Verse-first

Attributes of God

Who God is—holy, loving, sovereign—read first in the verses, then in Arminian and Reformed notes side by side.

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HolinessGod is the Holy One—utterly pure, set apart, and worthy of fear and love—and both camps call his people to be holy as he is holy.
LoveGod is love, and he has loved in the sending of the Son—both camps refuse a loveless God; they part over whether that love, in the design of salvation, is for every person or particularly for the elect.
JusticeGod is righteous—wrath against sin is grave, and he will by no means clear the guilty—and both camps confess it; they part over how that justice orders mercy, not over whether judgment is a mood.
MercyMercy is God’s pity toward the miserable—not a second name for his love—and both camps confess it; they part over Romans 9’s “I will have mercy,” whether it names whom he wills or a sincere general mercy with particular application.
FaithfulnessGod keeps covenant—if we are faithless, he remains faithful—and both camps confess it; they do not disagree that his word cannot fail, though they may differ over whom the promises finally hold.
OmnipotenceGod can do all that is consistent with his nature—both camps confess the Almighty, and neither treats power as a magic that lies, un-Gods himself, or authors sin.
OmniscienceGod knows all things—himself, the possible, and the actual—and classical Arminians are not open theists; both camps confess exhaustive knowledge and part over how that knowledge relates to the decree.
OmnipresenceGod is wholly present everywhere—not spread thin, not locked in a shrine—and both camps confess it; they do not disagree that the Father, the risen Christ, and the Spirit are with the church.
ImmutabilityGod does not change in being or character—both camps confess it, and both read “relented” texts as a change of dealing, not a mutable essence; prayer is not wasted.
EternityGod is without beginning or end—the King of the ages—and both camps confess it; they do not disagree that the Word was in the beginning, or that immortality belongs to God.
SovereigntyGod rules; nothing is finally outside his hand—both camps confess a King, and they part over whether that rule includes an unconditional decree of who will believe.