Colossians 2:2. God's divine nature is a complete mystery to most of us. Even people who have studied God’s nature for years will still refer to the mysteries of God. The primary reason that it is difficult to understand God's divine nature is that He is just so much larger than us. He is all knowing, all-powerful, and all present. He does not expect you to know everything about Him. He just wants your "acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ" (Colossians 2:2).

COLOSSIANS 2 BIBLE SCRIPTURE Colossians 2:2, "That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;"

Colossians 2:3. We cannot put God in a box, or pick and choose what attributes of God we want to acknowledge. We must discover God "In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." (Colossians 2:3). If we discover the attributes of God and believe His promises, we can be the partakers of His divine nature (2 Peter 1:4, "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust").

COLOSSIANS 2 BIBLE SCRIPTURE Colossians 2:3, "In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."

1 John 4:17, God’s nature can be summed up in two words: love and righteousness. As followers of Jesus, we are here to discover God's love and righteousness. We discover God  through prayer, fasting, study, and living a life in fellowship with God.  Through us seeking God continuously, His righteousness and love is made perfect in us. We become one with God taking on His characteristics ready to stand boldly on the day of judgment (1 John 4:17, "Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world").

Psalms 33:5. God is the source of all good and truth in the world. He is right in all things. He is righteous. All righteousness comes from him. The Bible is His message and it tells us of God's righteousness. Because of God's divine nature, He can only be righteous. Because of His righteous nature, He can only love righteousness. Because of God's divine nature, He can only do things in truth and righteousness (Psalms 33:4-5, "For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD").

PSALMS 33 BIBLE SCRIPTURE Psalms 33:5 "He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD."

1 John 4:8. Another side of God’s divine nature is that He is a God of love. "God is love" (1 John 4:8).   This love is an "agape" love, an unmerited favor toward someone. God has “agape” love for all of us, for all of mankind. He loves us and desires to provide for us (Psalms 145:16, “Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing”). Even with us falling so short of His glory because of our sin nature, He still loves us. For us to reconcile back to Him, reconcile both to His righteousness and His love, He has given us grace and mercy. Because of His grace, His Son, Jesus Christ, took on our punishment for our sin nature so that we may have an eternal, loving relationship with God (John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"). God is a good God so full of love and grace.

1 JOHN 4 BIBLE SCRIPTURE 1 John 4:8, "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love."