GOD
(See also Act of God; Atheism; Creation; Creator; Godhead; Godly Devotion; Gods [Goddesses]; Jehovah)
(Note centered headings below: Characteristics and Qualities; Quotations)
adoption of—
anointed Christians: it-1 51, 605; it-2 998-999; w15 1/15 16-17; w09 4/1 10-11; w05 12/1 29; w87 1/1 21-22; w86 7/15 15
Israelites: it-1 51
restored mankind: w17.02 12; ws 187
“all things to everyone” (1Co 15:28): mwb19.04 6; w12 9/15 12; w07 12/1 30; ws 180-189
Almighty: ijwbq article 125; it-1 77-79; rs 411
angelic representatives:
speak as if God himself: w25.05 21; ijwbq article 83; it-2 55-56; w88 5/15 22-23
appreciation for creations:
sunsets: g87 12/8 16-17
appreciation for God: w90 8/1 15-20
youths: w90 8/1 13
approach to God: it-1 135-138
angels: it-1 135
Catholic teaching: w91 2/15 21
Christians: w06 9/1 24-25
Jesus’ role: ijwbv article 17; cf 15-22; wp20.1 11; w09 5/15 31-32; w09 7/15 4; sh 244, 246-247
Law covenant: it-1 136-137; w06 9/1 23-24
“new and living way” (Heb 10:19, 20): it-1 187
new covenant: it-1 137-138
patriarchal society: it-1 136; w06 9/1 22-23
requirements: it-1 135-137; w06 9/1 22
belief in God: lff lesson 4; w17.11 21; g 3/15 3-6; g 11/11 3-9; g 2/10 22-25; g 9/06 3; w03 2/15 3; w03 12/1 4-7; w00 6/15 26-28; pe 35-36
basis for: ijwbq article 78; w13 8/1 11; w08 1/1 17; w04 10/1 10-11; sh 334-335; rs 145-146
benefits: g 3/15 3-5
book “Dieu existe? Oui” (Does God Exist? Yes): rs 146
book The Child’s Book of Nature: g95 8/8 7
defending one’s: ijwyp articles 28, 33; w24.12 18-19; w23.09 17; yp2 297-303
Deism: w94 12/1 4
effect of denying: g89 3/22 6-7
magazine New Scientist: rs 146
miracles alone do not produce: w97 3/15 3-7
reasoning with doubter: cf 115-116; w91 9/1 26
reasons given for disbelief: w21.08 15-17; w15 6/1 3; g 3/15 4; g 2/10 24; w09 10/1 11-13; g 2/09 3; g 9/06 3; w03 12/1 4-6; km 12/99 8; ct 7-9; sh 329-335; g90 1/22 11; rs 146-149; Lmn 10-12
relationship to meaning in life: ct 184-191
scientists: ijwyp article 28; g21.3 4-5, 9; g18.1 12; g17.3 12-13; g17.4 12-13; g16.2 10-11; g 11/15 10-11; g 1/14 8-9; g 2/14 10-11; g 4/14 10-11; g 7/14 12-13; g 1/13 6-7; g 3/13 15; g 4/13 6-7; g 10/13 6-7; w12 7/1 4; g 2/10 23; g 11/10 4-5; g 9/06 3, 23; w04 11/15 9; g04 6/22 3-9; g99 2/8 3; ct 73-74, 185; g97 11/22 29; w94 12/1 7; wi 4; g92 7/8 28; rs 146; g88 6/8 6; w87 7/15 24; g87 6/22 28; g87 10/8 30; Lmn 9
support by Jehovah’s Witnesses: w94 12/1 32
Voltaire (philosopher): sh 29; w88 3/1 5; g86 5/8 16-17
Bible’s description: lmd Appendix A page 28; g 3/15 6
Bible usage of term: w86 7/1 31
creatures called “gods”: w92 4/1 26
children of God: w08 9/1 7; w86 7/15 15-20
Romans 8:21: it-1 1139-1140; it-2 999-1000; w12 3/15 23; jr 181; wt 184-185, 189, 191; w00 10/15 19; w98 2/15 17-19
1 John 3:1: it-1 605; w86 7/15 15-16
regaining status as: w17.02 7, 12; w10 1/15 5-6; jr 181; w08 3/1 8-10
whether all humans are: it-2 997; wt 184-185; rs 303-304
concepts of God:
impersonal: la 15; w97 10/1 3
concept that man invented God: sh 29-32
Creator: ijwbq article 125; g21.1 14; wp19.1 10-11; ph 14-16; my stories 1-2; lr 21-25
power manifest: cl 47-56; it-2 659-660; w14 7/1 14; w13 10/15 8; w11 2/15 6-7; ph 22-23; w08 5/1 6; w03 7/1 10-11
why God created humans: hl section 3
why God created spirit persons: cl 237-238; ct 87
wisdom manifest: mwb22.01 5; w13 10/15 8-10; ph 21-22; g 3/10 10; w09 4/15 15-19; w08 5/1 4-5; w87 4/15 3-4
“deep things of” (1Co 2:10): w07 11/1 27-31
description in Bible: cl 19-20; it-1 969-970; it-2 13; g 10/08 24-25; w04 5/15 7; kl 23-24
body parts: it-1 348; it-2 13-14
for Hindus: g21.1 14
human faculties: it-1 969-970
devotion to: w89 2/15 30
discussion: wp20.1 9-10; it-1 968-971; bhs 8-18; bh 8-17; g 3/14 4; nwt 6-9; fg 4-5; w11 2/1 16-17; w09 2/1 3-4; rq 4-5; pe 34-46; rs 145-151
for Muslims: wp20.3 1-16; rk 10-19
dreams from: it-1 650-651; g 8/14 14-15; g01 4/8 20-21
dwelling place: ijwbq articles 8, 123; w15 10/1 13-14; g 4/11 28
enemies of: w22.05 8-11, 14; it-1 725-726; ip-2 414-415; gf 14
evidence of existence: ijwbq article 78; ijwyp article 35; it-1 969; g 3/15 6; g 3/14 7; w13 8/1 11; w13 10/15 7-11; w12 7/1 4-5; w04 6/1 9-14; w04 10/1 10-11; g04 6/22 3-12; lr 23-24; dg 4-9; la 15-17; g99 2/8 3; w98 5/1 3-4; ct 49-72; g97 5/8 13-17; w93 6/15 4-13; pr 6-10; sh 334-341; g90 1/22 11-15; w89 5/15 30; pe 35-36, 70-72; rs 84-86, 145-146; br78 12; g89 3/22 6; Lmn 8-10; g86 2/22 3-7; g86 5/8 16-17
animal “intelligence”: g86 5/22 20-21; g86 12/22 12
as a person: ct 73-84
beauty and variety in creation: g18.1 12; g97 5/8 3-4, 15; g95 11/8 5-9, 12; g87 8/8 16-17; w86 4/1 14-15
blood: g97 5/8 6-7
brain: g 4/14 11; g 2/10 24-25; pc 11; g04 8/8 11-12; la 16-17; g00 10/8 11; ct 50-66; g97 5/8 4, 15; rs 86; w86 4/1 16-17; g86 2/22 4-6
cell: ijwwd article 41; g 8/15 3-7; lf 5-12; pc 9-11; g00 8/22 7-8; g00 10/8 11; g97 5/8 5-6, 8-9; g90 1/22 12-13; rs 86; g87 1/22 6-10; w86 4/1 13; w86 7/15 3-4
complexity in living things: g04 6/22 5-7, 10-11
design in living things: ijwyp article 35; lff lesson 6; g 2/13 16; lc 11-17; g 3/10 10; w07 8/15 3-7; pr 7-8; sh 339-341; g90 1/22 11-13; w86 4/1 14; g86 1/8 24; g86 9/22 14-15
discussion for Chinese: pc 9-12
DNA: g 8/15 3-7; g 11/11 4-6; lf 13-21; g 2/10 23-24; g 12/09 7
earth: g21.3 5; lc 4-10; ph 21-22; w86 4/1 16
existence of suffering no disproof: g 10/15 4; rs 146-147
eye: g 5/11 6
flowers: g87 8/8 16-17
food: ct 77-80
fossil record: w86 4/1 13-14
human body: g88 6/8 12
human consciousness: g 12/09 8
instinct: w86 4/1 14-15; g86 5/22 20-21
intelligence: g88 7/8 15
life: mrt article 4; lff lesson 6; g21.3 6-7; g 11/11 7-9; lf 5-7; g 11/10 5, 9; pr 6-8; g87 1/22 4-10
odds against protein formation: mrt article 4; g17.3 13; pc 9-10; sh 335-336; w89 2/15 7
orderliness of creation: hl section 3; w11 2/15 7-9; g 12/09 6; g99 6/22 6-7; ct 24-26; rs 146
physical constants: w09 3/15 21; g 12/09 5-7; g04 6/22 5, 7; g00 10/8 6-7; w98 5/1 4; w98 6/15 6; ct 16-21; g97 5/8 13-14, 16; sh 336-338
science has not disproved: g 11/10 4-6; rs 146
sense of beauty: ct 66-68; g95 11/8 6-7
sex: w86 7/15 3-4
universe: g21.3 4-5; w11 2/15 6-7; pc 10; g 12/09 3-8; g 11/07 8; g04 6/22 5; g00 10/8 3-7, 11; w99 6/15 16-17; g99 6/22 6-9; ct 10-25, 79, 184-185; g96 1/22 6, 11-14; g92 3/22 9-11; sh 336-338; g90 1/22 13-14; w89 2/15 7; w89 10/15 29; gm 100-101; rs 85; g89 11/22 9-10; w88 3/1 5-6; g88 3/8 13; w87 7/15 24
Father: g 10/08 25
fear of God: w23.06 14-25; cl 43-46; it-1 649-650, 818-819; lvs 240; wp17.1 14; w09 10/1 10; w07 3/1 25-29; w06 8/1 21-30; w02 12/15 10-11; be 274; w01 12/1 14-23; w89 3/15 6; w89 6/1 4-7; w87 12/1 10-20
balanced view: w19.03 5-6
benefits: w23.06 20-25; it-1 649-650; w07 5/15 19; jd 93-95; w05 9/15 13-15; w00 3/1 30; w89 6/1 5-7
brings happiness: w09 3/15 25-26; w87 5/15 28; w87 12/1 11
consistent with God of love: g98 1/8 26-27; w89 6/1 5-6
consistent with love for God: cl 98-99; w01 7/1 5-6; w01 12/1 16-17; w95 8/1 31; rs 198-199; w87 12/1 10-11, 15
“fear God and give him glory” (Re 14:7): re 204-205; w05 10/1 23-24; kp 12; w88 12/15 19-24
helping youths develop: w88 4/15 6
obedience encouraged by: it-2 522
overcomes fear of man: jd 93-94; w89 6/1 6-7
requirement for prayer: w90 5/15 11-12
Shiphrah and Puah: w99 10/1 32
why appropriate: w09 3/1 13-14; w89 1/1 29-30; w88 3/15 19
“finger” of God: jy 176; gt chapter 75; w88 8/15 8; w87 6/15 5
foreknowledge: cl 177-178; it-1 851-860; w08 10/1 3; w06 6/1 21-25; ip-2 102-103; w99 8/15 16; rs 140-144
selective: cl 178; it-1 852-854; w14 7/1 4-5; w11 1/1 14-15; w06 6/1 24-25
friendship with God: ijwbq article 183; wp18.1 15-16; w15 10/1 14; bhs 15-16; w14 12/1 3-6; w13 3/15 15-16; w11 12/1 16; w10 10/1 20-21; yp2 289-296; w04 8/1 30; gf 3-31; g97 2/22 11-13; g95 7/22 13-15; w92 6/1 24-26; w89 9/15 26-30; yp 311-319; w87 9/15 6-7; g87 3/8 19-21; g87 11/22 18-20; g86 2/8 15-17
blessings: ijwbq article 147; wp19.1 15
glorifying God: w10 1/15 21-23; w04 6/1 14-19; w04 10/1 9-14
claim regarding competitive sports: w88 10/15 21
“God’s things to God”: w10 7/1 23-24; w96 5/1 15-16
God’s will: ijwbq article 38
living for: w86 7/1 18-23
perceiving: w14 1/1 2; w86 7/1 22-23
suffering not: g20.2 12-13
not distinctive: it-2 8
Hebrew words: it-1 968-969
Elohah (Elohim): ijwbq article 125; it-1 968-969; rs 415-416
no support for Trinity: ti 13-14
identifying the true God: lff lesson 4; wp20.1 9-10; wp16.4 14; nwt 6-7; w03 5/1 3-5; w02 5/15 3-7; g99 2/8 7-9; kl 23-31; w92 1/1 3-4; pe 34-46
independence from: w16.05 4; g86 2/22 8-11
intervention in human affairs: g 11/06 6-7; w03 10/1 4-7
Jehovah the only true God: lff lesson 4; it-1 969-971; it-2 5-20; kp 17; be 272-275; wt 15-22; ol 8-9; w90 12/1 5-7; g89 12/22 11
universal court case to prove: it-1 852; w14 11/15 21-22; ip-2 51-54, 64-65, 70-72; w88 2/1 10-20
Jesus a god: rs 150
“make yourself a god” (Joh 10:33): it-2 1001
“Mighty God” (Isa 9:6): it-1 78-79, 968; ip-1 130-131; w92 1/15 22; rs 413-414; ti 28; w87 4/1 16-17; ws 168-169, 176-178
“my God” (Joh 20:28): it-2 55-56; g05 4/22 9; w92 1/15 23; rs 213; ti 29; w88 6/1 19
not Almighty God: ijwbq article 15; ijwbv article 12; lff lesson 15; it-2 54; w12 4/1 20-22; w09 2/1 7; w05 9/15 7; w90 9/15 5-6; ti 28-29; w87 6/15 6-7
not inappropriate: it-2 54-55
not in conflict with Isaiah 43:10: rs 413; w86 7/1 31
“only-begotten god” (Joh 1:18): it-2 556-557
“Word was a god” (Joh 1:1): ijwbv article 12; it-2 53-54, 1202-1203; w09 4/1 18-19; w08 11/1 24-25; g05 4/22 8-9; w93 10/15 28; w91 3/1 28; rs 212-213; ti 26-28; w88 6/1 16-19; w86 7/1 31
Jesus’ teachings about: w10 4/1 6-7; w08 2/1 16-17
knowing God: ijwbq articles 147, 174; wp21.2 10-12; wp19.1 3-16; w15 10/1 12-14; w15 12/1 16; bhs 12-14; bh 12-15; hl section 6; w10 11/1 30; w09 5/1 5-6; w08 9/1 3-7; w03 2/15 3-7, 32; w02 12/15 8-10; la 18-19; gf 5-7; rq 5; wi 19-24; w89 2/15 7-9; w87 4/15 15-16; g86 2/8 16
help from Bible word pictures: w09 5/1 14
help from God’s prophets: wp20.3 8-9
incomprehensible aspects: w15 10/1 13
misconceptions: ijwbq article 174
“odor of the knowledge” (2Co 2:14): w90 7/15 10-15
role in putting on new personality: gm 178-179
role in true worship: jd 57-61, 66-67
whether all have equal opportunity: w10 8/1 22
“let God be found true” (Ro 3:4): w08 6/15 30
lies about God: w13 11/1 3-7; w11 10/1 3-9
living as children of: w86 7/15 15-20
location: ijwbq articles 8, 123; w15 10/1 13-14; g 4/11 28
love for God: w19.08 9; w09 10/1 10; w06 12/1 20-24; gf 26-27
force for moral good: w87 10/15 4-7
how possible: w96 6/15 3-7
lies that hinder: w13 11/1 3-7
with whole mind: it-2 405
man created in image of: ijwbv article 27; lff lesson 6; it-1 1184; it-2 247-248, 1005; wp17.2 15; bhs 53; bh 48-49; hl section 3; g 5/13 15; g 8/13 8; w11 2/15 9; g 12/09 12; w08 10/1 15; w05 7/1 4-5; w02 2/15 4; w02 6/1 9-10; w00 11/15 25; w94 4/1 25
man’s need for: w13 12/1 3-7; w13 12/15 16
masculine references to, in Bible:
nongender terms promoted: w88 2/15 21
meaning of term: it-1 968-969; jr 44; ph 15; w02 5/15 4; rs 145; w88 2/1 13; w86 7/1 31
mind of: w15 10/1 13
miracles:
not violations of natural law: it-2 411-412; gm 73-74
moral standards never violated: it-2 412
name: ijwbq articles 9-10, 103, 125; ijwbv article 9; cl 7-11; lff lesson 4; g21.1 14; wp19.1 4-5; it-1 324-326; it-2 5-13, 466-467; g17.6 14-15; wp16.3 16; bhs 12-13, 207; w14 12/1 4; bh 12-14, 195-197; w13 1/1 16; w13 10/1 5; w13 11/1 4; hl section 11; w12 6/1 16-17; fg 4-5; w10 7/1 3-8; w09 2/1 6; bm 4; w08 7/1 30; w08 9/1 4-5; g04 1/22 3-12; lr 26-31; w02 5/15 5-6; ol 8-9; kl 24; pe 41-44
no beginning: w22.12 2-3; wp19.1 5; w14 8/1 15; w10 7/1 28; rs 148-149; g86 5/8 16-17
‘no declaration impossible for’ (Lu 1:37): ijwbv article 53
not—
a mystery: ijwbq article 174; w11 10/1 4; g92 3/8 26-27
a Trinity: ijwbq article 6; bhs 213; bh 201-204; w13 2/15 9; w13 11/1 5; g 8/13 12-13; w12 3/1 23; w09 11/1 7; g05 4/22 5-7; ol 25; pe 39-41; rs 150, 405-426; ti 2-31; w88 6/1 10-20; w87 6/15 4-7
beyond our learning from: op 23-24
cause of bad: bhs 9-10; w14 7/1 4; bh 10; w99 5/1 28-29
cruel: w13 5/1 3-7
impersonal: ijwbq article 7; w14 8/1 2; w14 12/1 2; g 10/10 29-30; w09 2/1 5; g05 3/8 20-21; w02 5/15 4-5; w97 10/1 3-8
invented by man: sh 29-32
involved in human wars: Lmn 10-11
omnipresent: ijwbq articles 8, 123; it-1 969; g 5/13 15; w11 8/1 27; g 4/11 28-29; w09 2/1 5; g05 3/8 20-21; g90 5/8 18-19; pe 36-37
partial: mrt article 63; g21.1 7; w18.08 9; it-1 1192-1193; wp17.3 16; w13 6/1 8; w09 9/1 29; w03 7/1 12; w93 9/15 5; w88 5/15 10-20
to blame for pain: w90 7/15 4
to blame for problems: g 1/09 28-29; w04 7/1 3-5
to blame for suffering: ijwbq article 20; g20.2 6-7, 12-13; wp17.1 16; g 1/15 14; w14 6/1 2
uncaring: bhs 9-11; bh 9-11; w13 7/1 14-15; g 7/11 6-7; w09 12/1 4-5
unjust: w11 10/1 7
vengeful: w11 10/1 6
not all prophecies come from: w87 5/1 3-6
‘not to be mocked’ (Ga 6:7): it-2 808-809
obedience to: it-2 521-522; lvs 239; w86 7/15 12
“peace of” (Php 4:7): ijwbv article 13; w24.01 21-22; w22.01 19; w18.10 28; it-2 592; w17.08 8-12; w09 7/1 11-12; w08 3/15 13-14; g01 7/22 14-15; w00 7/15 6; w88 2/15 16-19
permission of death: g91 3/8 26-27
permission of injustice: w89 10/15 21-23
permission of suffering: lff lesson 26; w15 9/1 14-15; bhs 116-123; g 3/15 4; w14 1/1 8-10; bh 106-114; w12 7/1 6-7; w12 11/1 8-9; fg 16-17; w11 5/1 16-17; ph 24-25, 27-28; w09 2/1 8; w09 12/1 6; w08 2/1 27; w06 5/1 11-12; g 11/06 3-9; g04 3/22 12-14; w03 1/1 3-7; w03 5/1 3, 5-6; w03 9/1 10-12; w02 10/1 5-7; w01 5/15 4-8; dg 12-17; w99 11/15 4-5; g99 2/8 4-6; ct 173-176; w97 2/15 4-6; g96 10/22 18-20; kl 70-79; w94 11/1 4-7; g90 10/8 3-13; rs 146-147, 393-400; g87 10/8 2-9; w86 3/1 11-12, 16-18; tp 43-54; Lmn 15-16; g86 2/22 8-11
compensation to mankind: g90 10/8 13
experience of man who learned reason: g 10/15 4-5; w06 5/1 8-13
God not to blame: ijwbq article 20; g20.2 6-7, 12-13; wp17.1 16; bhs 117-118, 122; bh 107-109; nwt 18; w07 5/15 22-23; w07 8/15 27-28; w04 7/1 3-5; g04 3/22 13; w89 4/15 28
good people: g20.2 10-11; w14 7/1 3-6; w92 9/15 3-7
lessons from: w25.07 16-17
not punishment from God: wp18.3 10-11
video Why Does God Allow Suffering?: lff lesson 26
whether God ever intervenes: g 11/06 6-7; w03 10/1 3-7
permission of wickedness: it-2 1181; fg 16-17; w11 1/1 9, 11; w11 5/1 16-17; w07 9/15 3-7; wt 60-69; g01 10/8 22-23; jt 27; wi 16-17; pe 99-104; rs 428-431; br78 26-27; g89 4/8 17-18
inconsistency of human criticisms: g89 7/22 14-15
promises of:
for earth: g23.1 15
‘no declaration impossible’ (Lu 1:37): ijwbv article 53
reliability: wp18.2 11; tp 94-97, 99-107
to Abraham: wp20.3 8; lfb 26-29, 33-34; w09 7/1 31; sh 207-208; w89 7/1 3, 19-20; w86 4/15 6-7
purpose: w23.10 20; it-1 970; pe 44-45
for earth: ijwfq article 44; lff lessons 6, 25; wp18.2 12-13; w14 6/1 16; bh 27-36; g 12/14 14; fg 10-11; w11 4/1 16-17; w11 7/1 4-7; w10 1/1 22-23; w10 12/1 25; ph 24-26; rk 15; w08 4/1 10-11; w08 9/1 27-29; g 12/08 7-8; g 12/07 10; w06 5/15 3-7; w06 8/15 5-7; g05 4/22 10-11; w04 2/1 12; w04 10/1 4-6; ip-2 88-90; g99 6/22 10-11; rs 116
for mankind: w23.10 20; lff lesson 25; wp19.3 6-7, 10, 12; wp18.2 12-13; wp16.4 15; bhs 29, 38; hl sections 8, 10-11, 20; w10 2/1 5; pc 19-20; g 12/09 9; w08 2/1 6; g 12/08 3-9; w07 1/15 23; w07 10/1 16-17; w06 7/1 5; wt 61; la 20-21; w99 4/15 7-9; gu 8, 11-12, 14, 16; g99 2/8 4-6; w98 7/15 15; kl 72; wi 11-15, 18; w89 8/1 10-27; pe 8-14, 73-74; rs 243-246
steps toward realization: wp19.1 11-12; wi 12-15, 18; tp 55-68; je 4-5
undefeatable: w89 8/1 26-27
questions for God: g 10/15 3-6; w12 11/1 3; g 1/10 12; w03 5/1 3-7
relationship with God: hl section 6
approachable: it-1 969
approach to God: it-1 135-138
Catholic learns: w98 7/1 6
developing: w02 10/15 16-18; w01 7/1 11; ct 186-189
disappointment with God: w15 9/1 14-15
drawing away from: w89 7/15 22-23
drawing close: w25.04 8-10, 12-13; ijwbq article 174; scl 66; bt 145-146; cl 16-25, 310-319; w16.01 30; w15 6/15 14; bhs 15-16; w14 12/1 3-7; bh 15-17; nwt 32-33; fg 5, 25; w11 9/1 17; rk 14; w08 7/1 10; yb07 53-54; w04 7/1 6-7; kp 27; w03 7/1 9-19; w02 12/15 8-18; w00 10/15 3-7
effect of sin: hl section 10; rs 374-375
exclusive devotion: ijwbq article 29; it-1 970-971; rr 53
godly devotion: scl 23; it-1 971-972
God’s being real: w98 9/15 21-23
God’s goodness a basis: w89 12/1 3-7
having a good name: w97 2/15 11-13
modesty essential: it-2 422-423; w12 11/1 22; w88 3/15 19-20
peace: w91 3/1 15-19, 21
reason for changing religion: w88 6/1 4-5
resides with mankind (Re 21:3): ijwbq article 145; w13 3/15 23; re 303
‘setting matters straight’ (Isa 1:18): ip-1 28-29; w87 10/15 10-15
whether all are children of God: it-2 997; wt 184-185; rs 303-304
whether personal, suffices: rs 327-328
youths: g90 10/8 24-25; yp 311-319
requirements: w14 5/15 28-29; ph 29-30; g 4/08 20-21; w97 1/15 18-22
rule by: g90 10/8 11-12; w89 9/1 5-6
not through human governments: w09 5/1 9
searching for: sh 5-379; w86 6/1 18-19
seeing God: ijwbq article 83; w18.09 20; w14 7/1 14-15; w91 1/15 16; w88 5/15 21-23
Source of true values: g92 1/22 6-10
teaching children about God: w11 8/1 3-9
titles: ijwbq article 125
trust in God: w13 5/1 7
when poverty-stricken: w90 11/15 6-7
voice heard during Jesus’ ministry: w19.03 8-13; w89 12/1 8
what he has done for people: w87 5/15 3-7
what he is doing for people: w10 5/1 4-7
whether all religions lead to: ijwbq article 89; bhs 154-155; bh 145; w09 2/1 9; ol 4-5, 19-21; g88 3/8 18-19
whether existence of God matters: g21.3 14
whether God changes his mind: ijwbq article 86
Characteristics and Qualities
all things possible: w12 6/1 28-29
anger:
“brought to a finish” (Re 15:1): re 215-234
“cup of his wrath” (Re 14:10): re 209-210
approachable: it-1 969
attributes: wp20.1 10; wp19.1 6-9; it-1 969-970
cares about individuals: wp21.1 6; wp18.3 3-16; w14 8/1 3-7; hl section 3; w11 10/1 5; w10 10/1 19-20; w10 12/1 11; w09 2/1 8; w09 6/1 28-30; w08 2/1 10; w08 4/1 9; w05 2/1 5-6; w04 1/1 32; w04 7/1 4-7; kp 5; w97 10/1 5-6; w96 3/1 3-7; g87 1/8 18-19; w86 6/15 22-23
cares about mankind: wp20.3 4-5; wp19.2 14-16; w11 2/1 17; w11 10/1 5; w10 5/1 3-6; rk 3; w07 1/15 21-23; g 11/06 9; dg 3-31; rs 147, 395
changeless: cl 14; it-1 969; w09 6/1 21-23; w01 6/1 4; g00 6/8 16-17
Comforter: w14 8/1 6
concern for animals: g89 9/22 10
discussion: lmd Appendix A page 28; lff lesson 7; wp19.1 6-9; g 5/13 14-15; fg 4-5; g 10/08 24-25; pe 37-39
empathy: w18.12 9; wp18.3 8-9
feelings: cl 15; w04 5/15 4-7; rs 148
sensitive to suffering of others: lff lesson 26; bhs 11-12; g 1/15 15; w13 7/1 14-15; hl section 10; g 7/11 6-7; w94 11/1 4
view that he has none: w94 11/1 8
glory: it-1 963-964, 970
“God is light” (1Jo 1:5): w91 8/1 9; w86 7/15 11
goodness: it-1 986; jy 224; gt chapter 96; w89 8/1 8; w89 12/1 3-7
“happy God” (1Ti 1:11): ijwbq article 125; w24.09 26; w09 12/15 16-17; w07 3/1 17
interest in individuals: wp18.3 4-5
justice: wp19.1 8-9; rk 12; w03 7/1 11-12; ct 81-83
despite existence of injustice: bh 11-12; w11 10/1 7; w89 10/15 21-23
love: cl 229-309; wp19.1 9; w14 3/1 3-4; w10 1/15 26; w10 4/1 6; rk 13-14; w09 12/1 4-5; w09 12/15 25; w08 5/1 8-9; w03 7/1 14-19; sh 246-247; g86 9/22 7
“God is love” (1Jo 4:8, 16): cl 14-15, 236-237; g21.1 14; wp19.1 9; it-2 275; w15 11/15 16; w03 7/1 14; w02 6/1 6; wt 16-17; w97 2/1 9-10; w87 2/15 10; w86 7/15 21-22; w86 9/15 27-29; g86 9/22 7
“God of love and of peace” (2Co 13:11): w08 9/1 5
greatest of attributes: g 10/08 25; w93 9/15 32; w90 11/15 12-14
not being separated from (Ro 8:38, 39): w86 6/1 10-14
perfection: it-1 853
Person: ijwbq article 7; w14 1/1 16; g 10/10 29-30; w09 2/1 5; g05 3/8 20-21; w02 5/15 4-5; w97 10/1 4-8; pe 36-39; rs 147-148; w87 4/1 3-6; Lmn 10
power: cl 19; wp19.1 6-7; it-2 659-665; rk 12; w08 5/1 6-7; w03 7/1 10-11; w86 1/15 16-18; w86 8/15 8-11
revealed by Bible: w23.02 2-7; cl 18-20, 184-186; wp19.1 11; w12 6/15 27-28; w99 6/15 21-24; ct 103-119; w88 3/1 6
revealed by Jesus Christ: w14 7/1 15; w11 4/1 7
revealed by prophets: wp20.3 8-9
revealed in creation: ijwbq article 174; mwb19.02 3; w14 7/1 14; w13 8/1 11; ph 17, 21; g 3/10 10; w08 5/1 3-6; w04 11/15 8-9; wt 17-18; w99 6/15 20-21; ct 77-84; pe 37-38; w88 3/1 5-6; tp 56
revealed in dealings: pe 38-39; tp 57-59
Spirit: lff lesson 7; it-2 1018; g 5/13 14; fg 4; w10 12/1 4; w04 5/15 4; vi 9
tolerance: g 8/15 13; g01 10/8 22-23
understanding of people: wp18.3 6-7; w14 8/1 5
unique: w87 6/15 3
wisdom: cl 168-228; wp19.1 7; it-2 704, 1190; rk 13; w08 5/1 4-5; w03 7/1 12-14
Quotations
all primitive peoples have awareness of a supreme being: sh 73
God has become a Displaced Person: ct 7
if the word “God” is to be of any use, it should mean an interested God: ct 185
impossible to have a moral community or nation without faith in God: g89 3/22 7
individual not anchored in God can offer no resistance to blandishments of world: g89 3/22 6-7
man has driven God out of his life and therefore lacks a moral center: g89 3/22 7
men have forgotten God: g89 3/22 7
religion is an instinctive attitude peculiar to man: w93 6/15 9; g92 1/22 9; g89 3/22 6
replaced by other values: sh 329