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Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | January 1, 2025

The Righteousness of God

Definition The righteousness of God is the divine attribute that describes God as acting always in a way that is consistent with his own character. Summary This essay surveys the various dimensions of God’s righteousness as it relates to God himself and his demands and relations with his creatures. God is righteous in himself, he […]

Biblical Studies Fred Zaspel | July 24, 2019

I AM and the Burning Bush

This article first appeared on credomag.com You are familiar with the setting, of course. Having left Egypt forty years before, while tending the sheep of his father-in-law, Moses comes to Mount Horeb and sees “this strange sight” — a bush ablaze with fire though not consumed by that fire. A fire burning on its own, […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | July 18, 2019

The Future: How Does God Know It?

This article first appeared on credomag.com One aspect of God’s omniscience is his knowledge of the future. Open Theists have denied this, of course, but the question is not really a difficult one. Over and again in Scripture God is presented as knowing what will happen. Not just selectively but exhaustively God knows all that […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | July 1, 2015

God as Father

The verbal images of God in the Bible, just as the various names given him, constitute a significant part of his self-revelation. When Scripture likens God to a lion or rock or shepherd or judge or King it tells us much about who God is and about our relationship to him. One of the most […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2013

Four Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 1

Psalm 97:2 declares that God dwells in “righteousness and justice” (tsedek and mishpat). That is to say, He is Himself right and true. He is morally and ethically right, and He acts according to what is proper. This, the psalmist affirms, is God’s very “habitation.” Righteousness is no accident to Him, no incidental quality. It […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2013

Four Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 2

Rectoral Righteousness God’s “rectoral” righteousness is that aspect of His nature which demands or requires righteousness of all His creatures. This is perhaps what we normally think of when we speak of God’s righteousness. It has to do with the imposition of laws and standards. It is “the rectitude which God manifests as the Ruler […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2013

Four Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 3

Redemptive Righteousness But all this presents a very real problem. God reveals Himself as a righteous God Who demands the same of us all and condemns all who do not conform. He will “by no means clear the guilty” (Ex. 34:7). The problem is obvious: how can any of us ever escape God’s wrath? How […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | August 1, 2013

Four Aspects of Divine Righteousness, Part 4

Remunerative Righteousness Today we conclude our series (part 1, 2, and 3) on the various aspects of God’s righteousness. We saw last time that God’s redemptive righteousness is that aspect of his righteousness that graciously provides for his sinful creatures the righteousness he requires of them. This sets us up well to understand what is […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | March 21, 2013

Does God Change His Mind?

This article first appeared on credomag.com How do we account for the fact that God is said in Scripture to “repent” or “relent” of a given course of action? Most Christians have puzzled over this question at some point or other. We are taught in Scripture that God has a single purpose, that he is […]

Divine Attributes Fred Zaspel | October 1, 2012

The Happy Threads of Divine Providence

Today’s blog is personal. I hope you will indulge me while I explain a certain happy providence that has brought a smile to my face recently. Sixty-one years ago this month (October, 1951) my dad, then age 22, preached a week of special meetings in a small town in northern Wisconsin. The church was newly […]