Goodness, purity, and holiness are all an outflow of the very ____ of God.

• A. character
• B. nature
• C. essence
• D. person

Answer: (B)

Goodness, purity, and holiness reveal what God is in Himself; they come from His nature. These perfections are not external additions but inherent to who God is, shaping everything He is and does. Saying they come from God’s nature emphasizes that these qualities are built into His very being, not merely traits He sometimes displays.

Other terms can feel related but don’t fit as precisely. The idea of essence points to the bare being of God, which is closely tied to nature in many theological contexts, but the phrasing here uses nature to indicate the source of these perfections as they outwardly manifest. The notion of character suggests a moral temperament developed in a person, which implies a created being evolving traits, not the unchanging source of all God is. The term person refers to the persons of the Trinity and isn’t the universal source of these attributes.