#159 – What is God Like? - Communicable Attributes

Knowing Faith

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss and define the communicable attributes of God.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What are communicable attributes?
• Are the communicable attributes one of the ways we reflect the image of God?
• Are communicable attributes something God is or something God possesses?
• Are communicable attributes true of each person in the Godhead?
• How are they different from incommunicable attributes (what we discussed last episode)?
• How do we maintain a distinction between Creator and creature without minimizing the reality and depth of the shared communicable attributes?

Helpful Definitions:

• Attribute: Something that is true about God, who he is.
• Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us.
  • Holy, loving, just, good, merciful, gracious, faithful, patient, truthful, wise
• Anthropomorphic: A way of expressing, in humanly understandable terms, something that is true.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• John 3:16, 1 John 5:3
• “In His Image” by Jen Wilkin
• Knowing Faith: Episode # 158 – What is God like? Incommunicable Attributes
• “Creation Regained” by Albert Wolters

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