God: nature & character

questions: 53
books cited: 55

Questions about who God is and how God acts — divine knowledge, presence, mercy, and wrath as the passages describe them.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Does God give freely or withhold his blessings?

The tension: James 1:5 and Luke 11:10 present God as giving freely and liberally to all who ask.

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
Is God to be found by those who seek him?

The tension: Matthew 7:8 and Proverbs 8:17 both promise that those who seek will find — the seeker-finds-God formula is presented as a universal principle.

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Does God destroy man for his wickedness?

The tension: Genesis 6:5-7 has God resolving to destroy humanity precisely because "the wickedness of man was great" and "every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was…

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Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
Can God's attributes be known?

The tension: Paul in Romans 1:20 says God's invisible attributes — his eternal power and divine nature — are "clearly seen" from the creation, so that humans are "without e…

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Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Is prophecy a sure thing?

The tension: 2 Peter 1:19 calls the prophetic word more sure (bebaioteron) — a lamp shining in a dark place that the faithful do well to heed.

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