God as a person: four insights

A personal God: love and faithfulness 2
God as a person: four insights

Appreciating that God is personal is central to a right understanding of the creeds. Let’s look at four insights that will help us grasp this more fully. First, in speaking of God as a person we’re making it clear we can know things about God – for example, that God is gracious, righteous and faithful. We can go further and say that Jesus of Nazareth is the ‘image of the invisible God’ (Colossians 1.15), showing us – not merely telling us – what God is like...