Jesus Christ is the most definitive revelation of the divine attributes. To see God's character we look ultimately to God incarnate: "For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Cor.4:6). In the cross of Christ all God's major attributes are displayed in condensed lucidity. His wrath, grace, justice, mercy, sovereignty, goodness, love, holiness, compassion, wisdom, and power meet in Christ for the world to see. When discussions of God's attributes become esoteric and sterile, it is the face and the cross of Christ that restores radical clarity, reality, and compelling beauty.
Erik Thoennes, Life's Biggest Questions
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