LOVE-JOY-PEACE IN JOHN 17
The Expression of Righteousness is Love; of Holiness Joy; and Peace Life
John Frame's Quote on Righteous & other God's attributes
To “seek God’s righteousness” is not to seek some physical law or metaphysical principle. It is not even to seek a part of God or a principle within God. It is to seek God himself. God’s righteousness is God doing the right thing. God’s power is God acting powerfully. God’s love is God being kind to other persons. Does this mean that all God’s attributes are synonymous? I would hesitate to say that because synonymy is a property of words, and I am not sure that Bible translators and theologians have in every case (and in every language) come up with the most perfect vocabulary to describe the nature of God. But I do think it is right to think of the attributes as “perspectives.” God’s justice and his grace describe the same divine character but from different angles and different contexts. His justice is his whole being, understood from the perspective of legal rectitude. The same is true for his other attributes. — Theology in Three Dimensions: A Guide to Triperspectivalism and Its Significance by John M. Frame
JOHN FRAME: GOD'S LOVE IS GOD
“Since God’s love is infinite, eternal, unchangeable, wise, just, and so on, God’s love is God. 2 It can be nothing less than God since only God is infinite, eternal, and unchangeable. Similarly, God’s wisdom is God; his justice is God; his power is God. I infer that each attribute presents a perspective on all the other attributes and on God’s whole nature. We can learn about God from the perspective of his power, his justice, his grace, or any other attribute. And we can learn about one attribute from the perspective of any other. One important implication is that God’s attributes are personal qualities, not impersonal entities or forces. God’s power, for example, is not an impersonal force but”
— Theology in Three Dimensions: A Guide to Triperspectivalism and Its Significance by John M. Frame
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