidence is God has
promised with Abraham. Pre-tribulation Rapture and dispensationalists has touch the false
doctrine about God failed to fulfill the three promises he made to Abraham. In order to correct
the mistakes, God has promised with Abraham 3 things which are Great nation promise, land
promise and seed promise. And God did it. Joshua 21:43-45 said that: “So the Lord gave Israel
all the land which he had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it. And
the Lord gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no
one of all their enemies stood before them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hand. Not
one of the good promises which the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to
pass.” Or Joshua 23: 14-15 Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know
in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord
