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According to Christianity, the traits of God can be organized into two categories: physical and moral. Some terms address Gods surpass of physical ideas, others address Gods divine mind and will. There are a bunch of terms to choose from when categorizing the traits of God. Thus, this paper will only deal with the basic terms that are from the Holy Scriptures.
God is, according to the Old and New Testaments: invincible, everlasting, vast, inconceivable, and endless in intelligence and will. The invincible characteristic of God is often referred to in the Bible. God is said to have all the power for the benefit of man. As said by the bible, God said that men could have no power against him. Christians believe that god has the power to free people from the most trying situations and single handedly defeat great nations. God can, in the eyes of Christians, do anything.
Various biblical characters have said that God is ageless. The Lord is said to be an ever lasting father that will reign over man forever. God is said to be a king in a Ceaseless Kingdom. God has always been and always will be. He coexists with time; he does not exist in time. The presence of God is one argument that is difficult to defend; it is extremely conditional upon peoples interpretations of the simplest Biblical passages.
Most Christians will testify that God is always everywhere. There are no passages that say that Gods eyes are here and there, and that his eyes are everywhere. There are also more than a few scriptures that say the Lords kingdom is in the heavens above and those who believe will be in his presence. However, as far as I can see, there are no passages that say that God is always everywhere.
Is the Holy Trinity the only way to support the belief in the existence of an infinitely vast God?
No. The Trinity is based on the idea that God can